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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-11-02 20:06:17 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-11-02 20:06:17 (GMT) |
| commit | 7c3e79f67f6191fb500144db1d484d8bb8619f5a (patch) | |
| tree | 36ae7c99ee5a7d66b8145f9005237e5897aae2d3 /Doc/library/datetime.rst | |
| parent | 03fd077482fd5d88a40a8f0d04e0566b9738098a (diff) | |
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Make "hashable" a glossary entry and clarify docs on __cmp__, __eq__ and __hash__.
I hope the concept of hashability is better understandable now.
Thanks to Tim Hatch for pointing out the flaws here.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst index 24d4f69..9442d29 100644 --- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst +++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ compared to an object of a different type, :exc:`TypeError` is raised unless the comparison is ``==`` or ``!=``. The latter cases return :const:`False` or :const:`True`, respectively. -:class:`timedelta` objects are hashable (usable as dictionary keys), support +:class:`timedelta` objects are :term:`hashable` (usable as dictionary keys), support efficient pickling, and in Boolean contexts, a :class:`timedelta` object is considered to be true if and only if it isn't equal to ``timedelta(0)``. |