Mention dict.fromkeys()

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Andrew M. Kuchling 2002-11-27 19:11:10 +00:00
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@ -615,11 +615,11 @@ characters may be encountered. So far, Python has allowed specifying
the error processing as either ``strict'' (raising
\exception{UnicodeError}), ``ignore'' (skip the character), or
``replace'' (with question mark), defaulting to ``strict''. It may be
desirable to specify an alternative processing of the error, e.g. by
desirable to specify an alternative processing of the error, such as
inserting an XML character reference or HTML entity reference into the
converted string.
Python now has a flexible framework to add additional processing
Python now has a flexible framework to add different processing
strategies. New error handlers can be added with
\function{codecs.register_error}. Codecs then can access the error
handler with \function{codecs.lookup_error}. An equivalent C API has
@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ replacement string.
Two additional error handlers have been implemented using this
framework: ``backslashreplace'' uses Python backslash quoting to
represent the unencodable character, and ``xmlcharrefreplace'' emits
represent unencodable characters and ``xmlcharrefreplace'' emits
XML character references.
\begin{seealso}
@ -821,7 +821,13 @@ KeyError: pop(): dictionary is empty
>>>
\end{verbatim}
(Patch contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
There's also a new class method,
\method{dict.fromkeys(\var{iterable}, \var{value})}, that
creates a dictionary with keys taken from the supplied iterator
\var{iterable} and all values set to \var{value}, defaulting to
\code{None}.
(Patches contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
\item The \keyword{assert} statement no longer checks the \code{__debug__}
flag, so you can no longer disable assertions by assigning to \code{__debug__}.
@ -1283,29 +1289,28 @@ stamps, or if they use the tuple API. If used, the feature should be
activated on an application level instead of trying to enable it on a
per-use basis.
\item Calling Tcl methods through \module{_tkinter} now does not
always return strings anymore. Instead, if Tcl returns other objects,
those objects are converted to their Python equivalent, if one exists,
or wrapped with a \class{_tkinter.Tcl_Obj} object if no Python
equivalent exists. This behaviour can be controlled through the
\method{wantobjects} method of \class{tkapp} objects.
\item Calling Tcl methods through \module{_tkinter} no longer
returns only strings. Instead, if Tcl returns other objects those
objects are converted to their Python equivalent, if one exists, or
wrapped with a \class{_tkinter.Tcl_Obj} object if no Python equivalent
exists. This behaviour can be controlled through the
\method{wantobjects()} method of \class{tkapp} objects.
When using _tkinter through Tkinter.py (i.e. for most _tkinter
applications), this feature is always activated. It should not cause
compatibility problems, since Tkinter would always convert string
results to Python types were possible.
When using \module{_tkinter} through the \module{Tkinter} module (as
most Tkinter applications will), this feature is always activated. It
should not cause compatibility problems, since Tkinter would always
convert string results to Python types where possible.
If any incompatibilities are found, the old behaviour can be restored
by invoking
by setting the \member{wantobjects} variable in the \module{Tkinter}
module to false before creating the first \class{tkapp} object.
\begin{verbatim}
import Tkinter
Tkinter.wantobjects = 0
\end{verbatim}
before creating the first \class{tkapp} object.
Please report any such breakage as a bug.
Please report any breakage caused by this change as a bug.
\end{itemize}
@ -1652,6 +1657,12 @@ if \var{X} is more than one character long.
integer instead of raising an \exception{OverflowError} when a string
or floating-point number is too large to fit into an integer.
\item Calling Tcl methods through \module{_tkinter} no longer
returns only strings. Instead, if Tcl returns other objects those
objects are converted to their Python equivalent, if one exists, or
wrapped with a \class{_tkinter.Tcl_Obj} object if no Python equivalent
exists.
\item You can no longer disable assertions by assigning to \code{__debug__}.
\item The Distutils \function{setup()} function has gained various new