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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-04-03 05:16:31 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-04-03 05:16:31 (GMT)
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Normalized case rules in section headings.
Moved stuff from "Recent Additions to 1.1" to "More on Defining Functions". This means there's now a short section on "Defining Functions" immediately followed by a long section "More on Defining Functions."
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
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2 files changed, 152 insertions, 168 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/tut.tex b/Doc/tut.tex
index a92c7ff..d00b37e 100644
--- a/Doc/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut.tex
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ modules described in the \emph{Python Library Reference}.
\chapter{Whetting Your Appetite}
-%\section{Introduction}
\label{intro}
If you ever wrote a large shell script, you probably know this
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>>
\end{verbatim}
-\section{The Interpreter and its Environment}
+\section{The Interpreter and Its Environment}
\label{interp}
\subsection{Error Handling}
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ Typing an interrupt while a command is executing raises the
\code{KeyboardInterrupt} exception, which may be handled by a
\code{try} statement.
-\subsection{Executable Python scripts}
+\subsection{Executable Python Scripts}
\label{scripts}
On BSD'ish \UNIX{} systems, Python scripts can be made directly
@@ -1274,6 +1273,59 @@ def fprintf(file, format, *args):
file.write(format % args)
\end{verbatim}
+
+\subsection{Lambda Forms}
+\label{lambda}
+
+By popular demand, a few features commonly found in functional
+programming languages and Lisp have been added to Python. With the
+\keyword{lambda} keyword, small anonymous functions can be created.
+Here's a function that returns the sum of its two arguments:
+\samp{lambda a, b: a+b}. Lambda forms can be used wherever function
+objects are required. They are syntactically restricted to a single
+expression. Semantically, they are just syntactic sugar for a normal
+function definition. Like nested function definitions, lambda forms
+cannot reference variables from the containing scope, but this can be
+overcome through the judicious use of default argument values, e.g.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+def make_incrementor(n):
+ return lambda x, incr=n: x+incr
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\subsection{Documentation Strings}
+\label{docstrings}
+
+There are emerging conventions about the content and formatting of
+documentation strings.
+
+The first line should always be a short, concise summary of the
+object's purpose. For brevity, it should not explicitly state the
+object's name or type, since these are available by other means
+(except if the name happens to be a verb describing a function's
+operation). This line should begin with a capital letter and end with
+a period.
+
+If there are more lines in the documentation string, the second line
+should be blank, visually separating the summary from the rest of the
+description. The following lines should be one of more of paragraphs
+describing the objects calling conventions, its side effects, etc.
+
+The Python parser does not strip indentation from multi-line string
+literals in Python, so tools that process documentation have to strip
+indentation. This is done using the following convention. The first
+non-blank line \emph{after} the first line of the string determines the
+amount of indentation for the entire documentation string. (We can't
+use the first line since it is generally adjacent to the string's
+opening quotes so its indentation is not apparent in the string
+literal.) Whitespace ``equivalent'' to this indentation is then
+stripped from the start of all lines of the string. Lines that are
+indented less should not occur, but if they occur all their leading
+whitespace should be stripped. Equivalence of whitespace should be
+tested after expansion of tabs (to 8 spaces, normally).
+
+
+
\chapter{Data Structures}
\label{structures}
@@ -1883,7 +1935,7 @@ is not set. You can modify it using standard list operations, e.g.:
>>> sys.path.append('/ufs/guido/lib/python')
\end{verbatim}
-\section{The \sectcode{dir()} function}
+\section{The \sectcode{dir()} Function}
\label{dir}
The built-in function \function{dir()} is used to find out which names
@@ -2124,7 +2176,7 @@ written. This behind-the-scenes modification to file data is fine for
writing such files. (Note that the precise semantics of text mode on
the Macintosh depends on the underlying \C{} library being used.)
-\subsection{Methods of file objects}
+\subsection{Methods of File Objects}
\label{fileMethods}
The rest of the examples in this section will assume that a file
@@ -2215,7 +2267,7 @@ File objects have some additional methods, such as \method{isatty()}
and \method{truncate()} which are less frequently used; consult the
Library Reference for a complete guide to file objects.
