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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-10-01 15:49:56 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-10-01 15:49:56 (GMT)
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Clarify comments about mailbox objects being iterable.
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\subsection{Mailbox Objects \label{mailbox-objects}}
-All implementations of Mailbox objects are iterator objects, and so
-have one externally visible method:
+All implementations of mailbox objects are iterable objects, and
+have one externally visible method. This method is used by iterators
+created from mailbox objects and may also be used directly.
\begin{methoddesc}[mailbox]{next}{}
Return the next message in the mailbox, created with the optional