[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): Issue #24406: Add sentences on dict comparisons, similar to those for Sequence

[terry.reedy]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4e816c324846
changeset:   96590:4e816c324846
branch:      3.4
parent:      96586:50ec3fb126dd
user:        Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
date:        Fri Jun 12 16:38:57 2015 -0400
summary:
  Issue #24406: Add sentences on dict comparisons, similar to those for Sequence
and set comparisions.  Patch by Gareth Rees.

files:
  Doc/library/stdtypes.rst |  4 ++++
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -3905,6 +3905,10 @@
       Return a new view of the dictionary's values.  See the
       :ref:`documentation of view objects <dict-views>`.
 
+   Dictionaries compare equal if and only if they have the same ``(key,
+   value)`` pairs. Order comparisons ('<', '<=', '>=', '>') raise
+   :exc:`TypeError`.
+      
 .. seealso::
    :class:`types.MappingProxyType` can be used to create a read-only view
    of a :class:`dict`.

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython