"Almad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello, > > I discovered this behaviour in dictionary which I find confusing ... > However, when constructing dictionary with dictionary in constructor > like d = RegisterMap({'k':'v'}), __setitem__ is not called,
d.__setitem__(k,v) is the internal translation of d[k] = v (when such is explicitly written in this code). d.__init__(otherdict) need not go thru that interface if a more direct means is available. >so workaround is needed: Your 'workaround' seems to be the proper solution. > Am I doing something wrong Denigrating a solution because it does not meet your expectation. Your are not the first to do this ;-). tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
