Dictionary from list?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.1003771893.15913.python-list at python.org>,
 <James_Althoff at i2.com> wrote:
>
>Since there was a stalemate on the pros and cons of
>overloading/confusing the dictionary constructor ... isn't this a
>reasonable place to take advantage of the new 2.2 class methods and
>provide:
>
>dictionary.newFromList([k,v,...])

That's what subclassing is for:

class MyNewDict(dictionary):
    ....

d = MyNewDict()
d.fillFromList([k,v,...])
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