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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libtypes.tex | 15 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex index 3f2a73f..ac337da 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ The type of floating point numbers (e.g. \code{1.0}). \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{ComplexType} -The type of complex numbers (e.g. \code{1.0j}). +The type of complex numbers (e.g. \code{1.0j}). This is not defined +if Python was built without complex number support. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{StringType} @@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ The type of character strings (e.g. \code{'Spam'}). \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{UnicodeType} -The type of Unicode character strings (e.g. \code{u'Spam'}). +The type of Unicode character strings (e.g. \code{u'Spam'}). This is +not defined if Python was built without Unicode support. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{TupleType} @@ -157,7 +159,10 @@ The type of buffer objects created by the \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{StringTypes} -A list containing \var{StringType} and \var{UnicodeType} used to -facilitate easier checking for any string object, e.g. \code{s in -types.StringTypes}. +A sequence containing \code{StringType} and \code{UnicodeType} used to +facilitate easier checking for any string object. Using this is more +portable than using a sequence of the two string types constructed +elsewhere since it only contains \code{UnicodeType} if it has been +built in the running version of Python. For example: +\code{isinstance(s, types.StringTypes)}. \end{datadesc} |