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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex | 4 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index 4a0efdb..491e0fe 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -568,6 +568,10 @@ def my_import(name): \begin{funcdesc}{len}{s} Return the length (the number of items) of an object. The argument may be a sequence (string, tuple or list) or a mapping (dictionary). + In the case of Unicode strings, \function{len()} returns the number + of storage units, not abstract characters. In particular, when a + surrogate pair is encountered, each component of the pair is counted + as a separate character. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{list}{\optional{sequence}} |