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Based on comments from Guido, do not describe bisect() and insert() as
authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:18:55 +0000 (14:18 +0000)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:18:55 +0000 (14:18 +0000)
being "for backward compatibility."  Also revert to using bisect() in the
example, since Guido thinks that is the best recommendation for typical
usage.

Doc/lib/libbisect.tex

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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The following functions are provided:
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{bisect}{\unspecified}
-  Alias for \function{bisect_right()} for backward compatibility.
+  Alias for \function{bisect_right()}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{insort_left}{list, item\optional{, lo\optional{, hi}}}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The following functions are provided:
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{insort}{\unspecified}
-  Alias for \function{insort_right()} for backward compatibility.
+  Alias for \function{insort_right()}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@ The following functions are provided:
 \nodename{bisect-example}
 
 The \function{bisect()} function is generally useful for categorizing
-numeric data.  This example uses \function{bisect_right()} to look up a
+numeric data.  This example uses \function{bisect()} to look up a
 letter grade for an exam total (say) based on a set of ordered numeric
 breakpoints: 85 and up is an `A', 75..84 is a `B', etc.
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 >>> grades = "FEDCBA"
 >>> breakpoints = [30, 44, 66, 75, 85]
->>> from bisect import bisect_right
+>>> from bisect import bisect
 >>> def grade(total):
-...           return grades[bisect_right(breakpoints, total)]
+...           return grades[bisect(breakpoints, total)]
 ...
 >>> grade(66)
 'C'