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--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Dec 6 17:57:38 2021
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Thu Jan 13 18:49:56 2022
topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'**********************\n'
'\n'
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'"super(B,\n'
' obj).m()" searches "obj.__class__.__mro__" for the '
'base class "A"\n'
- ' immediately preceding "B" and then invokes the '
+ ' immediately following "B" and then invokes the '
'descriptor with the\n'
' call: "A.__dict__[\'m\'].__get__(obj, '
'obj.__class__)".\n'
@@ -1038,14 +1038,15 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'can be\n'
'overridden by instances.\n'
'\n'
- 'Python methods (including "staticmethod()" and '
- '"classmethod()") are\n'
- 'implemented as non-data descriptors. Accordingly, '
- 'instances can\n'
- 'redefine and override methods. This allows individual '
- 'instances to\n'
- 'acquire behaviors that differ from other instances of '
- 'the same class.\n'
+ 'Python methods (including those decorated with '
+ '"@staticmethod" and\n'
+ '"@classmethod") are implemented as non-data '
+ 'descriptors. Accordingly,\n'
+ 'instances can redefine and override methods. This '
+ 'allows individual\n'
+ 'instances to acquire behaviors that differ from other '
+ 'instances of the\n'
+ 'same class.\n'
'\n'
'The "property()" function is implemented as a data '
'descriptor.\n'
@@ -1058,12 +1059,12 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
'*__slots__* allow us to explicitly declare data members '
'(like\n'
- 'properties) and deny the creation of *__dict__* and '
+ 'properties) and deny the creation of "__dict__" and '
'*__weakref__*\n'
'(unless explicitly declared in *__slots__* or available '
'in a parent.)\n'
'\n'
- 'The space saved over using *__dict__* can be '
+ 'The space saved over using "__dict__" can be '
'significant. Attribute\n'
'lookup speed can be significantly improved as well.\n'
'\n'
@@ -1075,7 +1076,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'*__slots__*\n'
' reserves space for the declared variables and '
'prevents the\n'
- ' automatic creation of *__dict__* and *__weakref__* '
+ ' automatic creation of "__dict__" and *__weakref__* '
'for each\n'
' instance.\n'
'\n'
@@ -1084,11 +1085,11 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'--------------------------\n'
'\n'
'* When inheriting from a class without *__slots__*, the '
- '*__dict__* and\n'
+ '"__dict__" and\n'
' *__weakref__* attribute of the instances will always '
'be accessible.\n'
'\n'
- '* Without a *__dict__* variable, instances cannot be '
+ '* Without a "__dict__" variable, instances cannot be '
'assigned new\n'
' variables not listed in the *__slots__* definition. '
'Attempts to\n'
@@ -1102,28 +1103,28 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
'* Without a *__weakref__* variable for each instance, '
'classes defining\n'
- ' *__slots__* do not support weak references to its '
- 'instances. If weak\n'
- ' reference support is needed, then add '
+ ' *__slots__* do not support "weak references" to its '
+ 'instances. If\n'
+ ' weak reference support is needed, then add '
'"\'__weakref__\'" to the\n'
' sequence of strings in the *__slots__* declaration.\n'
'\n'
'* *__slots__* are implemented at the class level by '
'creating\n'
- ' descriptors (Implementing Descriptors) for each '
- 'variable name. As a\n'
- ' result, class attributes cannot be used to set default '
- 'values for\n'
- ' instance variables defined by *__slots__*; otherwise, '
- 'the class\n'
- ' attribute would overwrite the descriptor assignment.\n'
+ ' descriptors for each variable name. As a result, '
+ 'class attributes\n'
+ ' cannot be used to set default values for instance '
+ 'variables defined\n'
+ ' by *__slots__*; otherwise, the class attribute would '
+ 'overwrite the\n'
