[Python-checkins] bpo-32452: clarify term 'brackets' in generator tutorial (GH-5079) (#5082)

R. David Murray webhook-mailer at python.org
Tue Jan 2 10:42:18 EST 2018


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0e0d1017a4c8ad6f77ee42d7b640463058037f62
commit: 0e0d1017a4c8ad6f77ee42d7b640463058037f62
branch: 2.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date: 2018-01-02T10:42:12-05:00
summary:

bpo-32452: clarify term 'brackets' in generator tutorial (GH-5079) (#5082)

Updates documentation for generator expressions in classes tutorial: Clarify usage of ambiguous term "brackets" by replacing with "square brackets". Updated subsequent lines to respect line breaks. (GH-5079)
(cherry picked from commit f190eb59e60e2ae7a7cbd396458389a7a076e0d3)

files:
M Doc/tutorial/classes.rst

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 216dcae6b60..7f45c7632d5 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -873,9 +873,9 @@ Generator Expressions
 =====================
 
 Some simple generators can be coded succinctly as expressions using a syntax
-similar to list comprehensions but with parentheses instead of brackets.  These
-expressions are designed for situations where the generator is used right away
-by an enclosing function.  Generator expressions are more compact but less
+similar to list comprehensions but with parentheses instead of square brackets.
+These expressions are designed for situations where the generator is used right
+away by an enclosing function.  Generator expressions are more compact but less
 versatile than full generator definitions and tend to be more memory friendly
 than equivalent list comprehensions.
 



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