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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-10-06 08:13:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-10-06 08:13:26 (GMT) |
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Merged revisions 82629,82632,82724,82757-82758,82760-82763,82798-82799,82801 via svnmerge from
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r82629 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-07 20:51:43 +0200 (Mi, 07 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Make comment out of an awkward note.
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r82632 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-07 21:04:36 +0200 (Mi, 07 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Turn more notes into comments.
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r82724 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-09 09:33:15 +0200 (Fr, 09 Jul 2010) | 1 line
2.7 is now stable.
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r82757 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 10:58:37 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Fix markup.
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r82758 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 12:23:40 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Emphasize role of count for Pascal string.
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r82760 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 12:39:57 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#3214: improve description of duck-typing in glossary.
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r82761 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 13:40:13 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#1434090: properly append child in expatbuilder doctype handler.
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r82762 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 13:51:06 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#8338: fix outdated class name.
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r82763 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 14:01:34 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#8456: fix signature of sqlite3.connect().
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r82798 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-11 11:23:11 +0200 (So, 11 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#6774: explain shutdown() behavior varying with platform.
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r82799 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-11 11:26:57 +0200 (So, 11 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Fix typo.
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r82801 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-11 11:33:39 +0200 (So, 11 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#9184: fix default value for "buffering" param of open().
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index cc7b28e..8dea228 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ Glossary object. duck-typing - A pythonic programming style which determines an object's type by inspection - of its method or attribute signature rather than by explicit relationship - to some type object ("If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it + A programming style which does not look at an object's type to determine + if it has the right interface; instead, the method or attribute is simply + called or used ("If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.") By emphasizing interfaces rather than specific types, well-designed code improves its flexibility by allowing polymorphic substitution. Duck-typing avoids tests using :func:`type` or |