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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-02-28 17:14:32 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-02-28 17:14:32 (GMT)
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a few typographical changes (e.g. -- => ---) and lots of new stuff in the WWW chapter
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-rw-r--r--Doc/ref/ref4.tex2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index 67848bb8..35b4ecf 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Class objects are described below. When a class object is called as a
function, a new class instance (also described below) is created and
returned. This implies a call to the class's \verb@__init__@ method
if it has one. Any arguments are passed on to the \verb@__init__@
-method -- if there is \verb@__init__@ method, the class must be called
+method --- if there is \verb@__init__@ method, the class must be called
without arguments.
\ttindex{__init__}
\obindex{class}
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ reference is deleted. It is not guaranteed that
\code{__del__} methods are called for objects that still exist when
the interpreter exits.
-Note that \code{del x} doesn't directly call \code{x.__del__} -- the
+Note that \code{del x} doesn't directly call \code{x.__del__} --- the
former decrements the reference count for \code{x} by one, but
\code{x,__del__} is only called when its reference count reaches zero.
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ attribute). \code{name} is the attribute name, \code{value} is the
value to be assigned to it.
If \code{__setattr__} wants to assign to an instance attribute, it
-should not simply execute \code{self.\var{name} = value} -- this would
+should not simply execute \code{self.\var{name} = value} --- this would
cause a recursive call. Instead, it should insert the value in the
dictionary of instance attributes, e.g. \code{self.__dict__[name] =
value}.
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref4.tex b/Doc/ref/ref4.tex
index 0198117..2f2e1c8 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref4.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref4.tex
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The following table lists the meaning of the local and global name
space for various types of code blocks. The name space for a
particular module is automatically created when the module is first
referenced. Note that in almost all cases, the global name space is
-the name space of the containing module -- scopes in Python do not
+the name space of the containing module --- scopes in Python do not
nest!
\begin{center}