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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libheapq.tex | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libheapq.tex b/Doc/lib/libheapq.tex index ffcafcd..edacf79 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libheapq.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libheapq.tex @@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ If the heap is empty, \exception{IndexError} is raised. This is more efficient than \function{heappop()} followed by \function{heappush()}, and can be more appropriate when using a fixed-size heap. Note that the value returned may be larger -than \var{item}! That constrains reasonable uses of this routine. +than \var{item}! That constrains reasonable uses of this routine +unless written as part of a larger expression: +\begin{verbatim} + result = item <= heap[0] and item or heapreplace(heap, item) +\end{verbatim} \end{funcdesc} Example of use: |