New submission from Raymond Hettinger:
The help() for collections.OrderedDict.popitem is not showing the default value
of last=True.
----------- Prior versions are unhelpful ------------------
~/npython $ python3.6
Python 3.6.2 (v3.6.2:5fd33b5926, Jul 16 2017, 20:11:06)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from collections import OrderedDict
>>> help(OrderedDict.popitem)
Help on method_descriptor:
popitem(...)
od.popitem() -> (k, v), return and remove a (key, value) pair.
Pairs are returned in LIFO order if last is true or FIFO order if false.
----------- Current version is helpful --------------------
$ ./python.exe
Python 3.7.0a0 (heads/master-dirty:b2d096bd2a, Sep 4 2017, 14:50:05)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from collections import OrderedDict
>>> help(OrderedDict.popitem)
Help on method_descriptor:
popitem(self, /, last=True)
Remove and return a (key, value) pair from the dictionary.
Pairs are returned in LIFO order if last is true or FIFO order if false.
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messages: 301280
nosy: eric.snow, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Backport docstring improvements to the C version of OrderedDict
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6
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