Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv14562/Doc/whatsnew Modified Files: whatsnew24.tex Log Message: SF #904720: dict.update should take a 2-tuple sequence like dict.__init_ (Championed by Bob Ippolito.) The update() method for mappings now accepts all the same argument forms as the dict() constructor. This includes item lists and/or keyword arguments. Index: whatsnew24.tex =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex,v retrieving revision 1.35 retrieving revision 1.36 diff -C2 -d -r1.35 -r1.36 *** whatsnew24.tex 17 Feb 2004 10:46:32 -0000 1.35 --- whatsnew24.tex 4 Mar 2004 08:25:44 -0000 1.36 *************** *** 135,138 **** --- 135,142 ---- \begin{itemize} + \item The \method{dict.update()} method now accepts the same + argument forms as the \class{dict} constructor. This includes any + mapping, any iterable of key/value pairs, and/or keyword arguments. + \item The string methods, \method{ljust()}, \method{rjust()}, and \method{center()} now take an optional argument for specifying a