[New-bugs-announce] [issue24350] dict({'a':'aa'}, a='bb') raises segmentation fault on Mac

[Graham Klyne]

New submission from Graham Klyne:

conina:~ graham$ python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr  9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> dict({'a':'aa'},b='bb')
{'a': 'aa', 'b': 'bb'}
>>> dict({'a':'aa'},a='bb')
Segmentation fault: 11
conina:~ graham$



>From the docs:
[[
If keyword arguments are given, the keyword arguments and their values are added to the dictionary created from the positional argument. If a key being added is already present, the value from the keyword argument replaces the value from the positional argument.
]]

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components: Macintosh
messages: 244601
nosy: Graham Klyne, ned.deily, ronaldoussoren
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: dict({'a':'aa'},a='bb') raises segmentation fault on Mac
type: crash
versions: Python 2.7

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