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diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst index 7226e70..07e6818 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ increased speed. .. XXX seems to have overlap with other questions! -`Pyrex <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_ can compile a -slightly modified version of Python code into a C extension, and can be used on -many different platforms. +`Cython <http://cython.org>`_ and `Pyrex <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_ +can compile a slightly modified version of Python code into a C extension, and +can be used on many different platforms. `Psyco <http://psyco.sourceforge.net>`_ is a just-in-time compiler that translates Python code into x86 assembly language. If you can use it, Psyco can @@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ it is much shorter and far faster to use :: L2 = list(L1[:3]) # "list" is redundant if L1 is a list. -Note that the functionally-oriented builtins such as :func:`map`, :func:`zip`, -and friends can be a convenient accelerator for loops that perform a single -task. For example to pair the elements of two lists together:: +Note that the functionally-oriented built-in functions such as :func:`map`, +:func:`zip`, and friends can be a convenient accelerator for loops that +perform a single task. For example to pair the elements of two lists +together:: >>> list(zip([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])) [(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)] @@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ manipulating strings, use the ``replace()`` and the ``format()`` :ref:`methods on string objects <string-methods>`. Use regular expressions only when you're not dealing with constant string patterns. -Be sure to use the :meth:`list.sort` builtin method to do sorting, and see the +Be sure to use the :meth:`list.sort` built-in method to do sorting, and see the `sorting mini-HOWTO <http://wiki.python.org/moin/HowTo/Sorting>`_ for examples of moderately advanced usage. :meth:`list.sort` beats other techniques for sorting in all but the most extreme circumstances. @@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ Though a bit surprising at first, a moment's consideration explains this. On one hand, requiring :keyword:`global` for assigned variables provides a bar against unintended side-effects. On the other hand, if ``global`` was required for all global references, you'd be using ``global`` all the time. You'd have -to declare as global every reference to a builtin function or to a component of +to declare as global every reference to a built-in function or to a component of an imported module. This clutter would defeat the usefulness of the ``global`` declaration for identifying side-effects. @@ -987,8 +988,8 @@ and then convert decimal strings to numeric values using :func:`int` or :func:`float`. ``split()`` supports an optional "sep" parameter which is useful if the line uses something other than whitespace as a separator. -For more complicated input parsing, regular expressions more powerful than C's -:cfunc:`sscanf` and better suited for the task. +For more complicated input parsing, regular expressions are more powerful +than C's :c:func:`sscanf` and better suited for the task. What does 'UnicodeDecodeError' or 'UnicodeEncodeError' error mean? @@ -1033,7 +1034,7 @@ trailing newline from a string. How do I iterate over a sequence in reverse order? -------------------------------------------------- -Use the :func:`reversed` builtin function, which is new in Python 2.4:: +Use the :func:`reversed` built-in function, which is new in Python 2.4:: for x in reversed(sequence): ... # do something with x... |