https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6beec6c813014c77536c06e5d1bab672d04671b3 commit: 6beec6c813014c77536c06e5d1bab672d04671b3 branch: 3.13 author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-isling...@users.noreply.github.com> committer: terryjreedy <tjre...@udel.edu> date: 2025-05-07T22:11:03Z summary:
[3.13] gh-133361: move the explanation of dict equal before its use (GH-133424) (#133621) gh-133361: move the explanation of dict equal before its use (GH-133424) Also move up the explanation of insertion order preservation. Both paragraphs seemed out of place down where they were. --------- (cherry picked from commit 61ac88c06e0286cfc6465a47552d41b7dd7e083e) Co-authored-by: Yongzi Li <1538321...@qq.com> Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> files: M Doc/library/stdtypes.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index d57589ca2dddef..97e023f30bef9e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -4629,7 +4629,13 @@ can be used interchangeably to index the same dictionary entry. being added is already present, the value from the keyword argument replaces the value from the positional argument. - To illustrate, the following examples all return a dictionary equal to + Providing keyword arguments as in the first example only works for keys that + are valid Python identifiers. Otherwise, any valid keys can be used. + + Dictionaries compare equal if and only if they have the same ``(key, + value)`` pairs (regardless of ordering). Order comparisons ('<', '<=', '>=', '>') raise + :exc:`TypeError`. To illustrate dictionary creation and equality, + the following examples all return a dictionary equal to ``{"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3}``:: >>> a = dict(one=1, two=2, three=3) @@ -4644,6 +4650,27 @@ can be used interchangeably to index the same dictionary entry. Providing keyword arguments as in the first example only works for keys that are valid Python identifiers. Otherwise, any valid keys can be used. + Dictionaries preserve insertion order. Note that updating a key does not + affect the order. Keys added after deletion are inserted at the end. :: + + >>> d = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": 4} + >>> d + {'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3, 'four': 4} + >>> list(d) + ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four'] + >>> list(d.values()) + [1, 2, 3, 4] + >>> d["one"] = 42 + >>> d + {'one': 42, 'two': 2, 'three': 3, 'four': 4} + >>> del d["two"] + >>> d["two"] = None + >>> d + {'one': 42, 'three': 3, 'four': 4, 'two': None} + + .. versionchanged:: 3.7 + Dictionary order is guaranteed to be insertion order. This behavior was + an implementation detail of CPython from 3.6. These are the operations that dictionaries support (and therefore, custom mapping types should support too): @@ -4814,32 +4841,6 @@ can be used interchangeably to index the same dictionary entry. .. versionadded:: 3.9 - Dictionaries compare equal if and only if they have the same ``(key, - value)`` pairs (regardless of ordering). Order comparisons ('<', '<=', '>=', '>') raise - :exc:`TypeError`. - - Dictionaries preserve insertion order. Note that updating a key does not - affect the order. Keys added after deletion are inserted at the end. :: - - >>> d = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": 4} - >>> d - {'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3, 'four': 4} - >>> list(d) - ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four'] - >>> list(d.values()) - [1, 2, 3, 4] - >>> d["one"] = 42 - >>> d - {'one': 42, 'two': 2, 'three': 3, 'four': 4} - >>> del d["two"] - >>> d["two"] = None - >>> d - {'one': 42, 'three': 3, 'four': 4, 'two': None} - - .. versionchanged:: 3.7 - Dictionary order is guaranteed to be insertion order. This behavior was - an implementation detail of CPython from 3.6. - Dictionaries and dictionary views are reversible. :: >>> d = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": 4} _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- python-checkins@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-checkins-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: arch...@mail-archive.com