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| author | Géry Ogam <gery.ogam@gmail.com> | 2022-03-29 21:21:56 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-03-29 21:21:56 (GMT) |
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Update glossary.rst (GH-32093)
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index f0f33d5..258a06f 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ Glossary and :class:`tuple`) and some non-sequence types like :class:`dict`, :term:`file objects <file object>`, and objects of any classes you define with an :meth:`__iter__` method or with a :meth:`__getitem__` method - that implements :term:`Sequence <sequence>` semantics. + that implements :term:`sequence` semantics. Iterables can be used in a :keyword:`for` loop and in many other places where a sequence is @@ -680,9 +680,8 @@ Glossary :meth:`str.lower` method can serve as a key function for case insensitive sorts. Alternatively, a key function can be built from a :keyword:`lambda` expression such as ``lambda r: (r[0], r[2])``. Also, - the :mod:`operator` module provides three key function constructors: - :func:`~operator.attrgetter`, :func:`~operator.itemgetter`, and - :func:`~operator.methodcaller`. See the :ref:`Sorting HOW TO + :func:`operator.attrgetter`, :func:`operator.itemgetter`, and + :func:`operator.methodcaller` are three key function constructors. See the :ref:`Sorting HOW TO <sortinghowto>` for examples of how to create and use key functions. keyword argument @@ -743,8 +742,8 @@ Glossary mapping A container object that supports arbitrary key lookups and implements the - methods specified in the :class:`~collections.abc.Mapping` or - :class:`~collections.abc.MutableMapping` + methods specified in the :class:`collections.abc.Mapping` or + :class:`collections.abc.MutableMapping` :ref:`abstract base classes <collections-abstract-base-classes>`. Examples include :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`, :class:`collections.OrderedDict` and :class:`collections.Counter`. @@ -1049,8 +1048,8 @@ Glossary The number of references to an object. When the reference count of an object drops to zero, it is deallocated. Reference counting is generally not visible to Python code, but it is a key element of the - :term:`CPython` implementation. The :mod:`sys` module defines a - :func:`~sys.getrefcount` function that programmers can call to return the + :term:`CPython` implementation. Programmers can call the + :func:`sys.getrefcount` function to return the reference count for a particular object. regular package |