[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libfuncs.tex,1.163,1.164

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv25156

Modified Files:
	libfuncs.tex 
Log Message:
concrete example of why retaining old objects is good


Index: libfuncs.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.163
retrieving revision 1.164
diff -C2 -d -r1.163 -r1.164
*** libfuncs.tex	20 Mar 2004 18:25:31 -0000	1.163
--- libfuncs.tex	21 Mar 2004 16:05:30 -0000	1.164
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*** 831,835 ****
    to the module's advantage if it maintains a global table or cache of
    objects --- with a \keyword{try} statement it can test for the
!   table's presence and skip its initialization if desired.
  
    It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or
--- 831,843 ----
    to the module's advantage if it maintains a global table or cache of
    objects --- with a \keyword{try} statement it can test for the
!   table's presence and skip its initialization if desired:
! 
! \begin{verbatim}
! try:
!     cache
! except NameError:
!     cache = {}
! \end{verbatim}
! 
  
    It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or