"Michael Hartl" <mhartl at post.harvard.edu> wrote in message news:1107046899.023197.174440 at f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > i.e., http://docs.python.org/lib/typesmapping.html > If you look on the index page of the Python Library Reference (http://docs.python.org/lib/genindex.html), you will find "dictionary object", which will take you exactly to the page above.