Commit 8b1e74b2 authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Touch up the news for dict() keyword args.

parent 6e596b68
...@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.3 alpha 1? ...@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.3 alpha 1?
Type/class unification and new-style classes Type/class unification and new-style classes
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- dict() now accepts keyword arguments so that dict(one=1,two=2)
is the equivalent of dict([('one',1),('two',2)]). Accordingly, - dict() now accepts keyword arguments so that dict(one=1, two=2)
is the equivalent of {"one": 1, "two": 2}. Accordingly,
the existing (but undocumented) 'items' keyword argument has the existing (but undocumented) 'items' keyword argument has
been eliminated. This means that dict(items=someMapping) now has been eliminated. This means that dict(items=someMapping) now has
a different meaning than before. a different meaning than before.
- int() now returns a long object if the argument is outside the - int() now returns a long object if the argument is outside the
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