[Python-checkins] cpython: improve compact dict changelog

benjamin.peterson python-checkins at python.org
Thu Sep 8 13:14:33 EDT 2016


https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/643b147199c1
changeset:   103319:643b147199c1
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Thu Sep 08 10:13:42 2016 -0700
summary:
  improve compact dict changelog

files:
  Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst |  8 ++++----
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -343,10 +343,10 @@
 
 Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
 
-* `dict` implementation is changed like PyPy. It is more compact and preserves
-  insertion order. :pep:`PEP 468` (Preserving the order of `**kwargs` in a
-  function.) is implemented by this.
-  (Contributed by INADA Naoki in :issue:`27350`.)
+* :func:`dict` now uses a "compact" representation `pioneered by PyPy
+  <https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2015/01/faster-more-memory-efficient-and-more.html>`_.
+  :pep:`PEP 468` (Preserving the order of ``**kwargs`` in a function.) is
+  implemented by this.  (Contributed by INADA Naoki in :issue:`27350`.)
 
 * Long sequences of repeated traceback lines are now abbreviated as
   ``"[Previous line repeated {count} more times]"`` (see

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython


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