[Python-checkins] r69764 - in python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library: functions.rst math.rst

raymond.hettinger python-checkins at python.org
Thu Feb 19 07:47:42 CET 2009


Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Thu Feb 19 07:47:42 2009
New Revision: 69764

Log:
Add links to helpful external resources.

Modified:
   python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst
   python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/math.rst

Modified: python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst	Thu Feb 19 07:47:42 2009
@@ -968,6 +968,9 @@
    *reverse* is a boolean value.  If set to ``True``, then the list elements are
    sorted as if each comparison were reversed.
 
+   To convert an old-style *cmp* function to a *key* function, see the
+   `CmpToKey recipe in the ASPN cookbook
+   <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576653/>`_\.
 
 .. function:: staticmethod(function)
 

Modified: python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/math.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/math.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/release30-maint/Doc/library/math.rst	Thu Feb 19 07:47:42 2009
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
    occasionally double-round an intermediate sum causing it to be off in its
    least significant bit.
 
+   For further discussion and two alternative approaches, see the `ASPN cookbook
+   recipes for accurate floating point summation
+   <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/393090/>`_\.
+
 
 .. function:: isinf(x)
 


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