From: Antoine Pitrou Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 23:10:33 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Issue #11141: Fix the shelve documentation to use a list, not a range object. X-Git-Tag: v3.2rc3~21 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=631507d1c6789df339b7e1115d992a9b60611121;p=python Issue #11141: Fix the shelve documentation to use a list, not a range object. Patch by SilentGhost. --- diff --git a/Doc/ACKS.txt b/Doc/ACKS.txt index bcf70b5ecb..c51d211180 100644 --- a/Doc/ACKS.txt +++ b/Doc/ACKS.txt @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem. * Joakim Sernbrant * Justin Sheehy * Charlie Shepherd + * SilentGhost * Michael Simcich * Ionel Simionescu * Michael Sloan diff --git a/Doc/library/shelve.rst b/Doc/library/shelve.rst index 4b49a2f006..9d7d5045e2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/shelve.rst +++ b/Doc/library/shelve.rst @@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ object):: klist = list(d.keys()) # a list of all existing keys (slow!) # as d was opened WITHOUT writeback=True, beware: - d['xx'] = range(4) # this works as expected, but... - d['xx'].append(5) # *this doesn't!* -- d['xx'] is STILL range(4)! + d['xx'] = [0, 1, 2] # this works as expected, but... + d['xx'].append(3) # *this doesn't!* -- d['xx'] is STILL [0, 1, 2]! # having opened d without writeback=True, you need to code carefully: temp = d['xx'] # extracts the copy