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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst index 00398fc..1af78c2 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ are: :func:`reduce` function. Python 3.0 adds several new built-in functions and changes the -semantics of some existing built-ins. Functions that are new in 3.0 +semantics of some existing builtins. Functions that are new in 3.0 such as :func:`bin` have simply been added to Python 2.6, but existing -built-ins haven't been changed; instead, the :mod:`future_builtins` +builtins haven't been changed; instead, the :mod:`future_builtins` module has versions with the new 3.0 semantics. Code written to be compatible with 3.0 can do ``from future_builtins import hex, map`` as necessary. @@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ formatted. It receives a single argument, the format specifier:: else: return str(self) -There's also a :func:`format` built-in that will format a single +There's also a :func:`format` builtin that will format a single value. It calls the type's :meth:`__format__` method with the provided specifier:: @@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ access protocol. Abstract Base Classes (or ABCs) are an equivalent feature for Python. The ABC support consists of an :mod:`abc` module containing a metaclass called :class:`ABCMeta`, special handling of this metaclass by the :func:`isinstance` and :func:`issubclass` -built-ins, and a collection of basic ABCs that the Python developers +builtins, and a collection of basic ABCs that the Python developers think will be widely useful. Future versions of Python will probably add more ABCs. @@ -1322,9 +1322,9 @@ an octal number, but it does add support for "0o" and "0b":: >>> 0b101111 47 -The :func:`oct` built-in still returns numbers +The :func:`oct` builtin still returns numbers prefixed with a leading zero, and a new :func:`bin` -built-in returns the binary representation for a number:: +builtin returns the binary representation for a number:: >>> oct(42) '052' @@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ built-in returns the binary representation for a number:: >>> bin(173) '0b10101101' -The :func:`int` and :func:`long` built-ins will now accept the "0o" +The :func:`int` and :func:`long` builtins will now accept the "0o" and "0b" prefixes when base-8 or base-2 are requested, or when the *base* argument is zero (signalling that the base used should be determined from the string):: @@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ can be shifted left and right with ``<<`` and ``>>``, combined using bitwise operations such as ``&`` and ``|``, and can be used as array indexes and slice boundaries. -In Python 3.0, the PEP slightly redefines the existing built-ins +In Python 3.0, the PEP slightly redefines the existing builtins :func:`round`, :func:`math.floor`, :func:`math.ceil`, and adds a new one, :func:`math.trunc`, that's been backported to Python 2.6. :func:`math.trunc` rounds toward zero, returning the closest @@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are: Previously this would have been a syntax error. (Contributed by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc; :issue:`3473`.) -* A new built-in, ``next(iterator, [default])`` returns the next item +* A new builtin, ``next(iterator, [default])`` returns the next item from the specified iterator. If the *default* argument is supplied, it will be returned if *iterator* has been exhausted; otherwise, the :exc:`StopIteration` exception will be raised. (Backported @@ -1949,9 +1949,9 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. (Contributed by Phil Schwartz; :issue:`1221598`.) * The :func:`reduce` built-in function is also available in the - :mod:`functools` module. In Python 3.0, the built-in has been + :mod:`functools` module. In Python 3.0, the builtin has been dropped and :func:`reduce` is only available from :mod:`functools`; - currently there are no plans to drop the built-in in the 2.x series. + currently there are no plans to drop the builtin in the 2.x series. (Patched by Christian Heimes; :issue:`1739906`.) * When possible, the :mod:`getpass` module will now use @@ -2753,7 +2753,7 @@ The functions in this module currently include: * ``filter(predicate, iterable)``, ``map(func, iterable1, ...)``: the 3.0 versions - return iterators, unlike the 2.x built-ins which return lists. + return iterators, unlike the 2.x builtins which return lists. * ``hex(value)``, ``oct(value)``: instead of calling the :meth:`__hex__` or :meth:`__oct__` methods, these versions will |