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diff --git a/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst b/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst index 7ee7110f63..16e7d4bcf1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst +++ b/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -:mod:`future_builtins` --- Python 3 builtins -============================================ +:mod:`future_builtins` --- Python 3 built-ins +============================================= .. module:: future_builtins .. sectionauthor:: Georg Brandl .. versionadded:: 2.6 This module provides functions that exist in 2.x, but have different behavior in -Python 3, so they cannot be put into the 2.x builtin namespace. +Python 3, so they cannot be put into the 2.x builtins namespace. -Instead, if you want to write code compatible with Python 3 builtins, import +Instead, if you want to write code compatible with Python 3 built-ins, import them from this module, like this:: from future_builtins import map, filter @@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ them from this module, like this:: ... code using Python 3-style map and filter ... The :term:`2to3` tool that ports Python 2 code to Python 3 will recognize -this usage and leave the new builtins alone. +this usage and leave the new built-ins alone. .. note:: - The Python 3 :func:`print` function is already in the builtins, but cannot be + The Python 3 :func:`print` function is already in the built-ins, but cannot be accessed from Python 2 code unless you use the appropriate future statement:: from __future__ import print_function -Available builtins are: +Available built-ins are: .. function:: ascii(object) @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Available builtins are: .. function:: hex(object) - Works like the builtin :func:`hex`, but instead of :meth:`__hex__` it will + Works like the built-in :func:`hex`, but instead of :meth:`__hex__` it will use the :meth:`__index__` method on its argument to get an integer that is then converted to hexadecimal. @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Available builtins are: .. function:: oct(object) - Works like the builtin :func:`oct`, but instead of :meth:`__oct__` it will + Works like the built-in :func:`oct`, but instead of :meth:`__oct__` it will use the :meth:`__index__` method on its argument to get an integer that is then converted to octal. |