From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 21:04:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify map() behavior.
X-Git-Tag: v3.0a5~26
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=de2b00e911e606741e2b0f2d568a187552f49631;p=python

Clarify map() behavior.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 4fbb5e540d..7ecadad634 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    Return an iterator that applies *function* to every item of *iterable*,
    yielding the results.  If additional *iterable* arguments are passed,
    *function* must take that many arguments and is applied to the items from all
-   iterables in parallel.
+   iterables in parallel.  With multiple iterables, the iterator stops when the
+   shortest iterable is exhausted.
+
 
 .. function:: max(iterable[, args...], *[, key])