Does anyone else find the behavior of `Dict(::NamedTuple)` a little funky:```juli

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I think you’re looking for Dict(pairs(kw)). Here’s the explanation: Dict expects an iterable of key, value pairs, but it’s not picky about whether it’s an actual Pair. This demo may explain it:

julia> t = (a = [1, 2, 3], b = [4, 5, 6])
(a = [1, 2, 3], b = [4, 5, 6])

julia> for item in t    # iteration over tuples (named or not) returns the *values*
           @show item
       end
item = [1, 2, 3]
item = [4, 5, 6]

julia> Dict(t)    # the Dict constructor accepts any iterable that returns items supporting `item[1], item[2]`
Dict{Int64, Int64} with 2 entries:
  4 => 5
  1 => 2

julia> for item in pairs(t)     # this iterates over key=>value pairs
           @show item
       end
item = :a => [1, 2, 3]
item = :b => [4, 5, 6]

julia> Dict(pairs(t))
Dict{Symbol, Vector{Int64}} with 2 entries:
  :a => [1, 2, 3]
  :b => [4, 5, 6]

However, I agree that there is room for confusion here. I’ve filed an issue to consider this topic when we get a chance to consider breaking changes: Less quacking in Dict constructor? · Issue #39848 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub

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