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diff --git a/Doc/library/array.rst b/Doc/library/array.rst index c2b7a44db4..4747b63758 100644 --- a/Doc/library/array.rst +++ b/Doc/library/array.rst @@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ The module defines the following type: .. function:: array(typecode[, initializer]) Return a new array whose items are restricted by *typecode*, and initialized - from the optional *initializer* value, which must be a list, string, or iterable - over elements of the appropriate type. + from the optional *initializer* value, which must be a list, object + supporting the buffer interface, or iterable over elements of the + appropriate type. If given a list or string, the initializer is passed to the new array's :meth:`fromlist`, :meth:`fromstring`, or :meth:`fromunicode` method (see below) @@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ The module defines the following type: Obsolete alias for :func:`array`. +.. data:: typecodes + + A string with all available type codes. + Array objects support the ordinary sequence operations of indexing, slicing, concatenation, and multiplication. When using slice assignment, the assigned value must be an array object with the same type code; in all other cases, |