http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4a07b772f0e0 changeset: 71639:4a07b772f0e0 user: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> date: Sat Jul 30 10:03:09 2011 -0500 summary: we can call singleton types now files: Doc/library/stdtypes.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -2706,7 +2706,7 @@ This object is returned by functions that don't explicitly return a value. It supports no special operations. There is exactly one null object, named -``None`` (a built-in name). +``None`` (a built-in name). Calling ``type(None)`` produces the same singleton. It is written as ``None``. @@ -2718,7 +2718,8 @@ This object is commonly used by slicing (see :ref:`slicings`). It supports no special operations. There is exactly one ellipsis object, named -:const:`Ellipsis` (a built-in name). +:const:`Ellipsis` (a built-in name). Calling ``type(Ellipsis)`` produces the +:const:`Ellipsis` singleton. It is written as ``Ellipsis`` or ``...``. @@ -2728,7 +2729,8 @@ This object is returned from comparisons and binary operations when they are asked to operate on types they don't support. See :ref:`comparisons` for more -information. +information. There is exactly one ``NotImplemented`` object. Calling +``type(NotImplemented)`` produces the singleton instance. It is written as ``NotImplemented``. -- Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython