[Python-checkins] [doc] Update references to NumPy (GH-22458)

Thu Oct 1 19:22:24 EDT 2020

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c8bb24166e367d449158015cb9b1093f03c7175d
commit: c8bb24166e367d449158015cb9b1093f03c7175d
branch: master
author: Andre Delfino <adelfino at gmail.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2020年10月01日T16:22:14-07:00
summary:
[doc] Update references to NumPy (GH-22458)
Numeric(al) Python to NumPy. It seems the old name hasn't been used for some time.
files:
M Doc/faq/programming.rst
M Doc/library/array.rst
M Doc/library/functions.rst
M Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst

diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
index 76ae4d260fad4..0b486d7e7e254 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ difference is that a Python list can contain objects of many different types.
 
 The ``array`` module also provides methods for creating arrays of fixed types
 with compact representations, but they are slower to index than lists. Also
-note that the Numeric extensions and others define array-like structures with
+note that NumPy and other third party packages define array-like structures with
 various characteristics as well.
 
 To get Lisp-style linked lists, you can emulate cons cells using tuples::
diff --git a/Doc/library/array.rst b/Doc/library/array.rst
index 78020738bf4f7..ff3ec6b1fd723 100644
--- a/Doc/library/array.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/array.rst
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ Examples::
 Packing and unpacking of External Data Representation (XDR) data as used in some
 remote procedure call systems.
 
- `The Numerical Python Documentation <https://docs.scipy.org/doc/>`_
- The Numeric Python extension (NumPy) defines another array type; see
- http://www.numpy.org/ for further information about Numerical Python.
+ `NumPy <https://numpy.org/>`_
+ The NumPy package defines another array type.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 7543fc4b10d46..c49bb0c9de70c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1512,14 +1512,12 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 .. class:: slice(stop)
 slice(start, stop[, step])
 
- .. index:: single: Numerical Python
-
 Return a :term:`slice` object representing the set of indices specified by
 ``range(start, stop, step)``. The *start* and *step* arguments default to
 ``None``. Slice objects have read-only data attributes :attr:`~slice.start`,
 :attr:`~slice.stop` and :attr:`~slice.step` which merely return the argument
 values (or their default). They have no other explicit functionality;
- however they are used by Numerical Python and other third party extensions.
+ however they are used by NumPy and other third party packages.
 Slice objects are also generated when extended indexing syntax is used. For
 example: ``a[start:stop:step]`` or ``a[start:stop, i]``. See
 :func:`itertools.islice` for an alternate version that returns an iterator.
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst b/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst
index 0c0eb526fa9ed..b98de6e56a003 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ which implements arithmetic based on rational numbers (so the numbers like
 1/3 can be represented exactly).
 
 If you are a heavy user of floating point operations you should take a look
-at the Numerical Python package and many other packages for mathematical and
+at the NumPy package and many other packages for mathematical and
 statistical operations supplied by the SciPy project. See <https://scipy.org>.
 
 Python provides tools that may help on those rare occasions when you really
