[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Doc/lib libstdtypes.tex,1.44,1.45

[Guido van Rossum]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory slayer.i.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv10793

Modified Files:
	libstdtypes.tex 
Log Message:
"Documentation" for {}.popitem().


Index: libstdtypes.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.44
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -C2 -r1.44 -r1.45
*** libstdtypes.tex	2000/11/30 19:30:20	1.44
--- libstdtypes.tex	2000/12/12 22:03:47	1.45
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*** 818,821 ****
--- 818,824 ----
             else \var{x} (also setting it)}
            {(5)}
+   \lineiii{\var{a}.popitem()}
+           {remove and return an arbitrary (\var{key}, \var{value}) pair}
+           {(6)}
  \end{tableiii}
  
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*** 842,845 ****
--- 845,851 ----
  that if \var{k} is missing, \var{x} is both returned and inserted into
  the dictionary as the value of \var{k}.
+ 
+ \item[(6)] \function{popitem()} is useful to destructively iterate
+ over a dictionary, as often used in set algorithms.
  \end{description}