[Python-checkins] r47193 - sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst

[andrew.kuchling]

Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Sat Jul  1 19:44:20 2006
New Revision: 47193

Modified:
   sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst
Log:
More typo fixes and a few edits

Modified: sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst
==============================================================================
--- sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst	(original)
+++ sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst	Sat Jul  1 19:44:20 2006
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@
         def adder(x,y):
             return x + y
 
-Which alternative is preferable?  That's a style question; my general 
-view is to avoid it.
+Which alternative is preferable?  That's a style question; my usual
+view is to avoid using ``lambda``.
 
 ``lambda`` is quite limited in the functions it can define.  The
 result has to be computable as a single expression, which means you
@@ -852,16 +852,16 @@
 
     freq = reduce(lambda a, b: (0, a[1] + b[1]), items)[1]
 
-You can figure it out, but it takes time to disentangle the function
+You can figure it out, but it takes time to disentangle the expression
 to figure out what's going on.  Using a short nested
 ``def`` statements makes things a little bit better::
 
     def combine (a, b):
 	return 0, a[1] + b[1]
 
-    return reduce(combine_freq, items)[1]
+    return reduce(combine, items)[1]
 
-It would be best of all if I had simply used a ``for`` loop::
+But it would be best of all if I had simply used a ``for`` loop::
 
      total = 0
      for a, b in items:
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@
 4) Convert the lambda to a def statement, using that name.
 5) Remove the comment.
 
-I really like these rules, but you're free todisagree that this style
+I really like these rules, but you're free to disagree that this style
 is better.
 
 
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
 
 The author would like to thank the following people for offering
 suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
-article: Ian Bicking, Raymond Hettinger, Jim Jewett.
+article: Ian Bicking, Raymond Hettinger, Jim Jewett, Leandro Lameiro.
 
 Version 0.1: posted June 30 2006.