[Python-Dev] cpython (2.7): note Ellipsis syntax

[Georg Brandl]

On 07/30/11 17:00, benjamin.peterson wrote:
> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/402f94edf11b
> changeset:   71637:402f94edf11b
> branch:      2.7
> user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
> date:        Sat Jul 30 09:59:12 2011 -0500
> summary:
>   note Ellipsis syntax
> 
> files:
>   Doc/library/stdtypes.rst |  2 +-
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
> --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
> +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
> @@ -2930,7 +2930,7 @@
>  supports no special operations.  There is exactly one ellipsis object, named
>  :const:`Ellipsis` (a built-in name).
>  
> -It is written as ``Ellipsis``.
> +It is written as ``Ellipsis`` or ``...``.

In 2.7, this is not true; ``...`` only works in slices there.

Georg