[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.548,1.549

Wed, 27 Nov 2002 05:10:43 -0800

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv12051

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Rephrase dict.fromkeys() news.

Index: NEWS
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*** NEWS	27 Nov 2002 07:29:32 -0000	1.548
--- NEWS	27 Nov 2002 13:10:40 -0000	1.549
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    example, "Foo!!!?!?!?".rstrip("?!") -> "Foo".

! - Dictionaries have a new class method, fromkeys(iterable, value=None).
!   It constructs a new dictionary with keys taken from the iterable and
!   all values set to a single value.  It is used for building membership
!   tests and for removing duplicates from sequences.

  - Added a new dict method pop(key).  This removes and returns the
--- 271,279 ----
    example, "Foo!!!?!?!?".rstrip("?!") -> "Foo".

! - There's a new dictionary constructor (a class method of the dict
!   class), dict.fromkeys(iterable, value=None).  It constructs a
!   dictionary with keys taken from the iterable and all values set to a
!   single value.  It can be used for building sets and for removing
!   duplicates from sequences.

  - Added a new dict method pop(key).  This removes and returns the