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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-07-26 14:37:28 +0000
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-07-26 14:37:28 +0000
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abstract base class
Abstract Base Classes (abbreviated ABCs) complement :term:`duck-typing` by
- providing a way to define interfaces when other techniques like :func:`hasattr`
- would be clumsy. Python comes with many builtin ABCs for data structures
- (in the :mod:`collections` module), numbers (in the :mod:`numbers`
- module), and streams (in the :mod:`io` module). You can create your own
- ABC with the :mod:`abc` module.
+ providing a way to define interfaces when other techniques like
+ :func:`hasattr` would be clumsy. Python comes with many built-in ABCs for
+ data structures (in the :mod:`collections` module), numbers (in the
+ :mod:`numbers` module), and streams (in the :mod:`io` module). You can
+ create your own ABC with the :mod:`abc` module.
argument
A value passed to a function or method, assigned to a named local
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Glossary
in ``3+4.5``, each argument is of a different type (one int, one float),
and both must be converted to the same type before they can be added or it
will raise a ``TypeError``. Coercion between two operands can be
- performed with the ``coerce`` builtin function; thus, ``3+4.5`` is
+ performed with the ``coerce`` built-in function; thus, ``3+4.5`` is
equivalent to calling ``operator.add(*coerce(3, 4.5))`` and results in
``operator.add(3.0, 4.5)``. Without coercion, all arguments of even
compatible types would have to be normalized to the same value by the
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Glossary
expressed as a sum of a real part and an imaginary part. Imaginary
numbers are real multiples of the imaginary unit (the square root of
``-1``), often written ``i`` in mathematics or ``j`` in
- engineering. Python has builtin support for complex numbers, which are
+ engineering. Python has built-in support for complex numbers, which are
written with this latter notation; the imaginary part is written with a
``j`` suffix, e.g., ``3+1j``. To get access to complex equivalents of the
:mod:`math` module, use :mod:`cmath`. Use of complex numbers is a fairly
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ Glossary
define with an :meth:`__iter__` or :meth:`__getitem__` method. Iterables
can be used in a :keyword:`for` loop and in many other places where a
sequence is needed (:func:`zip`, :func:`map`, ...). When an iterable
- object is passed as an argument to the builtin function :func:`iter`, it
+ object is passed as an argument to the built-in function :func:`iter`, it
returns an iterator for the object. This iterator is good for one pass
over the set of values. When using iterables, it is usually not necessary
to call :func:`iter` or deal with iterator objects yourself. The ``for``
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ Glossary
namespace
The place where a variable is stored. Namespaces are implemented as
- dictionaries. There are the local, global and builtin namespaces as well
+ dictionaries. There are the local, global and built-in namespaces as well
as nested namespaces in objects (in methods). Namespaces support
modularity by preventing naming conflicts. For instance, the functions
:func:`__builtin__.open` and :func:`os.open` are distinguished by their