From 536209ef92f16ea8823209a3c4b8763c0ec5d4bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mariatta Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 09:12:03 -0700 Subject: bpo-23787: Change sum() docstring from sequence to iterable (GH-1859) * bpo-23787: Change sum() docstring from sequence to iterable Original patch by Raymond Hettinger. --- Python/bltinmodule.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c index f03e488..70308e9 100644 --- a/Python/bltinmodule.c +++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c @@ -2443,10 +2443,10 @@ builtin_sum(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) } PyDoc_STRVAR(sum_doc, -"sum(sequence[, start]) -> value\n\ +"sum(iterable[, start]) -> value\n\ \n\ -Return the sum of a sequence of numbers (NOT strings) plus the value\n\ -of parameter 'start' (which defaults to 0). When the sequence is\n\ +Return the sum of an iterable or sequence of numbers (NOT strings)\n\ +plus the value of 'start' (which defaults to 0). When the sequence is\n\ empty, return start."); -- cgit v0.12