-\subsection{The \module{pickle} module}
+\subsection{The \module{pickle} Module}
\label{pickle}
\refstmodindex{pickle}
@@ -2563,7 +2615,7 @@ extension by the user. Also, like in \Cpp{} but unlike in Modula-3, most
built-in operators with special syntax (arithmetic operators,
subscripting etc.) can be redefined for class instances.
-\section{A word about terminology}
+\section{A Word About Terminology}
\label{terminology}
Lacking universally accepted terminology to talk about classes, I will
@@ -2596,7 +2648,7 @@ obviates the need for two different argument passing mechanisms as in
Pascal.
-\section{Python scopes and name spaces}
+\section{Python Scopes and Name Spaces}
\label{scopes}
Before introducing classes, I first have to tell you something about
@@ -2700,14 +2752,14 @@ scope. (The \keyword{global} statement can be used to indicate that
particular variables live in the global scope.)
-\section{A first look at classes}
+\section{A First Look at Classes}
\label{firstClasses}
Classes introduce a little bit of new syntax, three new object types,
and some new semantics.
-\subsection{Class definition syntax}
+\subsection{Class Definition Syntax}
\label{classDefinition}
The simplest form of class definition looks like this:
@@ -2743,11 +2795,11 @@ object} is created. This is basically a wrapper around the contents
of the name space created by the class definition; we'll learn more
about class objects in the next section. The original local scope
(the one in effect just before the class definitions was entered) is
-reinstated, and the class object is bound here to class name given in
-the class definition header (\code{ClassName} in the example).
+reinstated, and the class object is bound here to the class name given
+in the class definition header (\class{ClassName} in the example).
-\subsection{Class objects}
+\subsection{Class Objects}
\label{classObjects}
Class objects support two kinds of operations: attribute references
@@ -2786,7 +2838,7 @@ creates a new \emph{instance} of the class and assigns this object to
the local variable \code{x}.
-\subsection{Instance objects}
+\subsection{Instance Objects}
\label{instanceObjects}
Now what can we do with instance objects? The only operations
@@ -2824,10 +2876,11 @@ example, \code{x.f} is a valid method reference, since
\code{MyClass.f} is a function, but \code{x.i} is not, since
\code{MyClass.i} is not. But \code{x.f} is not the same thing as
\code{MyClass.f} --- it is a \emph{method object}, not a function
-object.
+object.%
+\obindex{method}
-\subsection{Method objects}
+\subsection{Method Objects}
\label{methodObjects}
Usually, a method is called immediately, e.g.:
@@ -2876,7 +2929,7 @@ list is constructed from the instance object and the original argument
list, and the function object is called with this new argument list.
-\section{Random remarks}
+\section{Random Remarks}
\label{remarks}
[These should perhaps be placed more carefully...]
@@ -3063,7 +3116,7 @@ occasionally useful to clients as well. (Note that this only works if
the base class is defined or imported directly in the global scope.)
-\subsection{Multiple inheritance}
+\subsection{Multiple Inheritance}
\label{multiple}
Python supports a limited form of multiple inheritance as well. A
@@ -3104,10 +3157,10 @@ variables'' or data attributes used by the common base class), it is
not clear that these semantics are in any way useful.
-\section{Private variables through name mangling}
+\section{Private Variables}
\label{private}
-There is now limited support for class-private
+There is limited support for class-private
identifiers. Any identifier of the form \code{__spam} (at least two
leading underscores, at most one trailing underscore) is now textually
replaced with \code{_classname__spam}, where \code{classname} is the
@@ -3174,7 +3227,7 @@ class VirtualAttributes:
%so that widespread experience with its use can be gained. It will not
%be removed without providing a better solution and a migration path.
-\section{Odds and ends}
+\section{Odds and Ends}
\label{odds}
Sometimes it is useful to have a data type similar to the Pascal
@@ -3317,70 +3370,9 @@ organizes Python workshops. See \url{http://www.python.org/psa/} for
information on how to join.
-\chapter{Recent Additions as of Release 1.1}
-
-% XXX Should the stuff in this chapter be deleted, or can a home be
-% found or it elsewhere in the Tutorial?
