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authorSergey B Kirpichev <skirpichev@gmail.com>2024-10-29 08:08:08 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2024-10-29 08:08:08 (GMT)
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Align functools.reduce() docstring with PEP-257 (#126045)
Yak-shave in preparation for Argument Clinic adaption in gh-125999.
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@@ -1009,12 +1009,14 @@ Fail:
PyDoc_STRVAR(functools_reduce_doc,
"reduce(function, iterable[, initial], /) -> value\n\
\n\
-Apply a function of two arguments cumulatively to the items of a sequence\n\
-or iterable, from left to right, so as to reduce the iterable to a single\n\
-value. For example, reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) calculates\n\
-((((1+2)+3)+4)+5). If initial is present, it is placed before the items\n\
-of the iterable in the calculation, and serves as a default when the\n\
-iterable is empty.");
+Apply a function of two arguments cumulatively to the items of an iterable, from left to right.\n\
+\n\
+This effectively reduces the iterable to a single value. If initial is present,\n\
+it is placed before the items of the iterable in the calculation, and serves as\n\
+a default when the iterable is empty.\n\
+\n\
+For example, reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])\n\
+calculates ((((1 + 2) + 3) + 4) + 5).");
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