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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index 83a1eed..ab3a838 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ \section{Built-in Types \label{types}} The following sections describe the standard types that are built into -the interpreter. Historically, Python's built-in types have differed -from user-defined types because it was not possible to use the built-in -types as the basis for object-oriented inheritance. With the 2.2 -release this situation has started to change, although the intended -unification of user-defined and built-in types is as yet far from -complete. +the interpreter. +\note{Historically (until release 2.2), Python's built-in types have +differed from user-defined types because it was not possible to use +the built-in types as the basis for object-oriented inheritance. +This limitation does not exist any longer.} The principal built-in types are numerics, sequences, mappings, files classes, instances and exceptions. |