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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-10-21 12:10:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-10-21 12:10:28 (GMT) |
| commit | e7a0990113873e5f0cc5cac203f47a8dcbda9848 (patch) | |
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| parent | cf3fb259329eedfa9d2c802b2ea5ced287c21e78 (diff) | |
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Add :term:s for iterator.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 0d380ea..f98adce 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. function:: enumerate(iterable) - Return an enumerate object. *iterable* must be a sequence, an iterator, or some + Return an enumerate object. *iterable* must be a sequence, an :term:`iterator`, or some other object which supports iteration. The :meth:`next` method of the iterator returned by :func:`enumerate` returns a tuple containing a count (from zero) and the corresponding value obtained from iterating over *iterable*. @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. Construct a list from those elements of *iterable* for which *function* returns true. *iterable* may be either a sequence, a container which supports - iteration, or an iterator, If *iterable* is a string or a tuple, the result + iteration, or an iterator. If *iterable* is a string or a tuple, the result also has that type; otherwise it is always a list. If *function* is ``None``, the identity function is assumed, that is, all elements of *iterable* that are false are removed. @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. function:: iter(o[, sentinel]) - Return an iterator object. The first argument is interpreted very differently + Return an :term:`iterator` object. The first argument is interpreted very differently depending on the presence of the second argument. Without a second argument, *o* must be a collection object which supports the iteration protocol (the :meth:`__iter__` method), or it must support the sequence protocol (the @@ -973,9 +973,9 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. function:: reversed(seq) - Return a reverse iterator. *seq* must be an object which supports the sequence - protocol (the :meth:`__len__` method and the :meth:`__getitem__` method with - integer arguments starting at ``0``). + Return a reverse :term:`iterator`. *seq* must be an object which supports + the sequence protocol (the :meth:`__len__` method and the :meth:`__getitem__` + method with integer arguments starting at ``0``). .. versionadded:: 2.4 |