+ ' descriptor assignment.\n'
'\n'
'* The action of a *__slots__* declaration is not limited '
'to the class\n'
' where it is defined. *__slots__* declared in parents '
'are available\n'
' in child classes. However, child subclasses will get a '
- '*__dict__*\n'
+ '"__dict__"\n'
' and *__weakref__* unless they also define *__slots__* '
'(which should\n'
' only contain names of any *additional* slots).\n'
@@ -1143,13 +1144,19 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
' “variable-length” built-in types such as "int", '
'"bytes" and "tuple".\n'
'\n'
- '* Any non-string iterable may be assigned to '
- '*__slots__*. Mappings may\n'
- ' also be used; however, in the future, special meaning '
- 'may be\n'
- ' assigned to the values corresponding to each key.\n'
+ '* Any non-string *iterable* may be assigned to '
+ '*__slots__*.\n'
'\n'
- '* *__class__* assignment works only if both classes have '
+ '* If a "dictionary" is used to assign *__slots__*, the '
+ 'dictionary keys\n'
+ ' will be used as the slot names. The values of the '
+ 'dictionary can be\n'
+ ' used to provide per-attribute docstrings that will be '
+ 'recognised by\n'
+ ' "inspect.getdoc()" and displayed in the output of '
+ '"help()".\n'
+ '\n'
+ '* "__class__" assignment works only if both classes have '
'the same\n'
' *__slots__*.\n'
'\n'
@@ -1161,10 +1168,10 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'violations\n'
' raise "TypeError".\n'
'\n'
- '* If an iterator is used for *__slots__* then a '
- 'descriptor is created\n'
- ' for each of the iterator’s values. However, the '
- '*__slots__*\n'
+ '* If an *iterator* is used for *__slots__* then a '
+ '*descriptor* is\n'
+ ' created for each of the iterator’s values. However, '
+ 'the *__slots__*\n'
' attribute will be an empty iterator.\n',
'attribute-references': 'Attribute references\n'
'********************\n'
@@ -2378,33 +2385,6 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
':= a to b do"; e.g., "list(range(3))" returns the list "[0, 1, '
'2]".\n'
'\n'
- 'Note:\n'
- '\n'
- ' There is a subtlety when the sequence is being modified by the '
- 'loop\n'
- ' (this can only occur for mutable sequences, e.g. lists). An\n'
- ' internal counter is used to keep track of which item is used '
- 'next,\n'
- ' and this is incremented on each iteration. When this counter '
- 'has\n'
- ' reached the length of the sequence the loop terminates. This '
- 'means\n'
- ' that if the suite deletes the current (or a previous) item '
- 'from the\n'
- ' sequence, the next item will be skipped (since it gets the '
- 'index of\n'
- ' the current item which has already been treated). Likewise, '
- 'if the\n'
- ' suite inserts an item in the sequence before the current item, '
- 'the\n'
- ' current item will be treated again the next time through the '
- 'loop.\n'
- ' This can lead to nasty bugs that can be avoided by making a\n'
- ' temporary copy using a slice of the whole sequence, e.g.,\n'
- '\n'
- ' for x in a[:]:\n'
- ' if x < 0: a.remove(x)\n'
- '\n'
'\n'
'The "try" statement\n'
'===================\n'
@@ -4622,17 +4602,16 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'debugger will pause execution just before the first line of the\n'
'module.\n'
'\n'
- 'The typical usage to break into the debugger from a running '
- 'program is\n'
- 'to insert\n'
+ 'The typical usage to break into the debugger is to insert:\n'
'\n'
' import pdb; pdb.set_trace()\n'
'\n'
- 'at the location you want to break into the debugger. You can '
- 'then\n'
- 'step through the code following this statement, and continue '
- 'running\n'
- 'without the debugger using the "continue" command.\n'
+ 'at the location you want to break into the debugger, and then '
+ 'run the\n'
+ 'program. You can then step through the code following this '
+ 'statement,\n'
+ 'and continue running without the debugger using the "continue"\n'
+ 'command.\n'
'\n'