-
-\section{Lambda Forms}
-\label{lambda}
-
-% XXX Where to put this? Or just leave it out?
-
-By popular demand, a few features commonly found in functional
-programming languages and Lisp have been added to Python. With the
-\keyword{lambda} keyword, small anonymous functions can be created.
-Here's a function that returns the sum of its two arguments:
-\samp{lambda a, b: a+b}. Lambda forms can be used wherever function
-objects are required. They are syntactically restricted to a single
-expression. Semantically, they are just syntactic sugar for a normal
-function definition. Like nested function definitions, lambda forms
-cannot reference variables from the containing scope, but this can be
-overcome through the judicious use of default argument values, e.g.
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-def make_incrementor(n):
- return lambda x, incr=n: x+incr
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\section{Documentation Strings}
-\label{docstrings}
-
-% XXX Where to put this? Or just leave it out?
-
-There are emerging conventions about the content and formatting of
-documentation strings.
-
-The first line should always be a short, concise summary of the
-object's purpose. For brevity, it should not explicitly state the
-object's name or type, since these are available by other means
-(except if the name happens to be a verb describing a function's
-operation). This line should begin with a capital letter and end with
-a period.
-
-If there are more lines in the documentation string, the second line
-should be blank, visually separating the summary from the rest of the
-description. The following lines should be one of more of paragraphs
-describing the objects calling conventions, its side effects, etc.
-
-Some people like to copy the Emacs convention of using UPPER CASE for
-function parameters --- this often saves a few words or lines.
-
-The Python parser does not strip indentation from multi-line string
-literals in Python, so tools that process documentation have to strip
-indentation. This is done using the following convention. The first
-non-blank line \emph{after} the first line of the string determines the
-amount of indentation for the entire documentation string. (We can't
-use the first line since it is generally adjacent to the string's
-opening quotes so its indentation is not apparent in the string
-literal.) Whitespace ``equivalent'' to this indentation is then
-stripped from the start of all lines of the string. Lines that are
-indented less should not occur, but if they occur all their leading
-whitespace should be stripped. Equivalence of whitespace should be
-tested after expansion of tabs (to 8 spaces, normally).
-
+\appendix
-\appendix\chapter{Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution}
+\chapter{Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution}
\label{interacting}
Some versions of the Python interpreter support editing of the current
diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
index a92c7ff..d00b37e 100644
--- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ modules described in the \emph{Python Library Reference}.
\chapter{Whetting Your Appetite}
-%\section{Introduction}
\label{intro}
If you ever wrote a large shell script, you probably know this
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>>
\end{verbatim}
-\section{The Interpreter and its Environment}
+\section{The Interpreter and Its Environment}
\label{interp}
\subsection{Error Handling}
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ Typing an interrupt while a command is executing raises the
\code{KeyboardInterrupt} exception, which may be handled by a
\code{try} statement.
-\subsection{Executable Python scripts}
+\subsection{Executable Python Scripts}
\label{scripts}
On BSD'ish \UNIX{} systems, Python scripts can be made directly
@@ -1274,6 +1273,59 @@ def fprintf(file, format, *args):
file.write(format % args)
\end{verbatim}
+
+\subsection{Lambda Forms}
+\label{lambda}
+
+By popular demand, a few features commonly found in functional
+programming languages and Lisp have been added to Python. With the
+\keyword{lambda} keyword, small anonymous functions can be created.
+Here's a function that returns the sum of its two arguments:
+\samp{lambda a, b: a+b}. Lambda forms can be used wherever function
+objects are required. They are syntactically restricted to a single
+expression. Semantically, they are just syntactic sugar for a normal
+function definition. Like nested function definitions, lambda forms
+cannot reference variables from the containing scope, but this can be
+overcome through the judicious use of default argument values, e.g.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+def make_incrementor(n):
+ return lambda x, incr=n: x+incr
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\subsection{Documentation Strings}
+\label{docstrings}
+
+There are emerging conventions about the content and formatting of
+documentation strings.
+
+The first line should always be a short, concise summary of the
+object's purpose. For brevity, it should not explicitly state the
+object's name or type, since these are available by other means
+(except if the name happens to be a verb describing a function's
+operation). This line should begin with a capital letter and end with
+a period.
