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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index 4f7e27a..80262b0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -379,21 +379,27 @@ separating items with commas: \code{[a, b, c]}. Tuples are constructed by the comma operator (not within square brackets), with or without enclosing parentheses, but an empty tuple must have the enclosing parentheses, e.g., \code{a, b, c} or \code{()}. A single -item tuple must have a trailing comma, e.g., \code{(d,)}. Buffers are -not directly supported by Python syntax, but can be created by calling the -builtin function \function{buffer()}.\bifuncindex{buffer} XRanges -objects are similar to buffers in that there is no specific syntax to -create them, but they are created using the \function{xrange()} -function.\bifuncindex{xrange} +item tuple must have a trailing comma, e.g., \code{(d,)}. \obindex{sequence} \obindex{string} \obindex{Unicode} -\obindex{buffer} \obindex{tuple} \obindex{list} + +Buffer objects are not directly supported by Python syntax, but can be +created by calling the builtin function +\function{buffer()}.\bifuncindex{buffer}. They don't support +concatenation or repetition. +\obindex{buffer} + +Xrange objects are similar to buffers in that there is no specific +syntax to create them, but they are created using the \function{xrange()} +function.\bifuncindex{xrange} They don't support slicing, +concatenation or repetition, and using \code{in}, \code{not in}, +\function{min()} or \function{max()} on them is inefficient. \obindex{xrange} -Sequence types support the following operations. The \samp{in} and +Most sequence types support the following operations. The \samp{in} and \samp{not in} operations have the same priorities as the comparison operations. The \samp{+} and \samp{*} operations have the same priority as the corresponding numeric operations.\footnote{They must |