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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex index d3394ea..22398bd 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ raises a \exception{NameError} exception. \indexii{private}{names}% when an identifier that textually occurs in a class definition begins with two or more underscore characters and does not end in two or more -underscores, it is considered a ``private name'' of that class. +underscores, it is considered a \dfn{private name} of that class. Private names are transformed to a longer form before code is generated for them. The transformation inserts the class name in front of the name, with leading underscores removed, and a single @@ -356,9 +356,14 @@ slice item is the key. The conversion of a slice item that is an expression is that expression. The conversion of an ellipsis slice item is the built-in \code{Ellipsis} object. The conversion of a proper slice is a slice object (see section \ref{types}) whose -\code{start}, \code{stop} and \code{step} attributes are the values of -the expressions given as lower bound, upper bound and stride, -respectively, substituting \code{None} for missing expressions. +\member{start}, \member{stop} and \member{step} attributes are the +values of the expressions given as lower bound, upper bound and +stride, respectively, substituting \code{None} for missing +expressions. +\withsubitem{(slice object attribute)}{% + \ttindex{start}% + \ttindex{stop}% + \ttindex{step}} \subsection{Calls\label{calls}} \index{call} @@ -409,23 +414,23 @@ the list of filled slots is used as the argument list for the call. If there are more positional arguments than there are formal parameter slots, a \exception{TypeError} exception is raised, unless a formal -parameter using the syntax ``\code{*identifier}'' is present; in this +parameter using the syntax \samp{*identifier} is present; in this case, that formal parameter receives a tuple containing the excess positional arguments (or an empty tuple if there were no excess positional arguments). If any keyword argument does not correspond to a formal parameter name, a \exception{TypeError} exception is raised, unless a formal -parameter using the syntax ``\code{**identifier}'' is present; in this +parameter using the syntax \samp{**identifier} is present; in this case, that formal parameter receives a dictionary containing the excess keyword arguments (using the keywords as keys and the argument values as corresponding values), or a (new) empty dictionary if there were no excess keyword arguments. -Formal parameters using the syntax ``\code{*identifier}'' or -``\code{**identifier}'' cannot be used as positional argument slots or +Formal parameters using the syntax \samp{*identifier} or +\samp{**identifier} cannot be used as positional argument slots or as keyword argument names. Formal parameters using the syntax -``\code{(sublist)}'' cannot be used as keyword argument names; the +\samp{(sublist)} cannot be used as keyword argument names; the outermost sublist corresponds to a single unnamed argument slot, and the argument value is assigned to the sublist using the usual tuple assignment rules after all other parameter processing is done. @@ -475,7 +480,7 @@ argument list of the call: the instance becomes the first argument. \item[a class instance:] The class must define a \method{__call__()} method; the effect is then the same as if that method was called. \indexii{instance}{call} -\ttindex{__call__} +\withsubitem{(object method)}{\ttindex{__call__()}} \end{description} |