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authorChris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek@gmail.com>2012-11-10 02:58:06 (GMT)
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Merge from 3.2: adjust set and frozenset function docs (issue #16436).
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@@ -547,11 +547,13 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. function:: frozenset([iterable])
:noindex:
- Return a frozenset object, optionally with elements taken from *iterable*.
- The frozenset type is described in :ref:`types-set`.
+ Return a new :class:`frozenset` object, optionally with elements taken from
+ *iterable*. ``frozenset`` is a built-in class. See :class:`frozenset` and
+ :ref:`types-set` for documentation about this class.
- For other containers see the built in :class:`dict`, :class:`list`, and
- :class:`tuple` classes, and the :mod:`collections` module.
+ For other containers see the built-in :class:`set`, :class:`list`,
+ :class:`tuple`, and :class:`dict` classes, as well as the :mod:`collections`
+ module.
.. function:: getattr(object, name[, default])
@@ -1170,8 +1172,13 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. function:: set([iterable])
:noindex:
- Return a new set, optionally with elements taken from *iterable*.
- The set type is described in :ref:`types-set`.
+ Return a new :class:`set` object, optionally with elements taken from
+ *iterable*. ``set`` is a built-in class. See :class:`set` and
+ :ref:`types-set` for documentation about this class.
+
+ For other containers see the built-in :class:`frozenset`, :class:`list`,
+ :class:`tuple`, and :class:`dict` classes, as well as the :mod:`collections`
+ module.
.. function:: setattr(object, name, value)