Issue #5275: In Cookie's Cookie.load(), properly handle non-string arguments as documented.

Lib/Cookie.py

@@ -624,7 +624,9 @@ class BaseCookie(dict):
         if type(rawdata) == type(""):
             self.__ParseString(rawdata)
         else:
-            self.update(rawdata)
+            # self.update() wouldn't call our custom __setitem__
+            for k, v in rawdata.items():
+                self[k] = v
         return
     # end load()
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #5275: In Cookie's Cookie.load(), properly handle non-string arguments
+  as documented.
+
 - Issue #2666: Handle BROWSER environment variable properly for unknown browser
   names in the webbrowser module.