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5.3 collections -- High-performance container datatypes

New in version 2.4.

This module implements high-performance container datatypes. Currently, there are two datatypes, deque and defaultdict. Future additions may include balanced trees and ordered dictionaries. Changed in version 2.5: Added defaultdict.

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Release 2.5, documentation updated on 19th September, 2006.