[Python-checkins] gh-77753: Add example for values that compare equal in stdtypes (#98497)
JelleZijlstra
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Tue Oct 25 22:54:33 EDT 2022
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0ca6a4d64086055a8a3aa4b4c024fc080de148ab
commit: 0ca6a4d64086055a8a3aa4b4c024fc080de148ab
branch: main
author: Stanley <46876382+slateny at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: JelleZijlstra <jelle.zijlstra at gmail.com>
date: 2022-10-25T19:54:27-07:00
summary:
gh-77753: Add example for values that compare equal in stdtypes (#98497)
Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra at gmail.com>
files:
M Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 2952c50787ad..6701d794b511 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -4370,11 +4370,9 @@ type, the :dfn:`dictionary`. (For other containers see the built-in
A dictionary's keys are *almost* arbitrary values. Values that are not
:term:`hashable`, that is, values containing lists, dictionaries or other
mutable types (that are compared by value rather than by object identity) may
-not be used as keys. Numeric types used for keys obey the normal rules for
-numeric comparison: if two numbers compare equal (such as ``1`` and ``1.0``)
-then they can be used interchangeably to index the same dictionary entry. (Note
-however, that since computers store floating-point numbers as approximations it
-is usually unwise to use them as dictionary keys.)
+not be used as keys.
+Values that compare equal (such as ``1``, ``1.0``, and ``True``)
+can be used interchangeably to index the same dictionary entry.
.. class:: dict(**kwargs)
dict(mapping, **kwargs)
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