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Author Aristide Grange
Recipients Aristide Grange
Date 2018-03-18.22:00:28
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Message-id <1521410428.93.0.467229070634.issue33098@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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In Python 3, the expression:

```python
random.choice(d)
```

where `d` is a `dict`, raises this error:

```
~/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/random.py in choice(self, seq)
    256         except ValueError:
    257             raise IndexError('Cannot choose from an empty sequence') from None
--> 258         return seq[i]
    259 
    260     def shuffle(self, x, random=None):

KeyError: 2
```

Converting `d` into a list restores the Python 2's behavior:

```python
random.choice(list(d))
```

I am aware that the keys of a dict have now their own type. But IMHO the error message is rather uninformative, and above all, couldn't this conversion be made implicitely under the hood?
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2018-03-18 22:00:28Aristide Grangesetrecipients: + Aristide Grange
2018-03-18 22:00:28Aristide Grangesetmessageid: <1521410428.93.0.467229070634.issue33098@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2018-03-18 22:00:28Aristide Grangelinkissue33098 messages
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