[issue21771] name of 2nd parameter to itertools.groupby()

2014-06-15 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: There is a bit an inconsistency but it is more helpful than harmful most of the time. The glossary defines a key-function which is used in a number of places such such as sorted(), min(), nsmallest() and others. In all those cases, the parameter for the k

[issue21771] name of 2nd parameter to itertools.groupby()

2014-06-15 Thread Ned Deily
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[issue21771] name of 2nd parameter to itertools.groupby()

2014-06-15 Thread Uwe Kleine-König
New submission from Uwe Kleine-König: The name of the 2nd parameter to itertools.groupby() is documented inconsitently. Sometimes it's "key", sometimes "keyfunc". The code actually uses "key", so I adapted all occurences I found to "key". >>> from itertools import groupby >>> groupby.__doc__ '