[Python-checkins] r84149 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functools.rst

raymond.hettinger python-checkins at python.org
Tue Aug 17 21:19:30 CEST 2010


Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Tue Aug 17 21:19:29 2010
New Revision: 84149

Log:
Minor rewording to docs for the lru_cache decorator

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functools.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functools.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functools.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functools.rst	Tue Aug 17 21:19:29 2010
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
    The wrapped function also has a :attr:`clear` attribute which can be
    called (with no arguments) to clear the cache.
 
-   The :attr:`__wrapped__` attribute may be used to access the original
-   function (e.g. to bypass the cache or to apply a different caching
-   strategy)
+   The original underlying function is accessible through the
+   :attr:`__wrapped__` attribute.  This allows introspection, bypassing
+   the cache, or rewrapping the function with a different caching tool.
 
    A `LRU (least recently used) cache
    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_algorithms#Least_Recently_Used>`_


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