[Python-checkins] r69276 - python/trunk/Doc/glossary.rst

raymond.hettinger python-checkins at python.org
Wed Feb 4 20:25:17 CET 2009


Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Wed Feb  4 20:25:17 2009
New Revision: 69276

Log:
Clarify that named tuples do not have to subclass tuple.

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/glossary.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/glossary.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/glossary.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/glossary.rst	Wed Feb  4 20:25:17 2009
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
       also :term:`immutable`.
 
    named tuple
-      Any tuple subclass whose indexable elements are also accessible using
+      Any tuple-like class whose indexable elements are also accessible using
       named attributes (for example, :func:`time.localtime` returns a
       tuple-like object where the *year* is accessible either with an
       index such as ``t[0]`` or with a named attribute like ``t.tm_year``).


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