From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:07:30 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [Bug #1515932] Clarify description of slice assignment
X-Git-Tag: v2.5b2~61
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f89679510347ecfa21f4305a398116e6af8c2318;p=python

[Bug #1515932] Clarify description of slice assignment
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
index ccc2c19083..a14f8175b7 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@ The following operations are defined on mutable sequence types (where
   \lineiii{\var{s}[\var{i}] = \var{x}}
 	{item \var{i} of \var{s} is replaced by \var{x}}{}
   \lineiii{\var{s}[\var{i}:\var{j}] = \var{t}}
-  	{slice of \var{s} from \var{i} to \var{j} is replaced by \var{t}}{}
+  	{slice of \var{s} from \var{i} to \var{j} 
+         is replaced by the contents of the iterable \var{t}}{}
   \lineiii{del \var{s}[\var{i}:\var{j}]}
 	{same as \code{\var{s}[\var{i}:\var{j}] = []}}{}
   \lineiii{\var{s}[\var{i}:\var{j}:\var{k}] = \var{t}}