[Python-3000-checkins] r58828 - python/branches/py3k-pep3137/Doc/library/array.rst

[christian.heimes]

Author: christian.heimes
Date: Sat Nov  3 15:28:58 2007
New Revision: 58828

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k-pep3137/Doc/library/array.rst
Log:
Updated documentation of the array type's initializer.

Modified: python/branches/py3k-pep3137/Doc/library/array.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k-pep3137/Doc/library/array.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k-pep3137/Doc/library/array.rst	Sat Nov  3 15:28:58 2007
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
 .. function:: array(typecode[, initializer])
 
    Return a new array whose items are restricted by *typecode*, and initialized
-   from the optional *initializer* value, which must be a list, string, or iterable
-   over elements of the appropriate type.
+   from the optional *initializer* value, which must be a list, object
+   supporting the buffer interface, or iterable over elements of the 
+   appropriate type.
 
    If given a list or string, the initializer is passed to the new array's
    :meth:`fromlist`, :meth:`fromstring`, or :meth:`fromunicode` method (see below)
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@
 
    Obsolete alias for :func:`array`.
 
+.. data:: typecodes
+
+   A string with all available type codes.
+
 Array objects support the ordinary sequence operations of indexing, slicing,
 concatenation, and multiplication.  When using slice assignment, the assigned
 value must be an array object with the same type code; in all other cases,