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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex index ff8a3fa..bd3818c 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature. %====================================================================== \section{PEP 218: Built-In Set Objects} -Two new built-in types, \function{set(iterable)} and -\function{frozenset(iterable)} provide high speed data types for +Two new built-in types, \function{set(\var{iterable})} and +\function{frozenset(\var{iterable})} provide high speed data types for membership testing, for eliminating duplicates from sequences, and for mathematical operations like unions, intersections, differences, and symmetric differences. @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ XXX write this. %====================================================================== \section{PEP 322: Reverse Iteration} -A new built-in function, \function{reversed(seq)}, takes a sequence +A new built-in function, \function{reversed(\var{seq})}, takes a sequence and returns an iterator that returns the elements of the sequence in reverse order. @@ -208,9 +208,10 @@ they were input. For example, you can sort a list of people by name, and then sort the list by age, resulting in a list sorted by age where people with the same age are in name-sorted order. -\item There is a new built-in function \function{sorted(iterable)} that works -like the in-place \method{list.sort()} method but has been made suitable -for use in expressions. The differences are: +\item There is a new built-in function +\function{sorted(\var{iterable})} that works like the in-place +\method{list.sort()} method but has been made suitable for use in +expressions. The differences are: \begin{itemize} \item the input may be any iterable; \item a newly formed copy is sorted, leaving the original intact; and @@ -561,9 +562,9 @@ changes to your code: \item \function{dircache.listdir()} now passes exceptions to the caller instead of returning empty lists. -\item \function{LexicalHandler.startDTD} used to receive public and system ID - in the wrong order. This has been corrected; applications relying on the - wrong order need to be fixed. +\item \function{LexicalHandler.startDTD()} used to receive public and + system ID in the wrong order. This has been corrected; applications + relying on the wrong order need to be fixed. \end{itemize} |