Why does Pycharm's inspector complain about "d = {}"?

When initializing a dictionary with d = {} Pycharm's code inspector generates a warning, saying

This dictionary creation could be rewritten as a dictionary literal.

If I rewrite it d = dict() the warning goes away. Since {} already is a dictionary literal, I'm pretty sure the message is erroneous. Furthermore, it seems like both d = {} and d = dict() are valid and Pythonic.

This related question seems to conclude that the choice is just a matter of style/preference: differences between "d = dict()" and "d = {}"

Why would Pycharm complain about d = {}?

UPDATE:

Mac nailed it. The warning actually applied to multiple lines, not just the one that was flagged.

Pycharm seems to look for a sequence of consecutive statements where you initialize a dictionary and then set values in the dictionary. For example, this will trigger the warning:

d = {}
d['a'] = 1

But this code will not:

d = {}
pass
d['a'] = 1

Solution 1:

What is the following code to your dictionary declaration?

I think PyCharm will trigger the error if you have something like:

dic = {}
dic['aaa'] = 5

as you could have written

dic = {'aaa': 5}

Note: The fact that the error goes away if you use the function doesn't necessarily mean that pycharm believes dict() is a literal. It could just mean that it doesn't complain for:

dic = dict()
dic['aaa'] = 5

Solution 2:

This can be disabled in the Project Settings or Default Settings.

• Navigate to Settings -> Inspections -> Python
• Uncheck "Dictionary creation could be rewritten by dictionary literal"

Solution 3:

for those who like (just like me) to initialize dictionaries with single operation

d = {
  'a': 12,
  'b': 'foo',
  'c': 'bar'
}

instead of many lines like

d = dict()
d['a'] = 12
d['b'] = ....

in the end I ended up with this:

d = dict()
d.update({
  'a': 12,
  'b': 'foo',
  'c': 'bar'
})

Pycharm is not complaining on this