[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.3 -> default): merge 3.3 (#19910)

[benjamin.peterson]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/44dacafdd48a
changeset:   87805:44dacafdd48a
parent:      87803:8001f0dfe84f
parent:      87804:500cc1acc42f
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Fri Dec 06 20:12:51 2013 -0500
summary:
  merge 3.3 (#19910)

files:
  Doc/library/functions.rst |  6 +++---
  Python/bltinmodule.c      |  2 +-
  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@
 .. function:: compile(source, filename, mode, flags=0, dont_inherit=False, optimize=-1)
 
    Compile the *source* into a code or AST object.  Code objects can be executed
-   by :func:`exec` or :func:`eval`.  *source* can either be a string or an AST
-   object.  Refer to the :mod:`ast` module documentation for information on how
-   to work with AST objects.
+   by :func:`exec` or :func:`eval`.  *source* can either be a normal string, a
+   byte string, or an AST object.  Refer to the :mod:`ast` module documentation
+   for information on how to work with AST objects.
 
    The *filename* argument should give the file from which the code was read;
    pass some recognizable value if it wasn't read from a file (``'<string>'`` is
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(compile_doc,
 "compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) -> code object\n\
 \n\
-Compile the source string (a Python module, statement or expression)\n\
+Compile the source (a Python module, statement or expression)\n\
 into a code object that can be executed by exec() or eval().\n\
 The filename will be used for run-time error messages.\n\
 The mode must be 'exec' to compile a module, 'single' to compile a\n\

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython