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diff --git a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex index 2f68bb8..56f6c74 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex @@ -211,13 +211,15 @@ there is no header matching \var{name}, or it is unparsable, return \code{None}. \end{methoddesc} -\class{Message} instances also support a read-only mapping interface. +\class{Message} instances also support a limited mapping interface. In particular: \code{\var{m}[name]} is like \code{\var{m}.getheader(name)} but raises \exception{KeyError} if there is no matching header; and \code{len(\var{m})}, \code{\var{m}.has_key(name)}, \code{\var{m}.keys()}, \code{\var{m}.values()} and \code{\var{m}.items()} act as expected -(and consistently). +(and consistently). \class{Message} instances also support the +mapping writable interface \code{\var{m}[name] = value} and \code{del +\var{m}[name]}. Finally, \class{Message} instances have two public instance variables: |