From: Georg Brandl Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:36:25 +0000 (+0100) Subject: #13852: some small doc fixes. X-Git-Tag: v2.7.3rc1~122^2 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e9401a0476d7e3e0e7dd89c54190c7f774ca49c1;p=python #13852: some small doc fixes. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst index 98a21e3746..cc7ef34412 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -:mod:`functools` --- Higher order functions and operations on callable objects +:mod:`functools` --- Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects ============================================================================== .. module:: functools - :synopsis: Higher order functions and operations on callable objects. + :synopsis: Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects. .. moduleauthor:: Peter Harris .. moduleauthor:: Raymond Hettinger .. moduleauthor:: Nick Coghlan @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions: tool for programs being converted to Python 3 where comparison functions are no longer supported. - 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 that indicates the position in the desired