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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-01-27 15:48:23 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-01-27 15:48:23 (GMT)
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Don't say that the module defines the "following functions" and then
only describe one; say "following function" instead! Merge the two one-sentence paragraphs into a single paragraph, so it doesn't look too stupid.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcode.tex b/Doc/lib/libcode.tex
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@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
The \code{code} module defines operations pertaining to Python code
-objects.
-
-The \code{code} module defines the following functions:
+objects. It defines the following function:
\begin{funcdesc}{compile_command}{source, \optional{filename\optional{, symbol}}}
@@ -21,14 +19,12 @@ the same decision as the real interpreter main loop.
Arguments: \var{source} is the source string; \var{filename} is the
optional filename from which source was read, defaulting to
-\code{"<input>"}; and \var{symbol} is the optional grammar start
-symbol, which should be either \code{"single"} (the default) or
-\code{"eval"}.
+\code{'<input>'}; and \var{symbol} is the optional grammar start
+symbol, which should be either \code{'single'} (the default) or
+\code{'eval'}.
Return a code object (the same as \code{compile(\var{source},
\var{filename}, \var{symbol})}) if the command is complete and valid;
return \code{None} if the command is incomplete; raise
-\code{SyntaxError} if the command is a syntax error.
-
-
+\exception{SyntaxError} if the command is a syntax error.
\end{funcdesc}