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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-08-13 08:26:44 (GMT) |
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r73940 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:37:38 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6430: add note about size of "u" type.
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#6421: The self argument of module-level PyCFunctions is now a reference to the module object.
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r74076 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 11:07:48 +0200 (Sa, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line
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r74089 | senthil.kumaran | 2009-07-19 04:43:43 +0200 (So, 19 Jul 2009) | 3 lines
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r74185 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-23 11:17:09 +0200 (Do, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Fix the "pylocals" gdb command.
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r74210 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:44:23 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Move member descriptions inside the classes.
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r74209 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:37:28 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line
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r74207 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:19:57 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6577: fix (hopefully) all links to builtin instead of module/class-specific objects.
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r74205 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 15:36:39 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6576: fix cross-refs in re docs.
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r74239 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-28 18:55:32 +0000 (Di, 28 Jul 2009) | 1 line
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r74074 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 05:03:10 -0400 (Sat, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6513: fix example code: warning categories are classes, not instances.
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r74077 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 05:43:40 -0400 (Sat, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6489: fix an ambiguity in getiterator() documentation.
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r74111 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-20 09:30:10 -0400 (Mon, 20 Jul 2009) | 1 line
remove docs for deprecated -p option
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r74188 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-23 10:25:31 -0400 (Thu, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line
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r74192 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 12:28:38 -0400 (Fri, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line
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#6571: add index entries for more operators.
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#6593: fix link targets.
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r74258 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 12:57:05 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Add a link to readline, and mention IPython and bpython.
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r74259 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:07:21 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Fix some markup and small factual glitches found by M. Markert.
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r74260 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:15:20 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Fix a few markup glitches.
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r74261 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:50:25 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Rewrite the section about classes a bit; mostly tidbits, and a larger update to the section about "private" variables to reflect the Pythonic consensus better.
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r74311 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-04 22:29:27 +0200 (Di, 04 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Slightly improve buffer-related error message.
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r74334 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:51:03 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line
#6648: mention surrogateescape handler where all standard handlers are listed.
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Fix base keyword arg name for int() and long().
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r74332 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:23:21 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line
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r74333 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:43:55 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line
#6658: fix two typos.
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 5efc45d..a69a0f8 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ Glossary abstract base class Abstract Base Classes (abbreviated ABCs) complement :term:`duck-typing` by - providing a way to define interfaces when other techniques like :func:`hasattr` - would be clumsy. Python comes with many builtin ABCs for data structures - (in the :mod:`collections` module), numbers (in the :mod:`numbers` - module), and streams (in the :mod:`io` module). You can create your own - ABC with the :mod:`abc` module. + providing a way to define interfaces when other techniques like + :func:`hasattr` would be clumsy. Python comes with many built-in ABCs for + data structures (in the :mod:`collections` module), numbers (in the + :mod:`numbers` module), and streams (in the :mod:`io` module). You can + create your own ABC with the :mod:`abc` module. argument A value passed to a function or method, assigned to a named local @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Glossary expressed as a sum of a real part and an imaginary part. Imaginary numbers are real multiples of the imaginary unit (the square root of ``-1``), often written ``i`` in mathematics or ``j`` in - engineering. Python has builtin support for complex numbers, which are + engineering. Python has built-in support for complex numbers, which are written with this latter notation; the imaginary part is written with a ``j`` suffix, e.g., ``3+1j``. To get access to complex equivalents of the :mod:`math` module, use :mod:`cmath`. Use of complex numbers is a fairly @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ Glossary define with an :meth:`__iter__` or :meth:`__getitem__` method. Iterables can be used in a :keyword:`for` loop and in many other places where a sequence is needed (:func:`zip`, :func:`map`, ...). When an iterable - object is passed as an argument to the builtin function :func:`iter`, it + object is passed as an argument to the built-in function :func:`iter`, it returns an iterator for the object. This iterator is good for one pass over the set of values. When using iterables, it is usually not necessary to call :func:`iter` or deal with iterator objects yourself. The ``for`` @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Glossary namespace The place where a variable is stored. Namespaces are implemented as - dictionaries. There are the local, global and builtin namespaces as well + dictionaries. There are the local, global and built-in namespaces as well as nested namespaces in objects (in methods). Namespaces support modularity by preventing naming conflicts. For instance, the functions :func:`builtins.open` and :func:`os.open` are distinguished by their |