Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs?

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Hi all

I like dict comprehensions, but I don't use them very often, so when I do I 
need to look up the format.

I always struggle to find the information in the Library Reference. The 
obvious location, Mapping Types, shows various constructors, but not the 
comprehension.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#mapping-types-dict

So I turn to Google. It shows a couple of StackOverflow questions, and then 
a link to the Data Structures section of the Tutorial, which explains it 
succinctly.

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries

I feel that the Library Reference should be updated to include dict 
comprehensions.

Just checking here first before I raise a Documentation issue.

Frank Millman

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Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-16 07:25 +0200
  Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-15 23:22 -0700
    Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-16 10:30 +0200
      Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-16 01:38 -0700
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-16 11:01 +0200
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-16 09:57 -0600
          Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-16 15:41 -0700
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-17 08:44 +0200
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2015-03-17 15:06 +0100
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-17 09:48 -0600
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2015-03-18 10:01 +0200
        Re: Dict comprehensions - improvement to docs? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-18 02:39 -0600

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