From: Mariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 16:12:03 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: bpo-23787: Change sum() docstring from sequence to iterable (GH-1859)
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X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=536209ef92f16ea8823209a3c4b8763c0ec5d4bc;p=python

bpo-23787: Change sum() docstring from sequence to iterable (GH-1859)

* bpo-23787: Change sum() docstring from sequence to iterable

Original patch by Raymond Hettinger.
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diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index f03e48892e..70308e9dc9 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -2443,10 +2443,10 @@ builtin_sum(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(sum_doc,
-"sum(sequence[, start]) -> value\n\
+"sum(iterable[, start]) -> value\n\
 \n\
-Return the sum of a sequence of numbers (NOT strings) plus the value\n\
-of parameter 'start' (which defaults to 0).  When the sequence is\n\
+Return the sum of an iterable or sequence of numbers (NOT strings)\n\
+plus the value of 'start' (which defaults to 0).  When the sequence is\n\
 empty, return start.");