From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 20:16:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Indicate that os.environ may not be a real dictionary.
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Indicate that os.environ may not be a real dictionary.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
index 45f74af49639..e5108dbaea93 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ below.
 Module \module{posix} defines the following data items:
 
 \begin{datadesc}{environ}
-A dictionary representing the string environment at the time
-the interpreter was started.
+A dictionary or dictionary look-alike representing the string
+environment at the time the interpreter was started.
 For example,
 \code{posix.environ['HOME']}
 is the pathname of your home directory, equivalent to