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Enables item deletion with del obj[key]

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class TrackedDict:
    def __init__(self):
        self._data = {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}

    def __delitem__(self, key):
        print(f"Deleting key: {key}")
        del self._data[key]

d = TrackedDict()
del d["b"]
print(d._data)

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__delitem__ enables item deletion with del obj[key]. Implementing it lets you customize how Python interacts with your objects.

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