[Python-checkins] r56698 - doctools/trunk/Doc-26/library/stdtypes.rst

[mark.summerfield]

Author: mark.summerfield
Date: Fri Aug  3 13:22:32 2007
New Revision: 56698

Modified:
   doctools/trunk/Doc-26/library/stdtypes.rst
Log:
Added note and cross-reference to close sf bug 1760423.
(But can't close the bug because I don't know how.)



Modified: doctools/trunk/Doc-26/library/stdtypes.rst
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--- doctools/trunk/Doc-26/library/stdtypes.rst	(original)
+++ doctools/trunk/Doc-26/library/stdtypes.rst	Fri Aug  3 13:22:32 2007
@@ -562,6 +562,13 @@
 | ``max(s)``       | largest item of *s*            |          |
 +------------------+--------------------------------+----------+
 
+Sequence types also support comparisons. In particular, tuples and lists
+are compared lexicographically by comparing corresponding
+elements. This means that to compare equal, every element must compare
+equal and the two sequences must be of the same type and have the same
+length. (For full details see :ref:`comparisons` in the language
+reference.)
+
 .. index::
    triple: operations on; sequence; types
    builtin: len