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author | Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> | 2013-01-02 20:29:09 (GMT) |
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committer | Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> | 2013-01-02 20:29:09 (GMT) |
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#16747: fix link to file objects in the glossary.
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 164c017..55c3470 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -356,17 +356,17 @@ Glossary slowly. See also :term:`interactive`. iterable - An object capable of returning its members one at a - time. Examples of iterables include all sequence types (such as - :class:`list`, :class:`str`, and :class:`tuple`) and some non-sequence - types like :class:`dict` and :class:`file` and objects of any classes you - 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 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`` + An object capable of returning its members one at a time. Examples of + iterables include all sequence types (such as :class:`list`, :class:`str`, + 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__` 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 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`` statement does that automatically for you, creating a temporary unnamed variable to hold the iterator for the duration of the loop. See also :term:`iterator`, :term:`sequence`, and :term:`generator`. |