Populating a dictionary, fast [SOLVED SOLVED]

[Terry Reedy]

"Steven D'Aprano" <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> wrote in message 
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| (7) It occurs in Python 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5, but not 2.5.1.
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| Do we treat this as a solved problem and move on?

If the problem was fixed accidentally as an undocumented by product of a 
patch aimed at something else, it might get similarly unfixed without 
triggering a test failure.  So if someone pins down the problem source well 
enough to warn future maintainers in a comment or commit note, all the 
better.  Otherwise, wait until a reversion happens, if ever.