use PyDict_DelItem() for 'del d[x]'

diff --git a/Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py b/Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py
index f8a01f36f0f3aa4d24d5056f70bd347cbf588cdc..3e385b7b7cf6da9dbf0bc12859277cc4958ca677 100644 (file)
--- a/Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py
+++ b/Cython/Compiler/ExprNodes.py
@@ -1720,8 +1720,11 @@ class IndexNode(ExprNode):
             index_code = self.index.result()
             code.globalstate.use_utility_code(delitem_int_utility_code)
         else:
-            function = "PyObject_DelItem"
             index_code = self.index.py_result()
+            if self.base.type is dict_type:
+                function = "PyDict_DelItem"
+            else:
+                function = "PyObject_DelItem"
         code.putln(
             "if (%s(%s, %s%s) < 0) %s" % (
                 function,