From f2fb73f6757d569d176811e849a2732861ec6eb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 03:05:37 -0400 Subject: Issue #19362: Tweek len() doc and docstring to expand the indicated range of arguments. Original patch by Gareth Rees. --- Doc/library/functions.rst | 3 ++- Python/bltinmodule.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 02e6374..ea489ac 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -742,7 +742,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. function:: 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). + sequence (such as a string, bytes, tuple, list, or range) or a collection + (such as a dictionary, set, or frozen set). .. _func-list: diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c index d351cd0..a81af65 100644 --- a/Python/bltinmodule.c +++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c @@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ builtin_len(PyObject *self, PyObject *v) PyDoc_STRVAR(len_doc, "len(object)\n\ \n\ -Return the number of items of a sequence or mapping."); +Return the number of items of a sequence or collection."); static PyObject * -- cgit v0.12