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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex index d0d57ec..8624bc6 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ following coercions are applied: is necessary. \end{itemize} -Some additional rules apply for certain operators (e.g. a string left +Some additional rules apply for certain operators (e.g., a string left argument to the `\%' operator). Extensions can define their own coercions. \section{Atoms} @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ involved). (In particular, converting a string adds quotes around it and converts ``funny'' characters to escape sequences that are safe to print.) -It is illegal to attempt to convert recursive objects (e.g. lists or +It is illegal to attempt to convert recursive objects (e.g., lists or dictionaries that contain a reference to themselves, directly or indirectly.) \obindex{recursive} @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ attributeref: primary "." identifier \end{verbatim} The primary must evaluate to an object of a type that supports -attribute references, e.g. a module or a list. This object is then +attribute references, e.g., a module or a list. This object is then asked to produce the attribute whose name is the identifier. If this attribute is not available, the exception \exception{AttributeError}\exindex{AttributeError} is raised. @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ respectively, substituting \code{None} for missing expressions. \subsection{Calls} \label{calls} \index{call} -A call calls a callable object (e.g. a function) with a possibly empty +A call calls a callable object (e.g., a function) with a possibly empty series of arguments: \obindex{callable} @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ The \code{\%} (modulo) operator yields the remainder from the division of the first argument by the second. The numeric arguments are first converted to a common type. A zero right argument raises the \exception{ZeroDivisionError} exception. The arguments may be floating -point numbers, e.g. \code{3.14\%0.7} equals \code{0.34} (since +point numbers, e.g., \code{3.14\%0.7} equals \code{0.34} (since \code{3.14} equals \code{4*0.7 + 0.34}.) The modulo operator always yields a result with the same sign as its second operand (or zero); the absolute value of the result is strictly smaller than the second @@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ comp_operator: "<"|">"|"=="|">="|"<="|"<>"|"!="|"is" ["not"]|["not"] "in" Comparisons yield integer values: \code{1} for true, \code{0} for false. -Comparisons can be chained arbitrarily, e.g. \code{x < y <= z} is +Comparisons can be chained arbitrarily, e.g., \code{x < y <= z} is equivalent to \code{x < y and y <= z}, except that \code{y} is evaluated only once (but in both cases \code{z} is not evaluated at all when \code{x < y} is found to be false). @@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ This is sometimes useful, e.g., if \code{s} is a string that should be replaced by a default value if it is empty, the expression \code{s or 'foo'} yields the desired value. Because \keyword{not} has to invent a value anyway, it does not bother to return a value of the -same type as its argument, so e.g. \code{not 'foo'} yields \code{0}, +same type as its argument, so e.g., \code{not 'foo'} yields \code{0}, not \code{''}.) Lambda forms (lambda expressions) have the same syntactic position as |