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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 808993e..87a77d0 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ Glossary A module written in C or C++, using Python's C API to interact with the core and with user code. + finder + An object that tries to find the :term:`loader` for a module. It must + implement a method named :meth:`find_module`. See :pep:`302` for + details. + function A series of statements which returns some value to a caller. It can also be passed zero or more arguments which may be used in the execution of @@ -288,6 +293,10 @@ Glossary fraction. Integer division can be forced by using the ``//`` operator instead of the ``/`` operator. See also :term:`__future__`. + importer + An object that both finds and loads a module; both a + :term:`finder` and :term:`loader` object. + interactive Python has an interactive interpreter which means you can enter statements and expressions at the interpreter prompt, immediately @@ -368,6 +377,11 @@ Glossary clause is optional. If omitted, all elements in ``range(256)`` are processed. + loader + An object that loads a module. It must define a method named + :meth:`load_module`. A loader is typically returned by a + :term:`finder`. See :pep:`302` for details. + mapping A container object (such as :class:`dict`) which supports arbitrary key lookups using the special method :meth:`__getitem__`. |