diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst index ec0ae4b42fb..d5702289c3e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst @@ -875,6 +875,10 @@ Equality tests between :class:`OrderedDict` objects and other This allows :class:`OrderedDict` objects to be substituted anywhere a regular dictionary is used. +The :class:`OrderedDict` constructor and :meth:`update` method both accept +keyword arguments, but their order is lost because Python's function call +semantics pass-in keyword arguments using a regular unordered dictionary. + .. seealso:: `Equivalent OrderedDict recipe `_