type(dict with docstring) returns set instead of dict

[razvanpaulblaga]

BPO	24742
Nosy	@vstinner, @serhiy-storchaka

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title = 'type(dict with docstring) returns set instead of dict'
updated_at = <Date 2015-07-28.11:52:04.527>
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[razvanpaulblaga]

d = {
'''
Commented dictionary values
'''
}

print type(d) # returns 'set' instead of 'dict'

[serhiy-storchaka]

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#set-displays

[vstinner]

It is really a set ;-) It's just that set representation is close to dict representation.

$ python3
>>> set((1, 2, 3))
{1, 2, 3}
>>> {'key': 3}
{'key': 3}

[razvanpaulblaga]

Thank you for the explanation and docs link.

I promise to do my research before submitting another bug report ;)

cheers