Where are list methods documented?
Nick Coghlan
ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Tue Feb 1 20:56:35 EST 2005
Tim Peters wrote:
> 2. Built-In Objects
> 2.1 Built-in Functions
> 2.2 Non-essential Built-in Functions
> 2.3 Built-in Types
> 2.3.1 Truth Value Testing
> 2.3.2 Boolean Operations
> 2.3.3 Comparisons
> 2.3.4 Numeric Types
> 2.3.5 Iterator Types
> 2.3.6 Sequence Types
> 2.3.7 Set Types
> 2.3.8 Mapping Types
> 2.3.9 File Objects
> 2.3.10 Other Built-in Types
> 2.3.11 Special Attributes
> 2.4 Built-in Exceptions
> 2.5 Built-in Constants
>
> So, e.g., it doesn't mention floats or dicts by those names either.
> It's well worthwhile to spend some time browsing that entire chapter.
I wonder if adding a small table to the end of the introductory text in Section
2.3 would help. Something like:
""""
The documentation in this section is written in terms of type categories. The
table below associates specific builtin types with the most relevant categories.
Type Category Specific Built-in Types
Boolean bool
Numeric int, long, float, complex
Iterator N/A
Sequence tuple
String Sequence str, unicode
Mutable Sequence list
Set set, frozenset
Mapping dict
File file
"""
Cheers,
Nick.
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