list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation

rantingrick rantingrick at gmail.com
Thu Jul 14 21:36:15 EDT 2011


On Jul 14, 8:21 pm, Inside <fancheyuj... at gmail.com> wrote:
> As telling in the subject,because "list" and "tuple" aren't functions,they are types.Is that right?

You wanna see some warts in the docs. Okay, try to use the search box
to find list, dict, or tuple and see what happens...

http://docs.python.org/

Search: [ list ]

PyFloat_ClearFreeList (cfunction, in Floating Point Objects)
PyInt_ClearFreeList (cfunction, in Plain Integer Objects)
PyListObject (ctype, in List Objects)
PyList_Append (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_AsTuple (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_Check (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_CheckExact (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_GET_ITEM (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_GET_SIZE (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_GetItem (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_GetSlice (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_Insert (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_New (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_Reverse (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_SET_ITEM (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_SetItem (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_SetSlice (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_Size (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_Sort (cfunction, in List Objects)
PyList_Type (cvar, in List Objects)
PyMethod_ClearFreeList (cfunction, in Method Objects)

[ snip: mile long list with no LIST info to be found! ]

Hey don't get me wrong, the python docs are great; as long as you know
where to find what you're looking for.




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