Python v2.3 and dict.fromkeys() suggestion

[Mark J]

So let me try another tack...

Can anyone tell me what I'm missing with regard to the preference for
dict.fromkeys() to be a classmethod/constructor versus a regular
method?

In addition to the latter increasing the range of application, the
dictionary interface wouldn't even have to be expanded -- you could
"overload" dict.update() to check its argument type and just Do The
Right Thing...

Thanks,

Mike