[Python-checkins] r83571 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Mon Aug 2 22:44:34 CEST 2010
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Mon Aug 2 22:44:34 2010
New Revision: 83571
Log:
Clarify that abs() is not a namespace.
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst Mon Aug 2 22:44:34 2010
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
A *namespace* is a mapping from names to objects. Most namespaces are currently
implemented as Python dictionaries, but that's normally not noticeable in any
way (except for performance), and it may change in the future. Examples of
-namespaces are: the set of built-in names (functions such as :func:`abs`, and
+namespaces are: the set of built-in names (containing functions such as :func:`abs`, and
built-in exception names); the global names in a module; and the local names in
a function invocation. In a sense the set of attributes of an object also form
a namespace. The important thing to know about namespaces is that there is
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