[Zope] Changing key in dictionary

[robert rottermann]

Henny van der Linde wrote:

>Hi,
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>Is there a way to change the key itself of a dictionary.
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>For instance: items={'the first': [], 'the second': []}
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>Now at a certain time I want to change the 'the first' in something else. Is
>there a 'rename' method?
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>Sorry for being ingorant but I couldn't find in the documentation or on the
>net.
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>I want to mimic the rename function in Zope.
>
>thanks,
>
>Henny
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you have to do it as Zope does,
first create a new entry with the new key, and value , and then delete 
the old one.
robert