[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Clarify "cardinality of" as "number of elements in" as many readers do

[gregory.p.smith]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/11c6bfbab9ce
changeset:   100198:11c6bfbab9ce
branch:      2.7
parent:      100193:f45571c32e0d
user:        Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org>
date:        Mon Feb 08 09:59:14 2016 -0800
summary:
  Clarify "cardinality of" as "number of elements in" as many readers do
not have a math vocabulary.

files:
  Doc/library/sets.rst     |  3 ++-
  Doc/library/stdtypes.rst |  2 +-
  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/sets.rst b/Doc/library/sets.rst
--- a/Doc/library/sets.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sets.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
 +-------------------------------+------------+---------------------------------+
 | Operation                     | Equivalent | Result                          |
 +===============================+============+=================================+
-| ``len(s)``                    |            | cardinality of set *s*          |
+| ``len(s)``                    |            | number of elements in set *s*
+|                               |            | (cardinality)                   |
 +-------------------------------+------------+---------------------------------+
 | ``x in s``                    |            | test *x* for membership in *s*  |
 +-------------------------------+------------+---------------------------------+
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@
 
    .. describe:: len(s)
 
-      Return the cardinality of set *s*.
+      Return the number of elements in set *s* (cardinality of *s*).
 
    .. describe:: x in s
 

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython