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diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst index 43a3286..edc0789 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ ABC Inherits from Abstract Methods Mi .. [2] Checking ``isinstance(obj, Iterable)`` detects classes that are registered as :class:`Iterable` or that have an :meth:`__iter__` method, but it does not detect classes that iterate with the - :meth:`__getitem__` method. The only reliable way to determine + :meth:`~object.__getitem__` method. The only reliable way to determine whether an object is :term:`iterable` is to call ``iter(obj)``. @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Collections Abstract Base Classes -- Detailed Descriptions Checking ``isinstance(obj, Iterable)`` detects classes that are registered as :class:`Iterable` or that have an :meth:`__iter__` method, but it does - not detect classes that iterate with the :meth:`__getitem__` method. + not detect classes that iterate with the :meth:`~object.__getitem__` method. The only reliable way to determine whether an object is :term:`iterable` is to call ``iter(obj)``. @@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ Collections Abstract Base Classes -- Detailed Descriptions Implementation note: Some of the mixin methods, such as :meth:`__iter__`, :meth:`__reversed__` and :meth:`index`, make - repeated calls to the underlying :meth:`__getitem__` method. - Consequently, if :meth:`__getitem__` is implemented with constant + repeated calls to the underlying :meth:`~object.__getitem__` method. + Consequently, if :meth:`~object.__getitem__` is implemented with constant access speed, the mixin methods will have linear performance; however, if the underlying method is linear (as it would be with a linked list), the mixins will have quadratic performance and will |