print record
To cast an individual record stored as :class:`list`, :class:`tuple`, or some
- other iterable type, use the star-operator to unpack the values::
+ other iterable type, use the star-operator [#]_ to unpack the values::
>>> Color = NamedTuple('Color', 'name code')
>>> m = dict(red=1, green=2, blue=3)
>>> print Color(*m.popitem())
Color(name='blue', code=3)
+.. rubric:: Footnotes
+
+.. [#] For information on the star-operator see
+ :ref:`tut-unpacking-arguments` and :ref:`calls`.
.. note::
- This module is unneeded: everything here could be done via the ``%`` string
- interpolation operator.
+ This module is unnecessary: everything here can be done using the ``%`` string
+ interpolation operator described in the :ref:`string-formatting` section.
The :mod:`fpformat` module defines the following functions and an exception:
This module implements a file-like class, :class:`StringIO`, that reads and
writes a string buffer (also known as *memory files*). See the description of
-file objects for operations (section :ref:`bltin-file-objects`).
+file objects for operations (section :ref:`bltin-file-objects`). (For
+standard strings, see :class:`str` and :class:`unicode`.)
.. class:: StringIO([buffer])