[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-431000 ] PyMapping_DelItem[String]() is broken

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Bugs item #431000, was updated on 2001-06-07 04:21
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: PyMapping_DelItem[String]() is broken

Initial Comment:
Somehow nobody ever noticed this, so I doubt this is a
big problem in practice.  But it's a bug nevertheless.

In abstract.h, the abstract APIs PyMapping_DelItem() is
equivalenced to PyDict_DelItem(); likewise for
...DelItemString().

This is broken because the PyMapping_ family of
functions should work for any mapping type, not just
for dictionaries!

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