diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c index 5fe5272b1a3fd6..1b1486a8bf73ef 100644 --- a/Objects/dictobject.c +++ b/Objects/dictobject.c @@ -677,7 +677,8 @@ Christian Tismer. lookdict() is general-purpose, and may return DKIX_ERROR if (and only if) a comparison raises an exception. lookdict_unicode() below is specialized to string keys, comparison of which can -never raise an exception; that function can never return DKIX_ERROR. +never raise an exception; that function can never return DKIX_ERROR when key +is string. Otherwise, it falls back to lookdict(). lookdict_unicode_nodummy is further specialized for string keys that cannot be the value. For both, when the key isn't found a DKIX_EMPTY is returned. hashpos returns