+
+If there are more lines in the documentation string, the second line
+should be blank, visually separating the summary from the rest of the
+description. The following lines should be one of more of paragraphs
+describing the objects calling conventions, its side effects, etc.
+
+The Python parser does not strip indentation from multi-line string
+literals in Python, so tools that process documentation have to strip
+indentation. This is done using the following convention. The first
+non-blank line \emph{after} the first line of the string determines the
+amount of indentation for the entire documentation string. (We can't
+use the first line since it is generally adjacent to the string's
+opening quotes so its indentation is not apparent in the string
+literal.) Whitespace ``equivalent'' to this indentation is then
+stripped from the start of all lines of the string. Lines that are
+indented less should not occur, but if they occur all their leading
+whitespace should be stripped. Equivalence of whitespace should be
+tested after expansion of tabs (to 8 spaces, normally).
+
+
+
\chapter{Data Structures}
\label{structures}
@@ -1883,7 +1935,7 @@ is not set. You can modify it using standard list operations, e.g.:
>>> sys.path.append('/ufs/guido/lib/python')
\end{verbatim}
-\section{The \sectcode{dir()} function}
+\section{The \sectcode{dir()} Function}
\label{dir}
The built-in function \function{dir()} is used to find out which names
@@ -2124,7 +2176,7 @@ written. This behind-the-scenes modification to file data is fine for
writing such files. (Note that the precise semantics of text mode on
the Macintosh depends on the underlying \C{} library being used.)
-\subsection{Methods of file objects}
+\subsection{Methods of File Objects}
\label{fileMethods}
The rest of the examples in this section will assume that a file
@@ -2215,7 +2267,7 @@ File objects have some additional methods, such as \method{isatty()}
and \method{truncate()} which are less frequently used; consult the
Library Reference for a complete guide to file objects.
-\subsection{The \module{pickle} module}
+\subsection{The \module{pickle} Module}
\label{pickle}
\refstmodindex{pickle}
@@ -2563,7 +2615,7 @@ extension by the user. Also, like in \Cpp{} but unlike in Modula-3, most
built-in operators with special syntax (arithmetic operators,
subscripting etc.) can be redefined for class instances.
-\section{A word about terminology}
+\section{A Word About Terminology}
\label{terminology}
Lacking universally accepted terminology to talk about classes, I will
@@ -2596,7 +2648,7 @@ obviates the need for two different argument passing mechanisms as in
Pascal.
-\section{Python scopes and name spaces}
+\section{Python Scopes and Name Spaces}
\label{scopes}
Before introducing classes, I first have to tell you something about
@@ -2700,14 +2752,14 @@ scope. (The \keyword{global} statement can be used to indicate that
particular variables live in the global scope.)
-\section{A first look at classes}
+\section{A First Look at Classes}
\label{firstClasses}
Classes introduce a little bit of new syntax, three new object types,
and some new semantics.
-\subsection{Class definition syntax}
+\subsection{Class Definition Syntax}
\label{classDefinition}
The simplest form of class definition looks like this:
@@ -2743,11 +2795,11 @@ object} is created. This is basically a wrapper around the contents
of the name space created by the class definition; we'll learn more
about class objects in the next section. The original local scope
(the one in effect just before the class definitions was entered) is
-reinstated, and the class object is bound here to class name given in
-the class definition header (\code{ClassName} in the example).
+reinstated, and the class object is bound here to the class name given
+in the class definition header (\class{ClassName} in the example).
-\subsection{Class objects}
+\subsection{Class Objects}
\label{classObjects}
Class objects support two kinds of operations: attribute references
@@ -2786,7 +2838,7 @@ creates a new \emph{instance} of the class and assigns this object to
the local variable \code{x}.
-\subsection{Instance objects}
+\subsection{Instance Objects}
\label{instanceObjects}
Now what can we do with instance objects? The only operations
@@ -2824,10 +2876,11 @@ example, \code{x.f} is a valid method reference, since
\code{MyClass.f} is a function, but \code{x.i} is not, since
\code{MyClass.i} is not. But \code{x.f} is not the same thing as
\code{MyClass.f} --- it is a \emph{method object}, not a function
-object.
