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Counter() support non-int

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Since Mar 20, 2024.

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I'm quite surprised because I can use a Counter to store non-integer values. Is it a feature or just permissiveness in implementation?

E.g. the following code works (tested on python 3.7.4):

from collections import Counter

spam = Counter()
spam["egg"] += 3.4

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