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diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst index d218a9b..4c668ee 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst @@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ In addition to containers, the collections module provides some ABCs a class provides a particular interface, for example, is it hashable or a mapping. The ABCs provided include those in the following table: -===================================== ======================================== +===================================== ================================================================================ ABC Notes -===================================== ======================================== +===================================== ================================================================================ :class:`collections.Container` Defines ``__contains__()`` :class:`collections.Hashable` Defines ``__hash__()`` :class:`collections.Iterable` Defines ``__iter__()`` @@ -45,23 +45,25 @@ ABC Notes :class:`collections.Sequence` Derived from :class:`Container`, :class:`Iterable`, and :class:`Sized`, and in addition defines - ``__getitem__()` + ``__getitem__()`` :class:`collections.MutableSequence` Derived from :class:`Sequence` -:class:`collections.Set` Derived from :class:`Container`, :class:`Iterable`, :class:`Sized`. +:class:`collections.Set` Derived from :class:`Container`, + :class:`Iterable`, and :class:`Sized`, add in addition defines - ``__le__()``, ``__lt__()``, ``__eq__()``, - ``__and__()``, ``__or__()``, ``__sub__()``, + ``__le__()``, ``__lt__()``, + ``__eq__()``, ``__and__()``, + ``__or__()``, ``__sub__()``, ``__xor__()``, and ``isdisjoint()``, :class:`collections.MutableSet` Derived from :class:`Set` and in addition defines ``add()``, ``clear()``, ``discard()``, ``pop()``, - ``remove()``, ``__ior__()``, ``__iand__()``, - ``__ixor__()``, and ``__isub__()`` - -===================================== ======================================== + ``remove()``, ``__ior__()``, + ``__iand__()``, ``__ixor__()``, and + ``__isub__()`` +===================================== ================================================================================ .. XXX Have not included them all and the notes are incomplete -.. Deliberately did one row wide to get a neater output +.. long = lines improves the layout These ABCs allow us to ask classes or instances if they provide particular functionality, for example:: @@ -588,7 +590,7 @@ customize a prototype instance:: :class:`UserDict` objects ----------------------- +------------------------- The class, :class:`UserDict` acts as a wrapper around dictionary objects. The need for this class has been partially supplanted by the ability to |