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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index 6f0cf21..13272b9 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -267,8 +267,7 @@ output. Typing the interrupt character (usually Control-C or DEL) to the primary or secondary prompt cancels the input and returns to the -primary prompt.% -\footnote{ +primary prompt.\footnote{ A problem with the GNU Readline package may prevent this. } Typing an interrupt while a command is executing raises the @@ -1060,8 +1059,7 @@ they may be referenced. The actual parameters (arguments) to a function call are introduced in the local symbol table of the called function when it is called; thus, -arguments are passed using \emph{call by value}.% -\footnote{ +arguments are passed using \emph{call by value}.\footnote{ Actually, \emph{call by object reference} would be a better description, since if a mutable object is passed, the caller will see any changes the callee makes to it (e.g., items @@ -1730,8 +1728,7 @@ Note that comparing objects of different types is legal. The outcome is deterministic but arbitrary: the types are ordered by their name. Thus, a list is always smaller than a string, a string is always smaller than a tuple, etc. Mixed numeric types are compared according -to their numeric value, so 0 equals 0.0, etc.% -\footnote{ +to their numeric value, so 0 equals 0.0, etc.\footnote{ The rules for comparing objects of different types should not be relied upon; they may change in a future version of the language. @@ -1822,8 +1819,7 @@ definitions. These statements are intended to initialize the module. They are executed only the \emph{first} -time the module is imported somewhere.% -\footnote{ +time the module is imported somewhere.\footnote{ In fact function definitions are also `statements' that are `executed'; the execution enters the function name in the module's global symbol table. @@ -2938,8 +2934,8 @@ names in modules are attribute references: in the expression \code{modname.funcname}, \code{modname} is a module object and \code{funcname} is an attribute of it. In this case there happens to be a straightforward mapping between the module's attributes and the -global names defined in the module: they share the same name space!% -\footnote{ +global names defined in the module: they share the same name +space!\footnote{ Except for one thing. Module objects have a secret read-only attribute called \code{__dict__} which returns the dictionary used to implement the module's name space; the name |