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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 1042a81..2961af1 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ Glossary :ref:`2to3-reference`. abstract base class - :ref:`abstract-base-classes` complement :term:`duck-typing` by + Abstract base classes complement :term:`duck-typing` by providing a way to define interfaces when other techniques like - :func:`hasattr` would be clumsy. Python comes with many built-in ABCs for - data structures (in the :mod:`collections` module), numbers (in the - :mod:`numbers` module), and streams (in the :mod:`io` module). You can - create your own ABC with the :mod:`abc` module. + :func:`hasattr` would be clumsy or subtly wrong (for example with + :ref:`magic methods <special-lookup>`). Python comes with many built-in ABCs for + data structures (in the :mod:`collections.abc` module), numbers (in the + :mod:`numbers` module), streams (in the :mod:`io` module), import finders + and loaders (in the :mod:`importlib.abc` module). You can create your own + ABCs with the :mod:`abc` module. argument A value passed to a function or method, assigned to a named local @@ -430,8 +432,8 @@ Glossary mapping A container object that supports arbitrary key lookups and implements the methods specified in the :class:`Mapping` or :class:`MutableMapping` - :ref:`abstract base classes <abstract-base-classes>`. Examples include - :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`, + :ref:`abstract base classes <collections-abstract-base-classes>`. Examples + include :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`, :class:`collections.OrderedDict` and :class:`collections.Counter`. metaclass |