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/lib/libstring.tex b/Doc/lib/libstring.tex
index 7242c53..98e5a80 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstring.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstring.tex
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
\section{Standard Module \sectcode{string}}
\label{module-string}
-
\stmodindex{string}
This module defines some constants useful for checking character
classes and some useful string functions. See the module
-\code{re} for string functions based on regular expressions.
-\refstmodindex{re}
+\module{re}\refstmodindex{re} for string functions based on regular
+expressions.
The constants defined in this module are are:
@@ -20,16 +19,16 @@
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{letters}
- The concatenation of the strings \code{lowercase} and
- \code{uppercase} described below.
+ The concatenation of the strings \function{lowercase()} and
+ \function{uppercase()} described below.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{lowercase}
A string containing all the characters that are considered lowercase
letters. On most systems this is the string
\code{'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'}. Do not change its definition ---
- the effect on the routines \code{upper} and \code{swapcase} is
- undefined.
+ the effect on the routines \function{upper()} and
+ \function{swapcase()} is undefined.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{octdigits}
@@ -40,16 +39,16 @@
A string containing all the characters that are considered uppercase
letters. On most systems this is the string
\code{'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'}. Do not change its definition ---
- the effect on the routines \code{lower} and \code{swapcase} is
- undefined.
+ the effect on the routines \function{lower()} and
+ \function{swapcase()} is undefined.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{whitespace}
A string containing all characters that are considered whitespace.
On most systems this includes the characters space, tab, linefeed,
return, formfeed, and vertical tab. Do not change its definition ---
- the effect on the routines \code{strip} and \code{split} is
- undefined.
+ the effect on the routines \function{strip()} and \function{split()}
+ is undefined.
\end{datadesc}
The functions defined in this module are:
@@ -60,10 +59,11 @@
Convert a string to a floating point number. The string must have
the standard syntax for a floating point literal in Python, optionally
preceded by a sign (\samp{+} or \samp{-}). Note that this behaves
-identical to the built-in function \code{float()} when passed a string.
+identical to the built-in function
+\function{float()}\bifuncindex{float} when passed a string.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{atoi}{s\optional{\, base}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{atoi}{s\optional{, base}}
Convert string \var{s} to an integer in the given \var{base}. The
string must consist of one or more digits, optionally preceded by a
sign (\samp{+} or \samp{-}). The \var{base} defaults to 10. If it is
@@ -72,20 +72,20 @@
\samp{0} means 8, anything else means 10. If \var{base} is 16, a
leading \samp{0x} or \samp{0X} is always accepted. Note that when
invoked without \var{base} or with \var{base} set to 10, this behaves
-identical to the built-in function \code{int()} when passed a string.
+identical to the built-in function \function{int()} when passed a string.
(Also note: for a more flexible interpretation of numeric literals,
-use the built-in function \code{eval()}.)
-\bifuncindex{eval}
+use the built-in function \function{eval()}\bifuncindex{eval}.)
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{atol}{s\optional{\, base}}
-Convert string \var{s} to a long integer in the given \var{base}. The
+\begin{funcdesc}{atol}{s\optional{, base}}
+Convert string \var{s} to a long integer in the given \var{base}. The
string must consist of one or more digits, optionally preceded by a
sign (\samp{+} or \samp{-}). The \var{base} argument has the same
-meaning as for \code{atoi()}. A trailing \samp{l} or \samp{L} is not
-allowed, except if the base is 0. Note that when invoked without
+meaning as for \function{atoi()}. A trailing \samp{l} or \samp{L} is
+not allowed, except if the base is 0. Note that when invoked without
\var{base} or with \var{base} set to 10, this behaves identical to the
-built-in function \code{long()} when passed a string.
+built-in function \function{long()}\bifuncindex{long} when passed a
+string.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{capitalize}{word}
@@ -93,13 +93,14 @@
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{capwords}{s}
-Split the argument into words using \code{split}, capitalize each word
-using \code{capitalize}, and join the capitalized words using
-\code{join}. Note that this replaces runs of whitespace characters by
-a single space, and removes leading and trailing whitespace.
+Split the argument into words using \function{split()}, capitalize
+each word using \function{capitalize()}, and join the capitalized
+words using \function{join()}. Note that this replaces runs of
+whitespace characters by a single space, and removes leading and
+trailing whitespace.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{expandtabs}{s\, tabsize}
+\begin{funcdesc}{expandtabs}{s, tabsize}
Expand tabs in a string, i.e.\ replace them by one or more spaces,
depending on the current column and the given tab size. The column
number is reset to zero after each newline occurring in the string.
@@ -107,29 +108,29 @@
sequences.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{find}{s\, sub\optional{\, start\optional{\,end}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{find}{s, sub\optional{, start\optional{,end}}}
Return the lowest index in \var{s} where the substring \var{sub} is
found such that \var{sub} is wholly contained in
-\code{\var{s}[\var{start}:\var{end}]}. Return -1 on failure.
+\code{\var{s}[\var{start}:\var{end}]}. Return \code{-1} on failure.
Defaults for \var{start} and \var{end} and interpretation of negative
values is the same as for slices.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{rfind}{s\, sub\optional{\, start\optional{\,end}}}
-Like \code{find} but find the highest index.
