Bugs item #1276587, was opened at 2005-08-30 12:52
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mike Foord (mjfoord)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: dict('') doesn't raise a value error
Initial Comment:
The dict function will theoretically accept any sequence
or bounded iterable that yields (key, value) tuples.
A side effect is that dict('') is valid - producing an emtpy
dictionary.
dict(x) where x is *any* string other than '' fails with a
ValueError. I suggest that dict('') ought to produce a
ValueError to as a string is *never* a valid input to the
dict function.
The current situation allows obscure errors to pass
unnoticed.
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