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Thu Sep 8 19:03:12 EDT 2005 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-September/299487.html

Let's say I define a list of pairs as follows:
>>l = [('d', 3), ('a', 2), ('b', 1)]

Can anyone explain why this does not work?
>>h = {}.update(l)

and instead I have to go:
>>h = {}
>>h.update(l)
to initialize a dictionary with the given list of pairs?

when an analagous operation on strings works fine:
>>s = "".join(["d","o","g"])

Seems inconsistent. 

thanks,
Scott

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Question about consistency in python language