Change "\," to just "," in function signatures. This is easier to maintain,
works better with LaTeX2HTML, and allows some simplification of the python.sty
macros.
diff --git a/Doc/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/libfuncs.tex
index d00ba10..e914e80 100644
--- a/Doc/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/libfuncs.tex
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
complex number, its magnitude is returned.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{apply}{function\, args\optional{, keywords}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{apply}{function, args\optional{, keywords}}
The \var{function} argument must be a callable object (a user-defined or
built-in function or method, or a class object) and the \var{args}
argument must be a tuple. The \var{function} is called with
@@ -82,20 +82,20 @@
inclusive.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{cmp}{x\, y}
+\begin{funcdesc}{cmp}{x, y}
Compare the two objects \var{x} and \var{y} and return an integer
according to the outcome. The return value is negative if \code{\var{x}
< \var{y}}, zero if \code{\var{x} == \var{y}} and strictly positive if
\code{\var{x} > \var{y}}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{coerce}{x\, y}
+\begin{funcdesc}{coerce}{x, y}
Return a tuple consisting of the two numeric arguments converted to
a common type, using the same rules as used by arithmetic
operations.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{compile}{string\, filename\, kind}
+\begin{funcdesc}{compile}{string, filename, kind}
Compile the \var{string} into a code object. Code objects can be
executed by an \keyword{exec} statement or evaluated by a call to
\function{eval()}. The \var{filename} argument should
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
\function{long()} and \function{float()}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{delattr}{object\, name}
+\begin{funcdesc}{delattr}{object, name}
This is a relative of \function{setattr()}. The arguments are an
object and a string. The string must be the name
of one of the object's attributes. The function deletes
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
\end{verbatim}
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{divmod}{a\, b}
+\begin{funcdesc}{divmod}{a, b}
Take two numbers as arguments and return a pair of numbers consisting
of their quotient and remainder when using long division. With mixed
operand types, the rules for binary arithmetic operators apply. For
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
\code{(math.floor(\var{a} / \var{b}), \var{a} \%{} \var{b})}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{eval}{expression\optional{\, globals\optional{\, locals}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{eval}{expression\optional{, globals\optional{, locals}}}
The arguments are a string and two optional dictionaries. The
\var{expression} argument is parsed and evaluated as a Python
expression (technically speaking, a condition list) using the
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
\function{execfile()}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{execfile}{file\optional{\, globals\optional{\, locals}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{execfile}{file\optional{, globals\optional{, locals}}}
This function is similar to the
\keyword{exec} statement, but parses a file instead of a string. It
is different from the \keyword{import} statement in that it does not
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
\code{None}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{filter}{function\, list}
+\begin{funcdesc}{filter}{function, list}
Construct a list from those elements of \var{list} for which
\var{function} returns true. If \var{list} is a string or a tuple,
the result also has that type; otherwise it is always a list. If
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
returned.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{getattr}{object\, name}
+\begin{funcdesc}{getattr}{object, name}
The arguments are an object and a string. The string must be the
name of one of the object's attributes. The result is the value of
that attribute. For example, \code{getattr(\var{x},
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
module from which it is called).
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{hasattr}{object\, name}
+\begin{funcdesc}{hasattr}{object, name}
The arguments are an object and a string. The result is 1 if the
string is the name of one of the object's attributes, 0 if not.
(This is implemented by calling \code{getattr(\var{object},
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
see the description of \function{int()}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{map}{function\, list\, ...}
+\begin{funcdesc}{map}{function, list, ...}
Apply \var{function} to every item of \var{list} and return a list
of the results. If additional \var{list} arguments are passed,
\var{function} must take that many arguments and is applied to
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
\exception{OverflowError} exception.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\optional{\, mode\optional{\, bufsize}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\optional{, mode\optional{, bufsize}}}
Return a new file object (described earlier under Built-in Types).
The first two arguments are the same as for \code{stdio}'s
\cfunction{fopen()}: \var{filename} is the file name to be opened,
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
\function{chr()}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{pow}{x\, y\optional{\, z}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{pow}{x, y\optional{, z}}
Return \var{x} to the power \var{y}; if \var{z} is present, return
\var{x} to the power \var{y}, modulo \var{z} (computed more
efficiently than \code{pow(\var{x}, \var{y}) \% \var{z}}).
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
35000)} is not allowed.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{range}{\optional{start\,} stop\optional{\, step}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{range}{\optional{start,} stop\optional{, step}}
This is a versatile function to create lists containing arithmetic
progressions. It is most often used in \keyword{for} loops. The
arguments must be plain integers. If the \var{step} argument is
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
line editing and history features.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{reduce}{function\, list\optional{\, initializer}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{reduce}{function, list\optional{, initializer}}
Apply the binary \var{function} to the items of \var{list} so as to
reduce the list to a single value. E.g.,
\code{reduce(lambda x, y: x*y, \var{list}, 1)} returns the product of
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
when passed to \function{eval()}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{round}{x\, n}
+\begin{funcdesc}{round}{x, n}
Return the floating point value \var{x} rounded to \var{n} digits
after the decimal point. If \var{n} is omitted, it defaults to zero.
The result is a floating point number. Values are rounded to the
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
\code{round(0.5)} is \code{1.0} and \code{round(-0.5)} is \code{-1.0}).
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{setattr}{object\, name\, value}
+\begin{funcdesc}{setattr}{object, name, value}
This is the counterpart of \function{getattr()}. The arguments are an
object, a string and an arbitrary value. The string must be the name
of one of the object's attributes. The function assigns the value to
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
\code{\var{x}.\var{foobar} = 123}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{slice}{\optional{start\,} stop\optional{\, step}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{slice}{\optional{start,} stop\optional{, step}}
Return a slice object representing the set of indices specified by
\code{range(\var{start}, \var{stop}, \var{step})}. The \var{start}
and \var{step} arguments default to None. Slice objects have
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
other scopes (e.g. modules) can be. This may change.}
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{xrange}{\optional{start\,} stop\optional{\, step}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{xrange}{\optional{start,} stop\optional{, step}}
This function is very similar to \function{range()}, but returns an
``xrange object'' instead of a list. This is an opaque sequence type
which yields the same values as the corresponding list, without