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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libarray.tex b/Doc/lib/libarray.tex index 6fd8b0c..e168e54 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libarray.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libarray.tex @@ -41,10 +41,14 @@ The module defines the following type: \begin{funcdesc}{array}{typecode\optional{, initializer}} Return a new array whose items are restricted by \var{typecode}, and initialized from the optional \var{initializer} value, which -must be a list or a string. The list or string is passed to the +must be a list, string, or iterable over elements of the +appropriate type. +\versionchanged[Formerly, only lists or strings were accepted]{2.4} +If given a list or string, the initializer is passed to the new array's \method{fromlist()}, \method{fromstring()}, or \method{fromunicode()} method (see below) to add initial items to -the array. +the array. Otherwise, the iterable initializer is passed to the +\method{extend()} method. \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{ArrayType} |