'New in version 3.7: The built-in "breakpoint()", when called '
'with\n'
@@ -5894,30 +5873,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'all by the loop. Hint: the built-in function "range()" returns an\n'
'iterator of integers suitable to emulate the effect of Pascal’s "for '
'i\n'
- ':= a to b do"; e.g., "list(range(3))" returns the list "[0, 1, 2]".\n'
- '\n'
- 'Note:\n'
- '\n'
- ' There is a subtlety when the sequence is being modified by the '
- 'loop\n'
- ' (this can only occur for mutable sequences, e.g. lists). An\n'
- ' internal counter is used to keep track of which item is used next,\n'
- ' and this is incremented on each iteration. When this counter has\n'
- ' reached the length of the sequence the loop terminates. This '
- 'means\n'
- ' that if the suite deletes the current (or a previous) item from '
- 'the\n'
- ' sequence, the next item will be skipped (since it gets the index '
- 'of\n'
- ' the current item which has already been treated). Likewise, if '
- 'the\n'
- ' suite inserts an item in the sequence before the current item, the\n'
- ' current item will be treated again the next time through the loop.\n'
- ' This can lead to nasty bugs that can be avoided by making a\n'
- ' temporary copy using a slice of the whole sequence, e.g.,\n'
- '\n'
- ' for x in a[:]:\n'
- ' if x < 0: a.remove(x)\n',
+ ':= a to b do"; e.g., "list(range(3))" returns the list "[0, 1, 2]".\n',
'formatstrings': 'Format String Syntax\n'
'********************\n'
'\n'
@@ -8574,61 +8530,62 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
'The following methods can be defined to implement '
'container objects.\n'
- 'Containers usually are sequences (such as lists or tuples) '
- 'or mappings\n'
- '(like dictionaries), but can represent other containers as '
- 'well. The\n'
- 'first set of methods is used either to emulate a sequence '
- 'or to\n'
- 'emulate a mapping; the difference is that for a sequence, '
- 'the\n'
- 'allowable keys should be the integers *k* for which "0 <= '
- 'k < N" where\n'
- '*N* is the length of the sequence, or slice objects, which '
- 'define a\n'
- 'range of items. It is also recommended that mappings '
- 'provide the\n'
- 'methods "keys()", "values()", "items()", "get()", '
- '"clear()",\n'
- '"setdefault()", "pop()", "popitem()", "copy()", and '
- '"update()"\n'
- 'behaving similar to those for Python’s standard dictionary '
+ 'Containers usually are *sequences* (such as "lists" or '
+ '"tuples") or\n'
+ '*mappings* (like "dictionaries"), but can represent other '
+ 'containers\n'
+ 'as well. The first set of methods is used either to '
+ 'emulate a\n'
+ 'sequence or to emulate a mapping; the difference is that '
+ 'for a\n'
+ 'sequence, the allowable keys should be the integers *k* '
+ 'for which "0\n'
+ '<= k < N" where *N* is the length of the sequence, or '
+ '"slice" objects,\n'
+ 'which define a range of items. It is also recommended '
+ 'that mappings\n'
+ 'provide the methods "keys()", "values()", "items()", '
+ '"get()",\n'
+ '"clear()", "setdefault()", "pop()", "popitem()", "copy()", '
+ 'and\n'
+ '"update()" behaving similar to those for Python’s '
+ 'standard\n'
+ '"dictionary" objects. The "collections.abc" module '
+ 'provides a\n'
+ '"MutableMapping" *abstract base class* to help create '
+ 'those methods\n'
+ 'from a base set of "__getitem__()", "__setitem__()", '
+ '"__delitem__()",\n'
+ 'and "keys()". Mutable sequences should provide methods '
+ '"append()",\n'
+ '"count()", "index()", "extend()", "insert()", "pop()", '
+ '"remove()",\n'
+ '"reverse()" and "sort()", like Python standard "list" '
'objects.\n'
- 'The "collections.abc" module provides a "MutableMapping" '
- 'abstract base\n'
- 'class to help create those methods from a base set of '
- '"__getitem__()",\n'
- '"__setitem__()", "__delitem__()", and "keys()". Mutable '
- 'sequences\n'
- 'should provide methods "append()", "count()", "index()", '
- '"extend()",\n'
