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authorÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-06-04 19:16:42 (GMT)
committerÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-06-04 19:16:42 (GMT)
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Merge ABC and distutils touch-ups from 3.2.
I have removed the reST target I added in 38cdca2cc253: it is not necessary, as people can link to the glossary entry or the abc module without it. Two indentation fixes from 3.2 collections.rst have been ported to 3.3 collections.abc.rst.
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-rw-r--r--Doc/glossary.rst16
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/abc.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/collections.abc.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/numbers.rst6
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 1042a81..2961af1 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ Glossary
:ref:`2to3-reference`.
abstract base class
- :ref:`abstract-base-classes` complement :term:`duck-typing` by
+ Abstract base classes complement :term:`duck-typing` by
providing a way to define interfaces when other techniques like
- :func:`hasattr` would be clumsy. Python comes with many built-in ABCs for
- data structures (in the :mod:`collections` module), numbers (in the
- :mod:`numbers` module), and streams (in the :mod:`io` module). You can
- create your own ABC with the :mod:`abc` module.
+ :func:`hasattr` would be clumsy or subtly wrong (for example with
+ :ref:`magic methods <special-lookup>`). Python comes with many built-in ABCs for
+ data structures (in the :mod:`collections.abc` module), numbers (in the
+ :mod:`numbers` module), streams (in the :mod:`io` module), import finders
+ and loaders (in the :mod:`importlib.abc` module). You can create your own
+ ABCs with the :mod:`abc` module.
argument
A value passed to a function or method, assigned to a named local
@@ -430,8 +432,8 @@ Glossary
mapping
A container object that supports arbitrary key lookups and implements the
methods specified in the :class:`Mapping` or :class:`MutableMapping`
- :ref:`abstract base classes <abstract-base-classes>`. Examples include
- :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`,
+ :ref:`abstract base classes <collections-abstract-base-classes>`. Examples
+ include :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`,
:class:`collections.OrderedDict` and :class:`collections.Counter`.
metaclass
diff --git a/Doc/library/abc.rst b/Doc/library/abc.rst
index 54f7a5f..030d286 100644
--- a/Doc/library/abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/abc.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.. _abstract-base-classes:
-
:mod:`abc` --- Abstract Base Classes
====================================
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
index 1d451d1..dbd89ae 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ABC Inherits from Abstract Methods Mixin
:class:`Iterable`, ``index``, and ``count``
:class:`Container`
-:class:`MutableSequence` :class:`Sequence` ``__setitem__`` Inherited :class:`Sequence` methods and
+:class:`MutableSequence` :class:`Sequence` ``__setitem__``, Inherited :class:`Sequence` methods and
``__delitem__``, ``append``, ``reverse``, ``extend``, ``pop``,
``insert`` ``remove``, ``clear``, and ``__iadd__``
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Notes on using :class:`Set` and :class:`MutableSet` as a mixin:
.. seealso::
- * `OrderedSet recipe <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576694/>`_ that uses
- :class:`MutableSet`.
+ * `OrderedSet recipe <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576694/>`_ for an
+ example built on :class:`MutableSet`.
- * For more about ABCs, see the :mod:`abc` module and :pep:`3119`.
+ * For more about ABCs, see the :mod:`abc` module and :pep:`3119`.
diff --git a/Doc/library/numbers.rst b/Doc/library/numbers.rst
index df8d521..ad33396 100644
--- a/Doc/library/numbers.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/numbers.rst
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
:synopsis: Numeric abstract base classes (Complex, Real, Integral, etc.).
-The :mod:`numbers` module (:pep:`3141`) defines a hierarchy of numeric abstract
-base classes which progressively define more operations. None of the types
-defined in this module can be instantiated.
+The :mod:`numbers` module (:pep:`3141`) defines a hierarchy of numeric
+:term:`abstract base classes <abstract base class>` which progressively define
+more operations. None of the types defined in this module can be instantiated.
.. class:: Number