[docs] Glossary Suggestion

Sandro Tosi matrixhasu at gmail.com
Thu Jun 16 23:32:47 CEST 2011


Hello Greg,

On 2011-06-13, mrg_n00q at q.com <mrg_n00q at q.com> wrote:
> I'm getting into Python and I like it quite a bit,
> but wrestling with the nomenclature can be
> troublesome for an informal programmer.  The
> glossary (in the v3.3.0 documentation) helps, but
> I would point out as a gentle suggestion that, since
> it repeatedly refers to "containers", it might also
> include a definition of "container".

The only reference to 'container' in 3.3 glossary is inside the
'hashable' key, and it reads like "mutable containers (such as lists
or dictionaries)" which already explains what they are.

Perhaps you're not referring to containers references inside glossary
but somewhere else? I find containers pretty well defined in:
http://docs.python.org/dev/library/collections.html

Regards,
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