+\begin{funcdesc}{rfind}{s, sub\optional{, start\optional{, end}}}
+Like \function{find()} but find the highest index.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{index}{s\, sub\optional{\, start\optional{\,end}}}
-Like \code{find} but raise \code{ValueError} when the substring is
-not found.
+\begin{funcdesc}{index}{s, sub\optional{, start\optional{, end}}}
+Like \function{find()} but raise \exception{ValueError} when the
+substring is not found.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{rindex}{s\, sub\optional{\, start\optional{\,end}}}
-Like \code{rfind} but raise \code{ValueError} when the substring is
-not found.
+\begin{funcdesc}{rindex}{s, sub\optional{, start\optional{, end}}}
+Like \function{rfind()} but raise \exception{ValueError} when the
+substring is not found.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{count}{s\, sub\optional{\, start\optional{\,end}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{count}{s, sub\optional{, start\optional{, end}}}
Return the number of (non-overlapping) occurrences of substring
\var{sub} in string \code{\var{s}[\var{start}:\var{end}]}.
Defaults for \var{start} and \var{end} and interpretation of negative
@@ -141,13 +142,13 @@
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{maketrans}{from, to}
-Return a translation table suitable for passing to \code{string.translate}
-or \code{regex.compile}, that will map each character in \var{from}
-into the character at the same position in \var{to}; \var{from} and
-\var{to} must have the same length.
+Return a translation table suitable for passing to
+\function{translate()} or \function{regex.compile()}, that will map
+each character in \var{from} into the character at the same position
+in \var{to}; \var{from} and \var{to} must have the same length.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{split}{s\optional{\, sep\optional{\, maxsplit}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{split}{s\optional{, sep\optional{, maxsplit}}}
Return a list of the words of the string \var{s}. If the optional
second argument \var{sep} is absent or \code{None}, the words are
separated by arbitrary strings of whitespace characters (space, tab,
@@ -161,24 +162,24 @@
(thus, the list will have at most \code{\var{maxsplit}+1} elements).
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{splitfields}{s\optional{\, sep\optional{\, maxsplit}}}
-This function behaves identically to \code{split}. (In the past,
-\code{split} was only used with one argument, while \code{splitfields}
-was only used with two arguments.)
+\begin{funcdesc}{splitfields}{s\optional{, sep\optional{, maxsplit}}}
+This function behaves identically to \function{split()}. (In the
+past, \function{split()} was only used with one argument, while
+\function{splitfields()} was only used with two arguments.)
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{join}{words\optional{\, sep}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{join}{words\optional{, sep}}
Concatenate a list or tuple of words with intervening occurrences of
-\var{sep}. The default value for \var{sep} is a single space character.
-It is always true that
-\code{string.join(string.split(\var{s}, \var{sep}), \var{sep})}
+\var{sep}. The default value for \var{sep} is a single space
+character. It is always true that
+\samp{string.join(string.split(\var{s}, \var{sep}), \var{sep})}
equals \var{s}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{joinfields}{words\optional{\, sep}}
-This function behaves identical to \code{join}. (In the past,
-\code{join} was only used with one argument, while \code{joinfields}
-was only used with two arguments.)
+\begin{funcdesc}{joinfields}{words\optional{, sep}}
+This function behaves identical to \function{join()}. (In the past,
+\function{join()} was only used with one argument, while
+\function{joinfields()} was only used with two arguments.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{lstrip}{s}
@@ -198,19 +199,19 @@
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{translate}{s, table\optional{, deletechars}}
-Delete all characters from \var{s} that are in \var{deletechars} (if present), and
-then translate the characters using \var{table}, which must be
-a 256-character string giving the translation for each character
-value, indexed by its ordinal.
+Delete all characters from \var{s} that are in \var{deletechars} (if
+present), and then translate the characters using \var{table}, which
+must be a 256-character string giving the translation for each
+character value, indexed by its ordinal.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{upper}{s}
Convert letters to upper case.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{ljust}{s\, width}
-\funcline{rjust}{s\, width}
-\funcline{center}{s\, width}
+\begin{funcdesc}{ljust}{s, width}
+\funcline{rjust}{s, width}
+\funcline{center}{s, width}
These functions respectively left-justify, right-justify and center a
string in a field of given width.
They return a string that is at least
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@
The string is never truncated.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{zfill}{s\, width}
+\begin{funcdesc}{zfill}{s, width}
Pad a numeric string on the left with zero digits until the given
width is reached. Strings starting with a sign are handled correctly.
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -234,10 +235,10 @@
\end{funcdesc}
This module is implemented in Python. Much of its functionality has
-been reimplemented in the built-in module \code{strop}. However, you
+been reimplemented in the built-in module
+\module{strop}\refbimodindex{strop}. However, you
should \emph{never} import the latter module directly. When
-\code{string} discovers that \code{strop} exists, it transparently
-replaces parts of itself with the implementation from \code{strop}.
+\module{string} discovers that \module{strop} exists, it transparently
+replaces parts of itself with the implementation from \module{strop}.
After initialization, there is \emph{no} overhead in using
-\code{string} instead of \code{strop}.
-\refbimodindex{strop}
+\module{string} instead of \module{strop}.