From e3ee66f141706d1220129dcc53b990e66507f5f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 23:44:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #10357: Clarify what it means to be a mapping. --- Doc/glossary.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 9ec61de68a..ec8af62553 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -428,9 +428,11 @@ Glossary :class:`importlib.abc.Loader` for an :term:`abstract base class`. mapping - A container object (such as :class:`dict`) which supports arbitrary key - lookups using the special method :meth:`__getitem__`. Mappings also - support :meth:`__len__`, :meth:`__iter__`, and :meth:`__contains__`. + A container object that supports arbitrary key lookups and implements the + methods specified in the :class:`Mapping` or :class:`MutableMapping` + :ref:`abstract base classes `. Examples include + :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`, + :class:`collections.OrderedDict` and :class:`collections.Counter`. metaclass The class of a class. Class definitions create a class name, a class -- 2.40.0