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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-09-04 07:23:09 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-09-04 07:23:09 (GMT) |
commit | a1e9ef7a621520aa5574fe856a8ad40a69318ce2 (patch) | |
tree | 2f13a313c0c4c118c8632e18b048edff392fc540 /Doc/library | |
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Fix up the types module docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/types.rst b/Doc/library/types.rst index 6d499fb..ec271e4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/types.rst +++ b/Doc/library/types.rst @@ -42,11 +42,17 @@ The module defines the following names: .. data:: TypeType + ClassType .. index:: builtin: type - The type of type objects (such as returned by :func:`type`); alias of the - built-in :class:`type`. + The type of type objects (such as returned by :func:`type`) and user-defined + classes without metaclass; alias of the built-in :class:`type`. + + +.. data:: ObjectType + + Alias of the built-in :func:`object`. .. data:: BooleanType @@ -56,15 +62,11 @@ The module defines the following names: .. data:: IntType + LongType The type of integers (e.g. ``1``); alias of the built-in :class:`int`. -.. data:: LongType - - The type of long integers (e.g. ``1L``); alias of the built-in :class:`long`. - - .. data:: FloatType The type of floating point numbers (e.g. ``1.0``); alias of the built-in @@ -73,8 +75,9 @@ The module defines the following names: .. data:: ComplexType - The type of complex numbers (e.g. ``1.0j``). This is not defined if Python was - built without complex number support. + The type of complex numbers (e.g. ``1.0j``); alias of the built-in + :class:`complex`. This is not defined if Python was built without complex + number support. .. data:: StringType @@ -96,26 +99,18 @@ The module defines the following names: .. data:: DictType + DictionaryType The type of dictionaries (e.g. ``{'Bacon': 1, 'Ham': 0}``); alias of the built-in :class:`dict`. -.. data:: DictionaryType - - An alternate name for ``DictType``. - - .. data:: FunctionType + LambdaType The type of user-defined functions and lambdas. -.. data:: LambdaType - - An alternate name for ``FunctionType``. - - .. data:: GeneratorType The type of generator-iterator objects, produced by calling a generator @@ -129,50 +124,23 @@ The module defines the following names: The type for code objects such as returned by :func:`compile`. -.. data:: ClassType - - The type of user-defined classes. - - .. data:: MethodType + UnboundMethdType The type of methods of user-defined class instances. -.. data:: UnboundMethodType - - An alternate name for ``MethodType``. - - .. data:: BuiltinFunctionType + BuiltinMethodType The type of built-in functions like :func:`len` or :func:`sys.exit`. -.. data:: BuiltinMethodType - - An alternate name for ``BuiltinFunction``. - - .. data:: ModuleType The type of modules. -.. data:: FileType - - The type of open file objects such as ``sys.stdout``; alias of the built-in - :class:`file`. - - -.. data:: RangeType - - .. index:: builtin: range - - The type of range objects returned by :func:`range`; alias of the built-in - :class:`range`. - - .. data:: SliceType .. index:: builtin: slice @@ -197,6 +165,7 @@ The module defines the following names: traceback object. +.. XXX! .. data:: BufferType .. index:: builtin: buffer @@ -228,12 +197,3 @@ The module defines the following names: ``datetime.timedelta.days``. This constant is not defined in implementations of Python that do not have such extension types, so for portable code use ``hasattr(types, 'MemberDescriptorType')``. - - -.. data:: StringTypes - - A sequence containing ``StringType`` and ``UnicodeType`` used to facilitate - easier checking for any string object. Using this is more portable than using a - sequence of the two string types constructed elsewhere since it only contains - ``UnicodeType`` if it has been built in the running version of Python. For - example: ``isinstance(s, types.StringTypes)``. |