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@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ example, whether it is hashable or whether it is a mapping.
Collections Abstract Base Classes
---------------------------------
-The collections module offers the following ABCs:
+The collections module offers the following :term:`ABCs <abstract base class>`:
========================= ===================== ====================== ====================================================
-ABC Inherits Abstract Methods Mixin Methods
+ABC Inherits from Abstract Methods Mixin Methods
========================= ===================== ====================== ====================================================
:class:`Container` ``__contains__``
:class:`Hashable` ``__hash__``
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ ABC Inherits Abstract Methods Mixin
:class:`Iterable`, ``index``, and ``count``
:class:`Container`
-:class:`MutableSequence` :class:`Sequence` ``__setitem__`` Inherited Sequence methods and
+:class:`MutableSequence` :class:`Sequence` ``__setitem__`` Inherited :class:`Sequence` methods and
``__delitem__``, ``append``, ``reverse``, ``extend``, ``pop``,
- and ``insert`` ``remove``, ``clear``, and ``__iadd__``
+ ``insert`` ``remove``, ``clear``, and ``__iadd__``
:class:`Set` :class:`Sized`, ``__le__``, ``__lt__``, ``__eq__``, ``__ne__``,
:class:`Iterable`, ``__gt__``, ``__ge__``, ``__and__``, ``__or__``,
:class:`Container` ``__sub__``, ``__xor__``, and ``isdisjoint``
-:class:`MutableSet` :class:`Set` ``add`` and Inherited Set methods and
+:class:`MutableSet` :class:`Set` ``add``, Inherited :class:`Set` methods and
``discard`` ``clear``, ``pop``, ``remove``, ``__ior__``,
``__iand__``, ``__ixor__``, and ``__isub__``
@@ -60,19 +60,61 @@ ABC Inherits Abstract Methods Mixin
:class:`Iterable`, ``get``, ``__eq__``, and ``__ne__``
:class:`Container`
-:class:`MutableMapping` :class:`Mapping` ``__setitem__`` and Inherited Mapping methods and
+:class:`MutableMapping` :class:`Mapping` ``__setitem__``, Inherited :class:`Mapping` methods and
``__delitem__`` ``pop``, ``popitem``, ``clear``, ``update``,
and ``setdefault``
:class:`MappingView` :class:`Sized` ``__len__``
-:class:`KeysView` :class:`MappingView`, ``__contains__``,
- :class:`Set` ``__iter__``
:class:`ItemsView` :class:`MappingView`, ``__contains__``,
:class:`Set` ``__iter__``
+:class:`KeysView` :class:`MappingView`, ``__contains__``,
+ :class:`Set` ``__iter__``
:class:`ValuesView` :class:`MappingView` ``__contains__``, ``__iter__``
========================= ===================== ====================== ====================================================
+
+.. class:: Container
+ Hashable
+ Sized
+ Callable
+
+ ABCs for classes that provide respectively the methods :meth:`__contains__`,
+ :meth:`__hash__`, :meth:`__len__`, and :meth:`__call__`.
+
+.. class:: Iterable
+
+ ABC for classes that provide the :meth:`__iter__` method.
+ See also the definition of :term:`iterable`.
+
+.. class:: Iterator
+
+ ABC for classes that provide the :meth:`__iter__` and :meth:`next` methods.
+ See also the definition of :term:`iterator`.
+
+.. class:: Sequence
+ MutableSequence
+
+ ABCs for read-only and mutable :term:`sequences <sequence>`.
+
+.. class:: Set
+ MutableSet
+
+ ABCs for read-only and mutable sets.
+
+.. class:: Mapping
+ MutableMapping
+
+ ABCs for read-only and mutable :term:`mappings <mapping>`.
+
+.. class:: MappingView
+ ItemsView
+ KeysView
+ ValuesView
+
+ ABCs for mapping, items, keys, and values :term:`views <view>`.
+
+
These ABCs allow us to ask classes or instances if they provide
particular functionality, for example::