[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.690,1.691

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	NEWS 
Log Message:
SF patch #693753:  fix for bug 639806: default for dict.pop
(contributed by Michael Stone.)


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+ - dict.pop now takes an optional argument specifying a default
+   value to return if the key is not in the dict.  If a default is not
+   given and the key is not found, a KeyError will still be raised.
+   Parallel changes were made to UserDict.UserDict and UserDict.DictMixin.
+   [SF patch #693753] (contributed by Michael Stone.)
+ 
  - sys.getfilesystemencoding() was added to expose
    Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding.