From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 13:44:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add news about dictionary() constructor.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2a3~153
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aaf80c8c8710ee839061478ebb48b90fdc6c23d2;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Add news about dictionary() constructor.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e87e5d25a097..9857d6acb773 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Core
   (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.
+
 - 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