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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-05 21:04:12 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-05 21:04:12 (GMT)
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Clarify map() behavior.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
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@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Return an iterator that applies *function* to every item of *iterable*,
yielding the results. If additional *iterable* arguments are passed,
*function* must take that many arguments and is applied to the items from all
- iterables in parallel.
+ iterables in parallel. With multiple iterables, the iterator stops when the
+ shortest iterable is exhausted.
+
.. function:: max(iterable[, args...], *[, key])