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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2009-02-11 00:20:02 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2009-02-11 00:20:02 (GMT)
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Clean-up named tuple docs.
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/collections.rst9
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diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 9ff8a27..a179d0f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -755,7 +755,8 @@ function:
>>> getattr(p, 'x')
11
-To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator [#]_:
+To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator
+(as described in :ref:`tut-unpacking-arguments`):
>>> d = {'x': 11, 'y': 22}
>>> Point(**d)
@@ -803,10 +804,10 @@ and more efficient to use a simple class declaration:
>>> class Status:
... open, pending, closed = range(3)
-.. rubric:: Footnotes
+.. seealso::
-.. [#] For information on the double-star-operator see
- :ref:`tut-unpacking-arguments` and :ref:`calls`.
+ `Named tuple recipe <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/500261/>`_
+ adapted for Python 2.4.