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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index 5ce8c0c..d2224a1 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ This table summarizes the comparison operations: \lineiii{>}{strictly greater than}{} \lineiii{>=}{greater than or equal}{} \lineiii{==}{equal}{} - \lineiii{<>}{not equal}{(1)} \lineiii{!=}{not equal}{(1)} + \lineiii{<>}{not equal}{(1)} \lineiii{is}{object identity}{} \lineiii{is not}{negated object identity}{} \end{tableiii} @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ division by \code{pow(2, \var{n})} without overflow check. \subsection{Sequence Types \label{typesseq}} There are six sequence types: strings, Unicode strings, lists, -tuples, buffers, and ranges. +tuples, buffers, and xrange objects. Strings literals are written in single or double quotes: \code{'xyzzy'}, \code{"frobozz"}. See chapter 2 of the @@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ 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 support by Python syntax, but can created by calling the -builtin function \function{buffer()}.\bifuncindex{buffer} Ranges are -similar to buffers in that there is no specific syntax to create them, -but they are created using the \function{xrange()} +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} \indexii{sequence}{types} \indexii{string}{type} @@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ function.\bifuncindex{xrange} \indexii{buffer}{type} \indexii{tuple}{type} \indexii{list}{type} +\indexii{xrange}{type} Sequence types support the following operations. The \samp{in} and \samp{not in} operations have the same priorities as the comparison @@ -638,18 +639,18 @@ Additional string operations are defined in standard module \refstmodindex{re} -\subsubsection{Range Type \label{typesseq-range}} +\subsubsection{XRange Type \label{typesseq-xrange}} -The range\indexii{range}{type} type is an immutable sequence which is -commonly used for looping. The advantage of the range type is that a -range object will always take the same amount of memory, no matter the +The xrange\indexii{xrange}{type} type is an immutable sequence which is +commonly used for looping. The advantage of the xrange type is that an +xrange object will always take the same amount of memory, no matter the size of the range it represents. There are no consistent performance advantages. -Range objects behave like tuples, and offer a single method: +XRange objects behave like tuples, and offer a single method: -\begin{methoddesc}[range]{tolist}{} - Return a list object which represents the same values as the range +\begin{methoddesc}[xrange]{tolist}{} + Return a list object which represents the same values as the xrange object. \end{methoddesc} @@ -1112,8 +1113,8 @@ attribute. \subsubsection{Internal Objects \label{typesinternal}} See the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual} for this -information. It describes code objects, stack frame objects, -traceback objects, and slice objects. +information. It describes stack frame objects, traceback objects, and +slice objects. \subsection{Special Attributes \label{specialattrs}} |