- '"insert()", "pop()", "remove()", "reverse()" and "sort()", '
- 'like Python\n'
- 'standard list objects. Finally, sequence types should '
- 'implement\n'
- 'addition (meaning concatenation) and multiplication '
+ 'Finally, sequence types should implement addition '
'(meaning\n'
- 'repetition) by defining the methods "__add__()", '
- '"__radd__()",\n'
- '"__iadd__()", "__mul__()", "__rmul__()" and "__imul__()" '
- 'described\n'
- 'below; they should not define other numerical operators. '
+ 'concatenation) and multiplication (meaning repetition) by '
+ 'defining the\n'
+ 'methods "__add__()", "__radd__()", "__iadd__()", '
+ '"__mul__()",\n'
+ '"__rmul__()" and "__imul__()" described below; they should '
+ 'not define\n'
+ 'other numerical operators. It is recommended that both '
+ 'mappings and\n'
+ 'sequences implement the "__contains__()" method to allow '
+ 'efficient use\n'
+ 'of the "in" operator; for mappings, "in" should search the '
+ 'mapping’s\n'
+ 'keys; for sequences, it should search through the values. '
'It is\n'
- 'recommended that both mappings and sequences implement '
+ 'further recommended that both mappings and sequences '
+ 'implement the\n'
+ '"__iter__()" method to allow efficient iteration through '
'the\n'
- '"__contains__()" method to allow efficient use of the "in" '
- 'operator;\n'
- 'for mappings, "in" should search the mapping’s keys; for '
- 'sequences, it\n'
- 'should search through the values. It is further '
- 'recommended that both\n'
- 'mappings and sequences implement the "__iter__()" method '
- 'to allow\n'
- 'efficient iteration through the container; for mappings, '
- '"__iter__()"\n'
- 'should iterate through the object’s keys; for sequences, '
- 'it should\n'
- 'iterate through the values.\n'
+ 'container; for mappings, "__iter__()" should iterate '
+ 'through the\n'
+ 'object’s keys; for sequences, it should iterate through '
+ 'the values.\n'
'\n'
'object.__len__(self)\n'
'\n'
@@ -9789,7 +9746,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'"super(B,\n'
' obj).m()" searches "obj.__class__.__mro__" for the base '
'class "A"\n'
- ' immediately preceding "B" and then invokes the descriptor '
+ ' immediately following "B" and then invokes the descriptor '
'with the\n'
' call: "A.__dict__[\'m\'].__get__(obj, obj.__class__)".\n'
'\n'
@@ -9819,13 +9776,14 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'be\n'
'overridden by instances.\n'
'\n'
- 'Python methods (including "staticmethod()" and '
- '"classmethod()") are\n'
- 'implemented as non-data descriptors. Accordingly, instances '
- 'can\n'
- 'redefine and override methods. This allows individual '
- 'instances to\n'
- 'acquire behaviors that differ from other instances of the '
+ 'Python methods (including those decorated with '
+ '"@staticmethod" and\n'
+ '"@classmethod") are implemented as non-data descriptors. '
+ 'Accordingly,\n'
+ 'instances can redefine and override methods. This allows '
+ 'individual\n'
+ 'instances to acquire behaviors that differ from other '
+ 'instances of the\n'
'same class.\n'
'\n'
'The "property()" function is implemented as a data '
@@ -9839,12 +9797,12 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
'*__slots__* allow us to explicitly declare data members '
'(like\n'
- 'properties) and deny the creation of *__dict__* and '
+ 'properties) and deny the creation of "__dict__" and '
'*__weakref__*\n'
'(unless explicitly declared in *__slots__* or available in a '
'parent.)\n'
'\n'
- 'The space saved over using *__dict__* can be significant. '
+ 'The space saved over using "__dict__" can be significant. '
'Attribute\n'
'lookup speed can be significantly improved as well.\n'
'\n'
@@ -9856,7 +9814,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'*__slots__*\n'
' reserves space for the declared variables and prevents '
'the\n'
- ' automatic creation of *__dict__* and *__weakref__* for '
