dictionary() constructor:
+ Change keyword arg name from "x" to "items". People passing a mapping
object can stretch their imaginations <wink>.
+ Simplify the docstring text.
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index f901499..167f901 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@
dict_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
{
PyObject *arg = NULL;
- static char *kwlist[] = {"x", 0};
+ static char *kwlist[] = {"items", 0};
int result = 0;
if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|O:dictionary",
@@ -1807,12 +1807,10 @@
"dictionary() -> new empty dictionary.\n"
"dictionary(mapping) -> new dict initialized from a mapping object's\n"
" (key, value) pairs.\n"
-"dictionary(seq) -> new dict initialized from the 2-element elements of\n"
-" a sequence; for example, from mapping.items(). seq must be an\n"
-" iterable object, producing iterable objects each producing exactly\n"
-" two objects, the first of which is used as a key and the second as\n"
-" its value. If a given key is seen more than once, the dict retains\n"
-" the last value associated with it.";
+"dictionary(seq) -> new dict initialized as if via:\n"
+" d = {}\n"
+" for k, v in seq:\n"
+" d[k] = v";
PyTypeObject PyDict_Type = {
PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)