[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): Issue #25286: Dictionary views are not sequences

[martin.panter]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/92429e01f444
changeset:   98581:92429e01f444
branch:      3.4
parent:      98573:e670b37e7b14
user:        Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com>
date:        Wed Oct 07 09:56:46 2015 +0000
summary:
  Issue #25286: Dictionary views are not sequences

Also change glossary heading from view

files:
  Doc/glossary.rst                |  15 ++++++++-------
  Doc/library/collections.abc.rst |   2 +-
  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@
       keys can be any object with :meth:`__hash__` and :meth:`__eq__` methods.
       Called a hash in Perl.
 
+   dictionary view
+      The objects returned from :meth:`dict.keys`, :meth:`dict.values`, and
+      :meth:`dict.items` are called dictionary views. They provide a dynamic
+      view on the dictionary’s entries, which means that when the dictionary
+      changes, the view reflects these changes. To force the
+      dictionary view to become a full list use ``list(dictview)``.  See
+      :ref:`dict-views`.
+
    docstring
       A string literal which appears as the first expression in a class,
       function or module.  While ignored when the suite is executed, it is
@@ -853,13 +861,6 @@
       ``'\r'``.  See :pep:`278` and :pep:`3116`, as well as
       :func:`bytes.splitlines` for an additional use.
 
-   view
-      The objects returned from :meth:`dict.keys`, :meth:`dict.values`, and
-      :meth:`dict.items` are called dictionary views.  They are lazy sequences
-      that will see changes in the underlying dictionary.  To force the
-      dictionary view to become a full list use ``list(dictview)``.  See
-      :ref:`dict-views`.
-
    virtual environment
       A cooperatively isolated runtime environment that allows Python users
       and applications to install and upgrade Python distribution packages
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
--- a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
            KeysView
            ValuesView
 
-   ABCs for mapping, items, keys, and values :term:`views <view>`.
+   ABCs for mapping, items, keys, and values :term:`views <dictionary view>`.
 
 
 These ABCs allow us to ask classes or instances if they provide

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