+ ' automatic creation of "__dict__" and *__weakref__* for '
'each\n'
' instance.\n'
'\n'
@@ -9865,11 +9823,11 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n'
'\n'
'* When inheriting from a class without *__slots__*, the '
- '*__dict__* and\n'
+ '"__dict__" and\n'
' *__weakref__* attribute of the instances will always be '
'accessible.\n'
'\n'
- '* Without a *__dict__* variable, instances cannot be '
+ '* Without a "__dict__" variable, instances cannot be '
'assigned new\n'
' variables not listed in the *__slots__* definition. '
'Attempts to\n'
@@ -9882,28 +9840,28 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
'* Without a *__weakref__* variable for each instance, '
'classes defining\n'
- ' *__slots__* do not support weak references to its '
- 'instances. If weak\n'
- ' reference support is needed, then add "\'__weakref__\'" to '
- 'the\n'
+ ' *__slots__* do not support "weak references" to its '
+ 'instances. If\n'
+ ' weak reference support is needed, then add '
+ '"\'__weakref__\'" to the\n'
' sequence of strings in the *__slots__* declaration.\n'
'\n'
'* *__slots__* are implemented at the class level by '
'creating\n'
- ' descriptors (Implementing Descriptors) for each variable '
- 'name. As a\n'
- ' result, class attributes cannot be used to set default '
- 'values for\n'
- ' instance variables defined by *__slots__*; otherwise, the '
- 'class\n'
- ' attribute would overwrite the descriptor assignment.\n'
+ ' descriptors for each variable name. As a result, class '
+ 'attributes\n'
+ ' cannot be used to set default values for instance '
+ 'variables defined\n'
+ ' by *__slots__*; otherwise, the class attribute would '
+ 'overwrite the\n'
+ ' descriptor assignment.\n'
'\n'
'* The action of a *__slots__* declaration is not limited to '
'the class\n'
' where it is defined. *__slots__* declared in parents are '
'available\n'
' in child classes. However, child subclasses will get a '
- '*__dict__*\n'
+ '"__dict__"\n'
' and *__weakref__* unless they also define *__slots__* '
'(which should\n'
' only contain names of any *additional* slots).\n'
@@ -9923,13 +9881,18 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
' “variable-length” built-in types such as "int", "bytes" '
'and "tuple".\n'
'\n'
- '* Any non-string iterable may be assigned to *__slots__*. '
- 'Mappings may\n'
- ' also be used; however, in the future, special meaning may '
- 'be\n'
- ' assigned to the values corresponding to each key.\n'
+ '* Any non-string *iterable* may be assigned to *__slots__*.\n'
+ '\n'
+ '* If a "dictionary" is used to assign *__slots__*, the '
+ 'dictionary keys\n'
+ ' will be used as the slot names. The values of the '
+ 'dictionary can be\n'
+ ' used to provide per-attribute docstrings that will be '
+ 'recognised by\n'
+ ' "inspect.getdoc()" and displayed in the output of '
+ '"help()".\n'
'\n'
- '* *__class__* assignment works only if both classes have the '
+ '* "__class__" assignment works only if both classes have the '
'same\n'
' *__slots__*.\n'
'\n'
@@ -9941,9 +9904,9 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'violations\n'
' raise "TypeError".\n'
'\n'
- '* If an iterator is used for *__slots__* then a descriptor '
- 'is created\n'
- ' for each of the iterator’s values. However, the '
+ '* If an *iterator* is used for *__slots__* then a '
+ '*descriptor* is\n'
+ ' created for each of the iterator’s values. However, the '
'*__slots__*\n'
' attribute will be an empty iterator.\n'
'\n'
@@ -9952,7 +9915,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'==========================\n'
'\n'
'Whenever a class inherits from another class, '
- '*__init_subclass__* is\n'
+ '"__init_subclass__()" is\n'
'called on that class. This way, it is possible to write '
'classes which\n'
'change the behavior of subclasses. This is closely related '
@@ -10152,10 +10115,10 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'come from\n'
