#17402: avoid shadowing built-in map in mmap examples. Initial patch by Aman Shah.
diff --git a/Doc/library/mmap.rst b/Doc/library/mmap.rst
index 55861f9..58d00c8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mmap.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mmap.rst
@@ -114,19 +114,19 @@
with open("hello.txt", "r+b") as f:
# memory-map the file, size 0 means whole file
- map = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0)
+ mm = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0)
# read content via standard file methods
- print map.readline() # prints "Hello Python!"
+ print mm.readline() # prints "Hello Python!"
# read content via slice notation
- print map[:5] # prints "Hello"
+ print mm[:5] # prints "Hello"
# update content using slice notation;
# note that new content must have same size
- map[6:] = " world!\n"
+ mm[6:] = " world!\n"
# ... and read again using standard file methods
- map.seek(0)
- print map.readline() # prints "Hello world!"
+ mm.seek(0)
+ print mm.readline() # prints "Hello world!"
# close the map
- map.close()
+ mm.close()
The next example demonstrates how to create an anonymous map and exchange
@@ -135,16 +135,16 @@
import mmap
import os
- map = mmap.mmap(-1, 13)
- map.write("Hello world!")
+ mm = mmap.mmap(-1, 13)
+ mm.write("Hello world!")
pid = os.fork()
if pid == 0: # In a child process
- map.seek(0)
- print map.readline()
+ mm.seek(0)
+ print mm.readline()
- map.close()
+ mm.close()
Memory-mapped file objects support the following methods: