From 74bcac4cae7febe1a43d477d638bcdb638659f22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 05:13:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - documented Ellipsis, NotImplemented - minor markup changes - indented for consistency with newer content --- Doc/lib/libconsts.tex | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libconsts.tex b/Doc/lib/libconsts.tex index e8e620c55a..a7b449837c 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libconsts.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libconsts.tex @@ -1,20 +1,31 @@ -\section{Builtin Constants} +\section{Built-in Constants} -A small number of constants live in the builtin namespace. They are: +A small number of constants live in the built-in namespace. They are: \begin{datadesc}{False} -The false value of the \code{bool} type. -\versionadded{2.3} + The false value of the \class{bool} type. + \versionadded{2.3} \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{True} -The true value of the \code{bool} type. -\versionadded{2.3} + The true value of the \class{bool} type. + \versionadded{2.3} \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{None} -The sole value of \code{NoneType}. \code{None} is frequently used to -represent the absence of a value, as when default arguments are not passed -to a function. + The sole value of \code{\refmodule{types}.NoneType}. \code{None} is + frequently used to represent the absence of a value, as when default + arguments are not passed to a function. \end{datadesc} +\begin{datadesc}{NotImplemented} + Special value which can be returned by the ``rich comparison'' + special methods (\method{__eq__()}, \method{__lt__()}, and friends), + to indicate that the comparison is not implemented with respect to + the other type. +\end{datadesc} + +\begin{datadesc}{Ellipsis} + Special value used in conjunction with extended slicing syntax. + % XXX Someone who understands extended slicing should fill in here. +\end{datadesc} -- 2.50.1