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| author | Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-03-27 19:55:50 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-03-27 19:55:50 -0700 |
| commit | ed2f21a5139a31d63b9948ecb1549d4e9f240516 (patch) | |
| tree | 1c83688095576c9f25e1263ec8d9ae717857acda | |
| parent | b95a79c928fc4a6135d91c0c553cb2a63cf15140 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-revert-10341-patch-7.tar.gz | |
Revert "Minor doc improvement (GH-10341)"revert-10341-patch-7
This reverts commit dfd775a0b1aee51d842b20cdebd97cc52c0b32e7.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/collections.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst | 4 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst index 8d53e6879e..64de970fec 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ function: >>> getattr(p, 'x') 11 -To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the ``**`` operator +To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator (as described in :ref:`tut-unpacking-arguments`): >>> d = {'x': 11, 'y': 22} diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index abf163d232..905734539c 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ The reverse situation occurs when the arguments are already in a list or tuple but need to be unpacked for a function call requiring separate positional arguments. For instance, the built-in :func:`range` function expects separate *start* and *stop* arguments. If they are not available separately, write the -function call with the ``*`` operator to unpack the arguments out of a list +function call with the ``*``\ -operator to unpack the arguments out of a list or tuple:: >>> list(range(3, 6)) # normal call with separate arguments @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ or tuple:: single: **; in function calls In the same fashion, dictionaries can deliver keyword arguments with the -``**`` operator:: +``**``\ -operator:: >>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'): ... print("-- This parrot wouldn't", action, end=' ') |