Add news about dictionary() constructor.

aaf80c8c · Guido van Rossum · 25786c08 · aaf80c8c
Commit aaf80c8c authored Sep 02, 2001 by Guido van Rossum
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  (as implemented by the base class) of an immutable subclass instance
  once it is created.

+- The dictionary constructor now takes an optional argument, a
+  mapping-like object, and initializes the dictionary from its
+  (key, value) pairs.
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 - A new built-in type, super, has been added.  This facilitates making
  "cooperative super calls" in a multiple inheritance setting.  For an
  explanation, see http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#cooperation