Worthwhile to reverse a dictionary

[Erik Max Francis]

rudysanford at hotmail.com wrote:

> What is the difference between
> 
>  " d1 = {'A' : '1', 'B' : '2', 'C' : '3'} "
> 
> and
> 
> " d1 = dict(A = 1, B = 2, C = 3) "  ?
> 
> All of the dictionary examples I saw (python.org, aspn.activestate.com,
> Learning Python by Lutz, among others) use d={'x' : 'y'}.

In the latter case the values are ints, whereas in the former they are 
strings.  But you probably didn't mean that; indeed it is the case that

	d1 = {'A': 1, 'B': 2, 'C': 3}

and

	d2 = dict(A=1, B=2, C=3)

are equivalent.

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