[Python-Dev] dict(keys, values)

[Steve Holden]

Andrew Koenig wrote:
>> Unfortunately
>>
>>    dict(keys=keys, values=values) == {keys: values}
> 
> Ummm, no:
> 
> 	dict(keys=keys, values=values) == {'keys': keys, 'values': values}
> 
Of course I should really have written

     dict(keys=keys, values=values) != dict(zip(keys, values))

regards
  Steve
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