From 49f9bd15ffeef67358a319f89faeaa31ad97d575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 05:43:59 +0000 Subject: SF feature request #686323: Minor array module enhancements array.extend() now accepts iterable arguments implements as a series of appends. Besides being a user convenience and matching the behavior for lists, this the saves memory and cycles that would be used to create a temporary array object. --- Doc/lib/libarray.tex | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Doc/lib/libarray.tex') diff --git a/Doc/lib/libarray.tex b/Doc/lib/libarray.tex index 6ec056fbf2..6fd8b0c9c6 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libarray.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libarray.tex @@ -104,10 +104,13 @@ data from a file written on a machine with a different byte order. Return the number of occurences of \var{x} in the array. \end{methoddesc} -\begin{methoddesc}[array]{extend}{a} -Append array items from \var{a} to the end of the array. The two -arrays must have \emph{exactly} the same type code; if not, -\exception{TypeError} will be raised. +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{extend}{iterable} +Append items from \var{iterable} to the end of the array. If +\var{iterable} is another array, it must have \emph{exactly} the same +type code; if not, \exception{TypeError} will be raised. If +\var{iterable} is not an array, it must be iterable and its +elements must be the right type to be appended to the array. +\versionchanged[Formerly, the argument could only be another array]{2.4} \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}[array]{fromfile}{f, n} -- cgit v1.2.1