[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #19362: Tweek len() doc and docstring to expand the indicated range of

Mon Jun 16 09:06:28 CEST 2014

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/95d487abbfd8
changeset: 91203:95d487abbfd8
branch: 2.7
parent: 91200:2d5a9565ea7b
user: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
date: Mon Jun 16 03:05:30 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
@@ -726,7 +726,8 @@
 .. 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).
 
 
 .. function:: list([iterable])
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(len_doc,
 "len(object) -> integer\n\
 \n\
-Return the number of items of a sequence or mapping.");
+Return the number of items of a sequence or collection.");
 
 
 static PyObject *
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
