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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.176
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.176
+Problem:    Dictionary.update() thows an error when used without arguments.
+	    Python programmers don't expect that.
+Solution:   Make Dictionary.update() without arguments do nothing. (ZyX)
+Files:	    src/if_py_both.h, src/testdir/test86.in, src/testdir/test87.in
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.175/src/if_py_both.h	2014-02-11 16:00:31.198157698 +0100
+--- src/if_py_both.h	2014-02-11 18:41:12.774305435 +0100
+***************
+*** 1918,1928 ****
+      }
+      else
+      {
+! 	PyObject	*obj;
+  
+! 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &obj))
+  	    return NULL;
+  
+  	if (PyObject_HasAttrString(obj, "keys"))
+  	    return DictionaryUpdate(self, NULL, obj);
+  	else
+--- 1919,1935 ----
+      }
+      else
+      {
+! 	PyObject	*obj = NULL;
+  
+! 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O", &obj))
+  	    return NULL;
+  
++ 	if (obj == NULL)
++ 	{
++ 	    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
++ 	    return Py_None;
++ 	}
++ 
+  	if (PyObject_HasAttrString(obj, "keys"))
+  	    return DictionaryUpdate(self, NULL, obj);
+  	else
+*** ../vim-7.4.175/src/testdir/test86.in	2014-01-14 16:54:53.000000000 +0100
+--- src/testdir/test86.in	2014-02-11 17:25:08.414235496 +0100
+***************
+*** 39,44 ****
+--- 39,45 ----
+  py << EOF
+  d=vim.bindeval('d')
+  d['1']='asd'
++ d.update()  # Must not do anything, including throwing errors
+  d.update(b=[1, 2, f])
+  d.update((('-1', {'a': 1}),))
+  d.update({'0': -1})
+*** ../vim-7.4.175/src/testdir/test87.in	2014-01-14 16:54:53.000000000 +0100
+--- src/testdir/test87.in	2014-02-11 17:25:12.602235560 +0100
+***************
+*** 33,38 ****
+--- 33,39 ----
+  py3 << EOF
+  d=vim.bindeval('d')
+  d['1']='asd'
++ d.update()  # Must not do anything, including throwing errors
+  d.update(b=[1, 2, f])
+  d.update((('-1', {'a': 1}),))
+  d.update({'0': -1})
+*** ../vim-7.4.175/src/version.c	2014-02-11 17:05:57.282217857 +0100
+--- src/version.c	2014-02-11 18:46:37.518310411 +0100
+***************
+*** 740,741 ****
+--- 740,743 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     176,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+"Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think."
+		  -- Scott Adams, Dilbert.
+
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