[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc ACKS, 1.259, 1.260 NEWS, 1.939, 1.940

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv14562/Misc

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	ACKS NEWS 
Log Message:
SF #904720:  dict.update should take a 2-tuple sequence like dict.__init_
(Championed by Bob Ippolito.)

The update() method for mappings now accepts all the same argument forms
as the dict() constructor.  This includes item lists and/or keyword
arguments.



Index: ACKS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/ACKS,v
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*** ACKS	8 Feb 2004 18:54:37 -0000	1.259
--- ACKS	4 Mar 2004 08:25:44 -0000	1.260
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  Tony Ingraldi
  John Interrante
+ Bob Ippolito
  Ben Jackson
  Paul Jackson

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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--- NEWS	4 Mar 2004 08:25:44 -0000	1.940
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    utilization for applications that have large numbers of small lists.
  
+ - The dict.update() method now accepts all the same argument forms
+   as the dict() constructor.  This now includes item lists and/or
+   keyword arguments.
+ 
  - Support for arbitrary objects supporting the read-only buffer
    interface as the co_code field of code objects (something that was