SF #904720: dict.update should take a 2-tuple sequence like dict.__init_
(Championed by Bob Ippolito.)
The update() method for mappings now accepts all the same argument forms
as the dict() constructor. This includes item lists and/or keyword
arguments.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 61b07cb..befc46b 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
Tony Ingraldi
John Interrante
+Bob Ippolito
Ben Jackson
Paul Jackson
David Jacobs
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1bd6c2b..72232c8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
the overallocation is no more than three elements -- this improves space
utilization for applications that have large numbers of small lists.
+- The dict.update() method now accepts all the same argument forms
+ as the dict() constructor. This now includes item lists and/or
+ keyword arguments.
+
- Support for arbitrary objects supporting the read-only buffer
interface as the co_code field of code objects (something that was
only possible to create from C code) has been removed.