New submission from Gareth Rees: The "Built-in Types" section of the library documentation does not explain how two dictionaries are compared for equality.
The place where this is documented is under "Comparisons" in the Language Reference: > Mappings (dictionaries) compare equal if and only if they have the same (key, > value) pairs. but it is not obvious from the section on dictionaries in "Built-in Types" that this is where to look. (Contrast with the situation for sequences and sets, where "Built-in Types" does explain how these objects are compared for equality.) I suggest that the "Built-in Types" section should explain how two dictionaries are tested for equality. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: dict-equality.patch keywords: patch messages: 244998 nosy: Gareth.Rees, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: "Bulit-in Types" documentation doesn't explain how dictionaries are compared for equality type: enhancement Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file39658/dict-equality.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue24406> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
