[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Closes #19178: backport entries for "module" and "package" from 3.x glossary.
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Tue Oct 8 08:05:44 CEST 2013
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5e1f359d54c4
changeset: 86142:5e1f359d54c4
branch: 2.7
parent: 86132:9524e1468913
user: Georg Brandl <georg at python.org>
date: Tue Oct 08 08:05:33 2013 +0200
summary:
Closes #19178: backport entries for "module" and "package" from 3.x glossary. Patch by Berker Peksag.
files:
Doc/glossary.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@
fraction. Integer division can be forced by using the ``//`` operator
instead of the ``/`` operator. See also :term:`__future__`.
+ importing
+ The process by which Python code in one module is made available to
+ Python code in another module.
+
importer
An object that both finds and loads a module; both a
:term:`finder` and :term:`loader` object.
@@ -509,6 +513,13 @@
for a member during lookup. See `The Python 2.3 Method Resolution Order
<http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.3/mro/>`_.
+ module
+ An object that serves as an organizational unit of Python code. Modules
+ have a namespace containing arbitrary Python objects. Modules are loaded
+ into Python by the process of :term:`importing`.
+
+ See also :term:`package`.
+
MRO
See :term:`method resolution order`.
@@ -562,6 +573,11 @@
(methods). Also the ultimate base class of any :term:`new-style
class`.
+ package
+ A Python :term:`module` which can contain submodules or recursively,
+ subpackages. Technically, a package is a Python module with an
+ ``__path__`` attribute.
+
parameter
A named entity in a :term:`function` (or method) definition that
specifies an :term:`argument` (or in some cases, arguments) that the
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