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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/functions.rst17
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/pprint.rst5
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst6
4 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 9ccc59c..582abbf 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -325,14 +325,15 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
< abs(b)``.
-.. function:: enumerate(iterable)
-
- Return an enumerate object. *iterable* must be a sequence, an :term:`iterator`, or some
- other object which supports iteration. The :meth:`__next__` method of the
- iterator returned by :func:`enumerate` returns a tuple containing a count (from
- zero) and the corresponding value obtained from iterating over *iterable*.
- :func:`enumerate` is useful for obtaining an indexed series: ``(0, seq[0])``,
- ``(1, seq[1])``, ``(2, seq[2])``, .... For example:
+.. function:: enumerate(sequence)
+
+ Return an enumerate object. *sequence* must be a sequence, an
+ :term:`iterator`, or some other object which supports iteration. The
+ :meth:`__next__` method of the iterator returned by :func:`enumerate` returns a
+ tuple containing a count (from zero) and the corresponding value obtained
+ from iterating over *iterable*. :func:`enumerate` is useful for obtaining an
+ indexed series: ``(0, seq[0])``, ``(1, seq[1])``, ``(2, seq[2])``, .... For
+ example:
>>> for i, season in enumerate(['Spring', 'Summer', 'Fall', 'Winter')]:
... print(i, season)
diff --git a/Doc/library/pprint.rst b/Doc/library/pprint.rst
index 8c28879..940e4c4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pprint.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pprint.rst
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ The :mod:`pprint` module defines one class:
... ('parrot', ('fresh fruit',))))))))
>>> pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(depth=6)
>>> pp.pprint(tup)
- ('spam',
- ('eggs', ('lumberjack', ('knights', ('ni', ('dead', ('parrot', (...,))))))))
+ ('spam', ('eggs', ('lumberjack', ('knights', ('ni', ('dead', (...)))))))
The :class:`PrettyPrinter` class supports several derivative functions:
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ This example demonstrates several uses of the :func:`pprint` function and its pa
['cccccccccccccccccccc', 'dddddddddddddddddddd']]
>>> pprint.pprint(stuff, depth=3)
['aaaaaaaaaa',
- ('spam', ('eggs', ('lumberjack', (...)))),
+ ('spam', ('eggs', (...))),
['aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa', 'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb'],
['cccccccccccccccccccc', 'dddddddddddddddddddd']]
>>> pprint.pprint(stuff, width=60)
diff --git a/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst b/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst
index 43515d9..fefc146 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ the code block where the error occurred.
The Python interpreter raises an exception when it detects a run-time error
(such as division by zero). A Python program can also explicitly raise an
exception with the :keyword:`raise` statement. Exception handlers are specified
-with the :keyword:`try` ... :keyword:`except` statement. The :keyword:`try` ...
-:keyword:`finally` statement specifies cleanup code which does not handle the
-exception, but is executed whether an exception occurred or not in the preceding
-code.
+with the :keyword:`try` ... :keyword:`except` statement. The :keyword:`finally`
+clause of such a statement can be used to specify cleanup code which does not
+handle the exception, but is executed whether an exception occurred or not in
+the preceding code.
.. index:: single: termination model
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 9708c67..c39c80a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -627,9 +627,9 @@ docs), but here's a sample::
'g' - General format. This prints the number as a fixed-point
number, unless the number is too large, in which case
it switches to 'e' exponent notation.
- 'n' - Number. This is the same as 'g', except that it uses the
- current locale setting to insert the appropriate
- number separator characters.
+ 'n' - Number. This is the same as 'g' (for floats) or 'd' (for
+ integers), except that it uses the current locale setting to
+ insert the appropriate number separator characters.
'%' - Percentage. Multiplies the number by 100 and displays
in fixed ('f') format, followed by a percent sign.