[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Close #4966: revamp the sequence docs in order to better explain the state of

[Nick Coghlan]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
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> On 8/20/2012 3:14 AM, nick.coghlan wrote:
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>> +(5)
>> +   :meth:`clear` and :meth:`!copy` are included for consistency with the
>> +   interfaces of mutable containers that don't support slicing operations
>> +   (such as :class:`dict` and :class:`set`)
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>> +   .. versionadded:: 3.3
>> +      :meth:`clear` and :meth:`!copy` methods.
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> Should !copy be copy (both places) or is '!' some markup I don't know about?

It means you get the formatting without the cross-reference. I didn't
write that bit - it shows up in the diff because it was moved around.

Cheers,
Nick.

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