'the class definition). The "__prepare__" method should be '
'implemented\n'
- 'as a "classmethod()". The namespace returned by '
- '"__prepare__" is\n'
- 'passed in to "__new__", but when the final class object is '
- 'created the\n'
+ 'as a "classmethod". The namespace returned by "__prepare__" '
+ 'is passed\n'
+ 'in to "__new__", but when the final class object is created '
+ 'the\n'
'namespace is copied into a new "dict".\n'
'\n'
'If the metaclass has no "__prepare__" attribute, then the '
@@ -10532,60 +10495,60 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
'The following methods can be defined to implement container '
'objects.\n'
- 'Containers usually are sequences (such as lists or tuples) '
- 'or mappings\n'
- '(like dictionaries), but can represent other containers as '
- 'well. The\n'
- 'first set of methods is used either to emulate a sequence or '
- 'to\n'
- 'emulate a mapping; the difference is that for a sequence, '
- 'the\n'
- 'allowable keys should be the integers *k* for which "0 <= k '
- '< N" where\n'
- '*N* is the length of the sequence, or slice objects, which '
- 'define a\n'
- 'range of items. It is also recommended that mappings '
- 'provide the\n'
- 'methods "keys()", "values()", "items()", "get()", '
- '"clear()",\n'
- '"setdefault()", "pop()", "popitem()", "copy()", and '
- '"update()"\n'
- 'behaving similar to those for Python’s standard dictionary '
+ 'Containers usually are *sequences* (such as "lists" or '
+ '"tuples") or\n'
+ '*mappings* (like "dictionaries"), but can represent other '
+ 'containers\n'
+ 'as well. The first set of methods is used either to emulate '
+ 'a\n'
+ 'sequence or to emulate a mapping; the difference is that for '
+ 'a\n'
+ 'sequence, the allowable keys should be the integers *k* for '
+ 'which "0\n'
+ '<= k < N" where *N* is the length of the sequence, or '
+ '"slice" objects,\n'
+ 'which define a range of items. It is also recommended that '
+ 'mappings\n'
+ 'provide the methods "keys()", "values()", "items()", '
+ '"get()",\n'
+ '"clear()", "setdefault()", "pop()", "popitem()", "copy()", '
+ 'and\n'
+ '"update()" behaving similar to those for Python’s standard\n'
+ '"dictionary" objects. The "collections.abc" module provides '
+ 'a\n'
+ '"MutableMapping" *abstract base class* to help create those '
+ 'methods\n'
+ 'from a base set of "__getitem__()", "__setitem__()", '
+ '"__delitem__()",\n'
+ 'and "keys()". Mutable sequences should provide methods '
+ '"append()",\n'
+ '"count()", "index()", "extend()", "insert()", "pop()", '
+ '"remove()",\n'
+ '"reverse()" and "sort()", like Python standard "list" '
'objects.\n'
- 'The "collections.abc" module provides a "MutableMapping" '
- 'abstract base\n'
- 'class to help create those methods from a base set of '
- '"__getitem__()",\n'
- '"__setitem__()", "__delitem__()", and "keys()". Mutable '
- 'sequences\n'
- 'should provide methods "append()", "count()", "index()", '
- '"extend()",\n'
- '"insert()", "pop()", "remove()", "reverse()" and "sort()", '
- 'like Python\n'
- 'standard list objects. Finally, sequence types should '
- 'implement\n'
- 'addition (meaning concatenation) and multiplication '
- '(meaning\n'
- 'repetition) by defining the methods "__add__()", '
- '"__radd__()",\n'
- '"__iadd__()", "__mul__()", "__rmul__()" and "__imul__()" '
- 'described\n'
- 'below; they should not define other numerical operators. It '
- 'is\n'
- 'recommended that both mappings and sequences implement the\n'
- '"__contains__()" method to allow efficient use of the "in" '
- 'operator;\n'
- 'for mappings, "in" should search the mapping’s keys; for '
- 'sequences, it\n'
- 'should search through the values. It is further recommended '
- 'that both\n'
- 'mappings and sequences implement the "__iter__()" method to '
- 'allow\n'
- 'efficient iteration through the container; for mappings, '
- '"__iter__()"\n'
- 'should iterate through the object’s keys; for sequences, it '
- 'should\n'
- 'iterate through the values.\n'
+ 'Finally, sequence types should implement addition (meaning\n'
+ 'concatenation) and multiplication (meaning repetition) by '
+ 'defining the\n'
+ 'methods "__add__()", "__radd__()", "__iadd__()", '
+ '"__mul__()",\n'
+ '"__rmul__()" and "__imul__()" described below; they should '
+ 'not define\n'
+ 'other numerical operators. It is recommended that both '
+ 'mappings and\n'
+ 'sequences implement the "__contains__()" method to allow '
+ 'efficient use\n'
+ 'of the "in" operator; for mappings, "in" should search the '
+ 'mapping’s\n'
+ 'keys; for sequences, it should search through the values. '
+ 'It is\n'
+ 'further recommended that both mappings and sequences '
+ 'implement the\n'
+ '"__iter__()" method to allow efficient iteration through '
+ 'the\n'
+ 'container; for mappings, "__iter__()" should iterate through '
+ 'the\n'
+ 'object’s keys; for sequences, it should iterate through the '
+ 'values.\n'
'\n'
'object.__len__(self)\n'
'\n'
@@ -11493,9 +11456,9 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
' >>> from keyword import iskeyword\n'
'\n'
" >>> 'hello'.isidentifier(), iskeyword('hello')\n"
- ' True, False\n'
+ ' (True, False)\n'
" >>> 'def'.isidentifier(), iskeyword('def')\n"
- ' True, True\n'
+ ' (True, True)\n'
'\n'
'str.islower()\n'
'\n'
@@ -11846,7 +11809,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
" >>> ' 1 2 3 '.split()\n"
" ['1', '2', '3']\n"
'\n'
- 'str.splitlines([keepends])\n'
+ 'str.splitlines(keepends=False)\n'
'\n'
' Return a list of the lines in the string, breaking at '
'line\n'
@@ -13203,14 +13166,14 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'"async\n'
' for" statement to execute the body of the function.\n'
'\n'
- ' Calling the asynchronous iterator’s "aiterator.__anext__()"\n'
- ' method will return an *awaitable* which when awaited will\n'
- ' execute until it provides a value using the "yield" '
- 'expression.\n'
- ' When the function executes an empty "return" statement or '
- 'falls\n'
- ' off the end, a "StopAsyncIteration" exception is raised and '
+ ' Calling the asynchronous iterator’s "aiterator.__anext__" '
+ 'method\n'
+ ' will return an *awaitable* which when awaited will execute '
+ 'until\n'
+ ' it provides a value using the "yield" expression. When the\n'
+ ' function executes an empty "return" statement or falls off '
'the\n'
+ ' end, a "StopAsyncIteration" exception is raised and the\n'
' asynchronous iterator will have reached the end of the set '
'of\n'
' values to be yielded.\n'
@@ -13754,9 +13717,9 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'"dict"\n'
'constructor.\n'
'\n'
- 'class dict(**kwarg)\n'
- 'class dict(mapping, **kwarg)\n'
- 'class dict(iterable, **kwarg)\n'
+ 'class dict(**kwargs)\n'
+ 'class dict(mapping, **kwargs)\n'
+ 'class dict(iterable, **kwargs)\n'
'\n'
' Return a new dictionary initialized from an optional '
'positional\n'
@@ -14406,6 +14369,14 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'Comparisons in\n'
'the language reference.)\n'
'\n'
+ 'Forward and reversed iterators over mutable sequences access '
+ 'values\n'
+ 'using an index. That index will continue to march forward (or\n'
+ 'backward) even if the underlying sequence is mutated. The '
+ 'iterator\n'
+ 'terminates only when an "IndexError" or a "StopIteration" is\n'
+ 'encountered (or when the index drops below zero).\n'
+ '\n'
'Notes:\n'
'\n'
'1. While the "in" and "not in" operations are used only for '
@@ -14877,7 +14848,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
' The arguments to the range constructor must be integers '
'(either\n'
- ' built-in "int" or any object that implements the "__index__"\n'
+ ' built-in "int" or any object that implements the '
+ '"__index__()"\n'
' special method). If the *step* argument is omitted, it '
'defaults to\n'
' "1". If the *start* argument is omitted, it defaults to "0". '