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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 7108bf9..9e38d6f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -156,11 +156,12 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. function:: chr(i) - Return the string representing a character whose Unicode codepoint is the integer - *i*. For example, ``chr(97)`` returns the string ``'a'``. This is the - inverse of :func:`ord`. The valid range for the argument is from 0 through - 1,114,111 (0x10FFFF in base 16). :exc:`ValueError` will be raised if *i* is - outside that range. + Return the string representing a character whose Unicode codepoint is the + integer *i*. For example, ``chr(97)`` returns the string ``'a'``, while + ``chr(931)`` returns the string ``'Σ'``. This is the inverse of :func:`ord`. + + The valid range for the argument is from 0 through 1,114,111 (0x10FFFF in + base 16). :exc:`ValueError` will be raised if *i* is outside that range. .. function:: classmethod(function) @@ -997,8 +998,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. If *closefd* is ``False`` and a file descriptor rather than a filename was given, the underlying file descriptor will be kept open when the file is - closed. If a filename is given *closefd* has no effect and must be ``True`` - (the default). + closed. If a filename is given *closefd* must be ``True`` (the default) + otherwise an error will be raised. A custom opener can be used by passing a callable as *opener*. The underlying file descriptor for the file object is then obtained by calling *opener* with @@ -1061,13 +1062,12 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. The ``'U'`` mode. -.. XXX works for bytes too, but should it? .. function:: ord(c) Given a string representing one Unicode character, return an integer - representing the Unicode code - point of that character. For example, ``ord('a')`` returns the integer ``97`` - and ``ord('\u2020')`` returns ``8224``. This is the inverse of :func:`chr`. + representing the Unicode code point of that character. For example, + ``ord('a')`` returns the integer ``97`` and ``ord('Σ')`` returns ``931``. + This is the inverse of :func:`chr`. .. function:: pow(x, y[, z]) |