Is this a tiny bug?

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

"Julius Welby" <jwelby at waitrose.com> wrote in message
news:9pqail$js5 at dispatch.concentric.net...
> In Idle, when I use the tuple(sequence) built in function, the "tip" that
> pops up when I open the bracket is:
>
> tuple(sequence) -> list
>
> which surprised me, as I expected:
>
>  tuple(sequence) -> tuple.
>
> The function obviously works fine, but I wondered what controls the "tip",
> and if this is a mistake.

Indeed a bit odd... Especially if you compare this "tip", the first
line of the docstring, with the rest:

  >>> print tuple.__doc__
  tuple(sequence) -> list

  Return a tuple whose items are the same as those of the argument sequence.
  If the argument is a tuple, the return value is the same object.

I'd say this is quite clearly an error.


> Just wondered.
>
> Julius

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