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* ``frozendict(collection, **kwargs)`` combines the two previous
constructions.

Keys must be hashable and therefore immutable, but values can be mutable.
Using immutable values creates a hashable ``frozendict``.
Keys must be hashable, but values can be non-hashable.
Using hashable values creates a hashable ``frozendict``.

Creating a ``frozendict`` from a ``dict``, ``frozendict(dict)``, has a
complexity of *O*\ (*n*): items are copied (shallow copy).
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