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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2011-01-08 23:50:39 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2011-01-08 23:50:39 (GMT) |
| commit | c4c52dd23d4d365952fb7f653f72f38154e4d331 (patch) | |
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Issue 10357: Clarify what it means to be a mapping.
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index d16e359..eab35f7 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -442,9 +442,11 @@ Glossary :term:`finder`. See :pep:`302` for details. mapping - A container object (such as :class:`dict`) which supports arbitrary key - lookups using the special method :meth:`__getitem__`. Mappings also - support :meth:`__len__`, :meth:`__iter__`, and :meth:`__contains__`. + A container object that supports arbitrary key lookups and implements the + methods specified in the :class:`Mapping` or :class:`MutableMapping` + :ref:`abstract base classes <abstract-base-classes>`. Examples include + :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`, + :class:`collections.OrderedDict` and :class:`collections.Counter`. metaclass The class of a class. Class definitions create a class name, a class |