[Python-checkins] r86950 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/itertools.rst Lib/test/test_itertools.py
raymond.hettinger
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Dec 3 03:33:54 CET 2010
Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Fri Dec 3 03:33:53 2010
New Revision: 86950
Log:
Update the itertools.accumulate() docs.
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/itertools.rst
python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/itertools.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/itertools.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/itertools.rst Fri Dec 3 03:33:53 2010
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
==================== ============================ ================================================= =============================================================
Iterator Arguments Results Example
==================== ============================ ================================================= =============================================================
-:func:`accumulate` p[, start=0] p0, p0+p1, p0+p1+p2, ... ``accumulate([1,2,3,4,5]) --> 1 3 6 10 15``
+:func:`accumulate` p p0, p0+p1, p0+p1+p2, ... ``accumulate([1,2,3,4,5]) --> 1 3 6 10 15``
:func:`chain` p, q, ... p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ... ``chain('ABC', 'DEF') --> A B C D E F``
:func:`compress` data, selectors (d[0] if s[0]), (d[1] if s[1]), ... ``compress('ABCDEF', [1,0,1,0,1,1]) --> A C E F``
:func:`dropwhile` pred, seq seq[n], seq[n+1], starting when pred fails ``dropwhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 6 4 1``
@@ -84,11 +84,10 @@
streams of infinite length, so they should only be accessed by functions or
loops that truncate the stream.
-.. function:: accumulate(iterable, start=0)
+.. function:: accumulate(iterable)
- Make an iterator that returns accumulated sums plus the value of the *start*
- parameter (which defaults to :const:`0`). Elements may be any addable type
- including :class:`Decimal` or :class:`Fraction`. Equivalent to::
+ Make an iterator that returns accumulated sums. Elements may be any addable
+ type including :class:`Decimal` or :class:`Fraction`. Equivalent to::
def accumulate(iterable):
'Return running totals'
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_itertools.py (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_itertools.py Fri Dec 3 03:33:53 2010
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
self.assertEqual(
list(accumulate(map(typ, range(10)))),
list(map(typ, [0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45])))
+ self.assertEqual(list(accumulate('abc')), ['a', 'ab', 'abc']) # works with non-numeric
self.assertEqual(list(accumulate([])), []) # empty iterable
self.assertEqual(list(accumulate([7])), [7]) # iterable of length one
self.assertRaises(TypeError, accumulate, range(10), 5) # too many args
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