-:mod:`functools` --- Higher order functions and operations on callable objects
+:mod:`functools` --- Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects
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.. module:: functools
- :synopsis: Higher order functions and operations on callable objects.
+ :synopsis: Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects.
.. moduleauthor:: Peter Harris <scav@blueyonder.co.uk>
.. moduleauthor:: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
.. moduleauthor:: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
tool for programs being converted from Python 2 which supported the use of
comparison functions.
- A compare function is any callable that accept two arguments, compares them,
+ A comparison function is any callable that accept two arguments, compares them,
and returns a negative number for less-than, zero for equality, or a positive
number for greater-than. A key function is a callable that accepts one
argument and returns another value indicating the position in the desired