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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index ce03df1..4b64e8e 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ those arguments that have defaults, or \code{None} if no arguments have a default value; \code{func_code} is the code object representing the compiled function body; \code{func_globals} is (a reference to) the dictionary that holds the function's global variables --- it -defines the global name space of the module in which the function was +defines the global namespace of the module in which the function was defined. Additional information about a function's definition can be retrieved from its code object; see the description of internal types below. @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ below. \ttindex{func_defaults} \ttindex{func_code} \ttindex{func_globals} -\indexii{global}{name space} +\indexii{global}{namespace} \item[User-defined methods] A user-defined method object combines a class, a class instance (or @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ is a shorthand for \code{x.__call__(arguments)}. \item[Modules] Modules are imported by the \keyword{import} statement (see section \ref{import}, ``The \keyword{import} statement''). -A module object has a name space implemented by a dictionary object +A module object has a namespace implemented by a dictionary object (this is the dictionary referenced by the func_globals attribute of functions defined in the module). Attribute references are translated to lookups in this dictionary, e.g., \code{m.x} is equivalent to @@ -509,11 +509,11 @@ is done). \stindex{import} \obindex{module} -Attribute assignment updates the module's name space dictionary, +Attribute assignment updates the module's namespace dictionary, e.g., ``\code{m.x = 1}'' is equivalent to ``\code{m.__dict__["x"] = 1}''. -Special read-only attribute: \member{__dict__} is the module's name -space as a dictionary object. +Special read-only attribute: \member{__dict__} is the module's +namespace as a dictionary object. \ttindex{__dict__} Predefined (writable) attributes: \member{__name__} @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ library file. \ttindex{__name__} \ttindex{__doc__} \ttindex{__file__} -\indexii{module}{name space} +\indexii{module}{namespace} \item[Classes] Class objects are created by class definitions (see section @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ below). Special attributes: \member{__name__} is the class name; \member{__module__} is the module name in which the class was defined; -\member{__dict__} is the dictionary containing the class's name space; +\member{__dict__} is the dictionary containing the class's namespace; \member{__bases__} is a tuple (possibly empty or a singleton) containing the base classes, in the order of their occurrence in the base class list; \code{__doc__} is the class's documentation string, |