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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2012-01-25 21:36:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2012-01-25 21:36:43 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst index aeb7f09..05f97b1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -:mod:`functools` --- Higher order functions and operations on callable objects +:mod:`functools` --- Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects ============================================================================== .. module:: functools - :synopsis: Higher order functions and operations on callable objects. + :synopsis: Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects. .. moduleauthor:: Peter Harris <scav@blueyonder.co.uk> .. moduleauthor:: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> .. moduleauthor:: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions: tool for programs being converted from Python 2 which supported the use of comparison functions. - A compare function is any callable that accept two arguments, compares them, + A comparison function is any callable that accept two arguments, compares them, and returns a negative number for less-than, zero for equality, or a positive number for greater-than. A key function is a callable that accepts one argument and returns another value indicating the position in the desired |