On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:19:02 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> Suppose we could pass variables directly to the constructor, like this: >> >> a = b = 2 >> L = [1, 2, 3] >> dctA = dict(a, b, L[1], 2, 1+1) >> >> Obviously all five values are 2, but what are the keys? >> >> The dict construct >> receives five arguments, all bound to the object 2. (That might be the >> same object five times, or five distinct objects, all with the same >> value of 2.) > > Just to nit-pick: A conforming Python implementation might pass up to > four distinct objects, but the first two MUST be the same object. :)
So it does, thanks for the correction. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
