problems with dict() in python 2.2

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In article <shPMb.6507$k4.144431 at news1.nokia.com>,
 Olaf Meyer <nomail at nospam.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to build a dictionary using python's dict type, but somehow 
> it does not work the way I expect it to. Here's the code:
> 
> Python 2.2.1 (#7, Jan  9 2004, 16:59:31) [C] on hp-ux11
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>  >>> data=dict(red=1)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: 'red' is an invalid keyword argument for this function
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

You're using a 2.3 feature in 2.2.

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