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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 18e8270..97209a4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. return False -.. function:: basestring() - - This abstract type is the superclass for :class:`str`. It - cannot be called or instantiated, but it can be used to test whether an object - is an instance of :class:`str` (or a user-defined type inherited from - :class:`basestring`). - - .. function:: bin(x) Convert an integer number to a binary string. The result is a valid Python @@ -296,20 +288,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. class's attributes, and recursively of the attributes of its class's base classes. - The resulting list is sorted alphabetically. For example:: - - >>> import struct - >>> dir() - ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', 'struct'] - >>> dir(struct) - ['__doc__', '__name__', 'calcsize', 'error', 'pack', 'unpack'] - >>> class Foo(object): - ... def __dir__(self): - ... return ["kan", "ga", "roo"] - ... - >>> f = Foo() - >>> dir(f) - ['ga', 'kan', 'roo'] + The resulting list is sorted alphabetically. .. note:: @@ -623,10 +602,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. returns ``['a', 'b', 'c']`` and ``list( (1, 2, 3) )`` returns ``[1, 2, 3]``. If no argument is given, returns a new empty list, ``[]``. - :class:`list` is a mutable sequence type, as documented in - :ref:`typesseq`. For other containers see the built in :class:`dict`, - :class:`set`, and :class:`tuple` classes, and the :mod:`collections` module. - + :class:`list` is a mutable sequence type, as documented in :ref:`typesseq`. .. function:: locals() @@ -948,9 +924,6 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. Return a new set, optionally with elements are taken from *iterable*. The set type is described in :ref:`types-set`. - For other containers see the built in :class:`dict`, :class:`list`, and - :class:`tuple` classes, and the :mod:`collections` module. - .. function:: setattr(object, name, value) @@ -1082,9 +1055,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. 3])`` returns ``(1, 2, 3)``. If no argument is given, returns a new empty tuple, ``()``. - :class:`tuple` is an immutable sequence type, as documented in - :ref:`typesseq`. For other containers see the built in :class:`dict`, - :class:`list`, and :class:`set` classes, and the :mod:`collections` module. + :class:`tuple` is an immutable sequence type, as documented in :ref:`typesseq`. .. function:: type(object) |