bpo-23787: Change sum() docstring from sequence to iterable (GH-1859)
* bpo-23787: Change sum() docstring from sequence to iterable
Original patch by Raymond Hettinger.
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index f03e488..70308e9 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -2443,10 +2443,10 @@
}
PyDoc_STRVAR(sum_doc,
-"sum(sequence[, start]) -> value\n\
+"sum(iterable[, start]) -> value\n\
\n\
-Return the sum of a sequence of numbers (NOT strings) plus the value\n\
-of parameter 'start' (which defaults to 0). When the sequence is\n\
+Return the sum of an iterable or sequence of numbers (NOT strings)\n\
+plus the value of 'start' (which defaults to 0). When the sequence is\n\
empty, return start.");