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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 3b6fdc3..4ed3ec5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. =================== ================= ================== ================ ==================== .. .. Built-in Functions .. .. =================== ================= ================== ================ ==================== -:func:`abs` :func:`dict` :func:`help` :func:`min` :func:`setattr` +:func:`abs` |func-dict|_ :func:`help` :func:`min` :func:`setattr` :func:`all` :func:`dir` :func:`hex` :func:`next` :func:`slice` :func:`any` :func:`divmod` :func:`id` :func:`object` :func:`sorted` :func:`ascii` :func:`enumerate` :func:`input` :func:`oct` :func:`staticmethod` @@ -19,13 +19,22 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. :func:`bytearray` :func:`filter` :func:`issubclass` :func:`pow` :func:`super` :func:`bytes` :func:`float` :func:`iter` :func:`print` :func:`tuple` :func:`callable` :func:`format` :func:`len` :func:`property` :func:`type` -:func:`chr` :func:`frozenset` :func:`list` :func:`range` :func:`vars` +:func:`chr` |func-frozenset|_ :func:`list` :func:`range` :func:`vars` :func:`classmethod` :func:`getattr` :func:`locals` :func:`repr` :func:`zip` :func:`compile` :func:`globals` :func:`map` :func:`reversed` :func:`__import__` :func:`complex` :func:`hasattr` :func:`max` :func:`round` -:func:`delattr` :func:`hash` :func:`memoryview` :func:`set` +:func:`delattr` :func:`hash` |func-memoryview|_ |func-set|_ =================== ================= ================== ================ ==================== +.. using :func:`dict` would create a link to another page, so local targets are + used, with replacement texts to make the output in the table consistent + +.. |func-dict| replace:: ``dict()`` +.. |func-frozenset| replace:: ``frozenset()`` +.. |func-memoryview| replace:: ``memoryview()`` +.. |func-set| replace:: ``set()`` + + .. function:: abs(x) Return the absolute value of a number. The argument may be an @@ -74,11 +83,12 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. function:: bool([x]) - Convert a value to a Boolean, using the standard truth testing procedure. If - *x* is false or omitted, this returns :const:`False`; otherwise it returns - :const:`True`. :class:`bool` is also a class, which is a subclass of - :class:`int`. Class :class:`bool` cannot be subclassed further. Its only - instances are :const:`False` and :const:`True`. + Convert a value to a Boolean, using the standard :ref:`truth testing + procedure <truth>`. If *x* is false or omitted, this returns ``False``; + otherwise it returns ``True``. :class:`bool` is also a class, which is a + subclass of :class:`int` (see :ref:`typesnumeric`). Class :class:`bool` + cannot be subclassed further. Its only instances are ``False`` and + ``True`` (see :ref:`bltin-boolean-values`). .. index:: pair: Boolean; type @@ -248,6 +258,7 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. example, ``delattr(x, 'foobar')`` is equivalent to ``del x.foobar``. +.. _func-dict: .. function:: dict([arg]) :noindex: @@ -491,6 +502,7 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. The float type is described in :ref:`typesnumeric`. + .. function:: format(value[, format_spec]) .. index:: @@ -511,6 +523,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised if the method is not found or if either the *format_spec* or the return value are not strings. + +.. _func-frozenset: .. function:: frozenset([iterable]) :noindex: @@ -717,6 +731,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. such as ``sorted(iterable, key=keyfunc, reverse=True)[0]`` and ``heapq.nlargest(1, iterable, key=keyfunc)``. + +.. _func-memoryview: .. function:: memoryview(obj) :noindex: @@ -1040,7 +1056,7 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. Range objects implement the :class:`collections.Sequence` ABC, and provide features such as containment tests, element index lookup, slicing and - support for negative indices: + support for negative indices (see :ref:`typesseq`): >>> r = range(0, 20, 2) >>> r @@ -1108,6 +1124,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. can't be represented exactly as a float. See :ref:`tut-fp-issues` for more information. + +.. _func-set: .. function:: set([iterable]) :noindex: |