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Doc/c-api/dict.rst

@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Dictionary objects
 
    Empty an existing dictionary of all key-value pairs.
 
+   Do nothing if the argument is not a :class:`dict` or a :class:`!dict`
+   subclass.
+
 
 .. c:function:: int PyDict_Contains(PyObject *p, PyObject *key)
 

Doc/library/unicodedata.rst

@@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ following functions:
    `Unicode Standard Annex #11 <https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/>`_.
 
 
+.. function:: block(chr, /)
+
+   Returns the `block
+   <https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G64189>`_
+   assigned to the character *chr*. For example::
+
+      >>> unicodedata.block('S')
+      'Basic Latin'
+
+   .. versionadded:: next
+
+
 .. function:: mirrored(chr, /)
 
    Returns the mirrored property assigned to the character *chr* as

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -1134,6 +1134,11 @@ unicodedata
   of the character which are related to the above algorithm.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka and Guillaume Sanchez in :gh:`74902`.)
 
+* Add :func:`~unicodedata.block` function to return the `Unicode block
+  <https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G64189>`_
+  assigned to a character.
+  (Contributed by Stan Ulbrych in :gh:`66802`.)
+
 
 unittest
 --------