[ python-Bugs-1515932 ] 2.3.6.4 Mutable Sequence Types clarification

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Bugs item #1515932, was opened at 2006-07-02 13:53
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Alan (aisaac0)
>Assigned to: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Summary: 2.3.6.4 Mutable Sequence Types clarification

Initial Comment:
Documentation of Mutable Sequence Types
at http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-mutable.html
has the following language:

s[i:j] = t  slice of s from i to j is replaced by t  	
...
s[i:j:k] = t the elements of s[i:j:k] are replaced by
those of t 	(1)

The asymmetry is misleading (e.g., one might think that
in the first case t could be a single number that would
be assigned to all the elements, particularly since the
footnote is omitted).

Therefore I propose the first case become:

s[i:j] = t   the elements of the slice of s from i to j
are replaced by those of t 	(1)

The following alternative would be even more parallel
and also acceptable:

s[i:j] = t  the elements of s[i:j] are replaced by
those of t 	(1)

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>Comment By: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Date: 2006-07-03 10:08

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In rev.47219, I've replaced the first case with "slice of
\var{s} from \var{i} to \var{j} is replaced by the contents
of the iterable \var{t}".  

Thanks for your comment.


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