+object.%
+\obindex{method}
-\subsection{Method objects}
+\subsection{Method Objects}
\label{methodObjects}
Usually, a method is called immediately, e.g.:
@@ -2876,7 +2929,7 @@ list is constructed from the instance object and the original argument
list, and the function object is called with this new argument list.
-\section{Random remarks}
+\section{Random Remarks}
\label{remarks}
[These should perhaps be placed more carefully...]
@@ -3063,7 +3116,7 @@ occasionally useful to clients as well. (Note that this only works if
the base class is defined or imported directly in the global scope.)
-\subsection{Multiple inheritance}
+\subsection{Multiple Inheritance}
\label{multiple}
Python supports a limited form of multiple inheritance as well. A
@@ -3104,10 +3157,10 @@ variables'' or data attributes used by the common base class), it is
not clear that these semantics are in any way useful.
-\section{Private variables through name mangling}
+\section{Private Variables}
\label{private}
-There is now limited support for class-private
+There is limited support for class-private
identifiers. Any identifier of the form \code{__spam} (at least two
leading underscores, at most one trailing underscore) is now textually
replaced with \code{_classname__spam}, where \code{classname} is the
@@ -3174,7 +3227,7 @@ class VirtualAttributes:
%so that widespread experience with its use can be gained. It will not
%be removed without providing a better solution and a migration path.
-\section{Odds and ends}
+\section{Odds and Ends}
\label{odds}
Sometimes it is useful to have a data type similar to the Pascal
@@ -3317,70 +3370,9 @@ organizes Python workshops. See \url{http://www.python.org/psa/} for
information on how to join.
-\chapter{Recent Additions as of Release 1.1}
-
-% XXX Should the stuff in this chapter be deleted, or can a home be
-% found or it elsewhere in the Tutorial?
-
-\section{Lambda Forms}
-\label{lambda}
-
-% XXX Where to put this? Or just leave it out?
-
-By popular demand, a few features commonly found in functional
-programming languages and Lisp have been added to Python. With the
-\keyword{lambda} keyword, small anonymous functions can be created.
-Here's a function that returns the sum of its two arguments:
-\samp{lambda a, b: a+b}. Lambda forms can be used wherever function
-objects are required. They are syntactically restricted to a single
-expression. Semantically, they are just syntactic sugar for a normal
-function definition. Like nested function definitions, lambda forms
-cannot reference variables from the containing scope, but this can be
-overcome through the judicious use of default argument values, e.g.
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-def make_incrementor(n):
- return lambda x, incr=n: x+incr
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\section{Documentation Strings}
-\label{docstrings}
-
-% XXX Where to put this? Or just leave it out?
-
-There are emerging conventions about the content and formatting of
-documentation strings.
-
-The first line should always be a short, concise summary of the
-object's purpose. For brevity, it should not explicitly state the
-object's name or type, since these are available by other means
-(except if the name happens to be a verb describing a function's
-operation). This line should begin with a capital letter and end with
-a period.
-
-If there are more lines in the documentation string, the second line
-should be blank, visually separating the summary from the rest of the
-description. The following lines should be one of more of paragraphs
-describing the objects calling conventions, its side effects, etc.
-
-Some people like to copy the Emacs convention of using UPPER CASE for
-function parameters --- this often saves a few words or lines.
-
-The Python parser does not strip indentation from multi-line string
-literals in Python, so tools that process documentation have to strip
-indentation. This is done using the following convention. The first
-non-blank line \emph{after} the first line of the string determines the
-amount of indentation for the entire documentation string. (We can't
-use the first line since it is generally adjacent to the string's
-opening quotes so its indentation is not apparent in the string
-literal.) Whitespace ``equivalent'' to this indentation is then
-stripped from the start of all lines of the string. Lines that are
-indented less should not occur, but if they occur all their leading
-whitespace should be stripped. Equivalence of whitespace should be
-tested after expansion of tabs (to 8 spaces, normally).
-
+\appendix
-\appendix\chapter{Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution}
+\chapter{Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution}
\label{interacting}
Some versions of the Python interpreter support editing of the current