[Python-3000-checkins] r67324 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst
benjamin.peterson
python-3000-checkins at python.org
Sat Nov 22 00:22:00 CET 2008
Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Sat Nov 22 00:22:00 2008
New Revision: 67324
Log:
add a glossary entry for "view"
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst Sat Nov 22 00:22:00 2008
@@ -498,6 +498,13 @@
object has a type. An object's type is accessible as its
:attr:`__class__` attribute or can be retrieved with ``type(obj)``.
+ view
+ The objects returned from :meth:`dict.keys`, :meth:`dict.items`, and
+ :meth:`dict.items` are called dictionary views. They are lazy sequences
+ that will see changes in the underlying dictionary. To force the
+ dictionary view to become a full list use ``list(dictview)``. See
+ :ref:`dict-views`.
+
virtual machine
A computer defined entirely in software. Python's virtual machine
executes the :term:`bytecode` emitted by the bytecode compiler.
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