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Document the mapping object's new get() method.

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@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ mapping, \var{k} is a key and \var{x} is an arbitrary object):
\lineiii{\var{a}.keys()}{a copy of \var{a}'s list of keys}{(2)}
\lineiii{\var{a}.update(b)}{\code{for k, v in b.items(): a[k] = v}}{(3)}
\lineiii{\var{a}.values()}{a copy of \var{a}'s list of values}{(2)}
\lineiii{\var{a}.get(k, f)}{the item of \var{a} with key \var{k}}{(4)}
\end{tableiii}
\indexiii{operations on}{mapping}{types}
\indexiii{operations on}{dictionary}{type}
@ -545,6 +546,10 @@ Notes:
\item[(2)] Keys and values are listed in random order.
\item[(3)] \code{b} must be of the same type as \code{a}.
\item[(4)] Never raises an exception if \var{k} is not in the map,
instead it returns \var{f}. \var{f} is optional, when not provided
and \var{k} is not in the map, \code{None} is returned.
\end{description}
\subsection{Other Built-in Types}

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@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ mapping, \var{k} is a key and \var{x} is an arbitrary object):
\lineiii{\var{a}.keys()}{a copy of \var{a}'s list of keys}{(2)}
\lineiii{\var{a}.update(b)}{\code{for k, v in b.items(): a[k] = v}}{(3)}
\lineiii{\var{a}.values()}{a copy of \var{a}'s list of values}{(2)}
\lineiii{\var{a}.get(k, f)}{the item of \var{a} with key \var{k}}{(4)}
\end{tableiii}
\indexiii{operations on}{mapping}{types}
\indexiii{operations on}{dictionary}{type}
@ -545,6 +546,10 @@ Notes:
\item[(2)] Keys and values are listed in random order.
\item[(3)] \code{b} must be of the same type as \code{a}.
\item[(4)] Never raises an exception if \var{k} is not in the map,
instead it returns \var{f}. \var{f} is optional, when not provided
and \var{k} is not in the map, \code{None} is returned.
\end{description}
\subsection{Other Built-in Types}