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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-08-23 15:15:31 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-08-23 15:15:31 (GMT) |
| commit | 7161cbfcba600b42fbebe0f59fc284899101cfc0 (patch) | |
| tree | b0160965934e08368e55792df2c1df6cd302dea3 | |
| parent | 69ed5240451b5e9642ddc87bb6b0ca2d2e47d784 (diff) | |
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Small updates to types member docs, backport from r65994.
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/types.rst b/Doc/library/types.rst index 6c90ec9..f116766 100644 --- a/Doc/library/types.rst +++ b/Doc/library/types.rst @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - :mod:`types` --- Names for built-in types ========================================= @@ -117,13 +116,10 @@ The module defines the following names: .. data:: FunctionType + LambdaType - The type of user-defined functions and lambdas. - - -.. data:: LambdaType - - An alternate name for ``FunctionType``. + The type of user-defined functions and functions created by :keyword:`lambda` + expressions. .. data:: GeneratorType @@ -143,7 +139,7 @@ The module defines the following names: .. data:: ClassType - The type of user-defined classes. + The type of user-defined :term:`old-style class`\es. .. data:: InstanceType @@ -162,13 +158,11 @@ The module defines the following names: .. data:: BuiltinFunctionType + BuiltinMethodType - The type of built-in functions like :func:`len` or :func:`sys.exit`. - - -.. data:: BuiltinMethodType - - An alternate name for ``BuiltinFunction``. + The type of built-in functions like :func:`len` or :func:`sys.exit`, and + methods of built-in classes. (Here, the term "built-in" means "written in + C".) .. data:: ModuleType |