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[Carlos Nepomuceno]

>On 4 Jun 2013 12:28, "Carlos Nepomuceno" <carlosnepomuceno at outlook.com> wrote:
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>> What's going on? Is there a way to make dict() to resolve the variables?
>Well yes.
>dict(**{a:0,b:1})
>The dict() constructor makes a dictionary from keyword arguments. So you just have to feed it keyword arguments using **.
>And if you're in a bad day,
>dict(**locals())

That's exactly the same!
>>>dict(**{a:0,b:1})=={a:0,b:1}
True

Are there any benefits from using dict() instead of {}?
 		 	   		  
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