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  r62350 | nick.coghlan | 2008-04-15 12:25:31 +0200 (Tue, 15 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  Issue 2439: add pkgutils.get_data() as a convenience wrapper for the PEP 302 get_data() API (contributed by Paul Moore)
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  r62351 | nick.coghlan | 2008-04-15 12:28:14 +0200 (Tue, 15 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  Add test file missing from rev 62350
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  r62352 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-04-15 13:58:46 +0200 (Tue, 15 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Add myself to Doc/ACKS.txt
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  r62353 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-15 15:10:07 +0200 (Tue, 15 Apr 2008) | 6 lines

  Add *,**,@ to index, as suggested by
  http://farmdev.com/thoughts/24/what-does-the-def-star-variable-or-def-asterisk-parameter-syntax-do-in-python-/

  The right entry type to use isn't clear; operator seems wrong, because *,**,@
  aren't being used in expressions here.  I put them as 'statement'; 'syntax'
  might be better.
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  r62354 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-15 15:10:41 +0200 (Tue, 15 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  Typo fix
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  r62355 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-15 22:51:18 +0200 (Tue, 15 Apr 2008) | 3 lines

  Fix for possible signed overflow:  the behaviour of -LONG_MIN is
  undefined in ANSI C.
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  r62358 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2008-04-16 14:47:01 +0200 (Wed, 16 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Reformat to 80 columns prior to adding documentation.
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  r62359 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2008-04-16 14:57:43 +0200 (Wed, 16 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Add details about the return value for mmap.flush().
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  r62364 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-04-17 12:48:31 +0200 (Thu, 17 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  Issue 2648: Add leading zero to money format recipe in the docs.
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  r62365 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2008-04-17 14:39:45 +0200 (Thu, 17 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Be consistent in the use of read-only.
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  r62370 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-17 22:44:06 +0200 (Thu, 17 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  Typo fixes
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  r62372 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-18 04:40:47 +0200 (Fri, 18 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  Use correct parameter name
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  r62373 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-18 18:53:09 +0200 (Fri, 18 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  #2654: fix typo
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  r62374 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-18 20:28:23 +0200 (Fri, 18 Apr 2008) | 4 lines

  Remove personal note from Jim Roskind; it no longer applies, and the
  e-mail address is for a previous employer.

  Can we move the big long copyright statement into a sidebar or something?
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  r62375 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-18 20:39:55 +0200 (Fri, 18 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  Rewrite introductory section, and remove old section.  (It was already commented-out, but why keep it?)
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  r62378 | skip.montanaro | 2008-04-18 22:35:46 +0200 (Fri, 18 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  resolve issue 2014
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  r62379 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-04-18 22:45:33 +0200 (Fri, 18 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix indentation in sysmodule.c
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  r62381 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2008-04-19 01:31:33 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 3 lines

  Some tests did not pass on repeated calls (regrtest -R::)
  Perform additional cleanup, mostly deleting from sys.modules, or clearing the warnings registry.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
index 3d011d1..4404ab2 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ if this is not done, the order in which the arguments are printed is undefined.
 Arbitrary Argument Lists
 ------------------------
 
+.. index::
+  statement: *  
+
 Finally, the least frequently used option is to specify that a function can be
 called with an arbitrary number of arguments.  These arguments will be wrapped
 up in a tuple.  Before the variable number of arguments, zero or more normal
@@ -508,6 +511,9 @@ or tuple::
    >>> list(range(*args))            # call with arguments unpacked from a list
    [3, 4, 5]
 
+.. index::
+  statement: **
+
 In the same fashion, dictionaries can deliver keyword arguments with the ``**``\
 -operator::
 
@@ -610,7 +616,7 @@ concise, *formatted*) in different styles; some are more readable than others.
 Making it easy for others to read your code is always a good idea, and adopting
 a nice coding style helps tremendously for that.
 
-For Python, :pep:`8` has emerged as the style guide that most projects adher to;
+For Python, :pep:`8` has emerged as the style guide that most projects adhere to;
 it promotes a very readable and eye-pleasing coding style.  Every Python
 developer should read it at some point; here are the most important points
 extracted for you: