From e3ee66f141706d1220129dcc53b990e66507f5f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 23:44:37 +0000
Subject: Issue #10357: Clarify what it means to be a mapping.
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Doc/glossary.rst | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 9ec61de..ec8af62 100644
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@@ -428,9 +428,11 @@ Glossary
:class:`importlib.abc.Loader` for an :term:`abstract base class`.
mapping
- A container object (such as :class:`dict`) which supports arbitrary key
- lookups using the special method :meth:`__getitem__`. Mappings also
- support :meth:`__len__`, :meth:`__iter__`, and :meth:`__contains__`.
+ A container object that supports arbitrary key lookups and implements the
+ methods specified in the :class:`Mapping` or :class:`MutableMapping`
+ :ref:`abstract base classes <abstract-base-classes>`. Examples include
+ :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`,
+ :class:`collections.OrderedDict` and :class:`collections.Counter`.
metaclass
The class of a class. Class definitions create a class name, a class
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