[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): Issue #19362: Tweek len() doc and docstring to expand the indicated range of
terry.reedy
python-checkins at python.org
Mon Jun 16 09:06:30 CEST 2014
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8fcbe41e1242
changeset: 91204:8fcbe41e1242
branch: 3.4
parent: 91201:f741012f48a0
user: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
date: Mon Jun 16 03:05:37 2014 -0400
summary:
Issue #19362: Tweek len() doc and docstring to expand the indicated range of
arguments. Original patch by Gareth Rees.
files:
Doc/library/functions.rst | 3 ++-
Python/bltinmodule.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -742,7 +742,8 @@
.. function:: len(s)
Return the length (the number of items) of an object. The argument may be a
- sequence (string, tuple or list) or a mapping (dictionary).
+ sequence (such as a string, bytes, tuple, list, or range) or a collection
+ (such as a dictionary, set, or frozen set).
.. _func-list:
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@
PyDoc_STRVAR(len_doc,
"len(object)\n\
\n\
-Return the number of items of a sequence or mapping.");
+Return the number of items of a sequence or collection.");
static PyObject *
--
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