[issue2761] Doc: built-in callables and map

2008-05-05 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Problem is, we already have a section "Builtin types". Fixed the map() docs in r62738, and added a note to the first sentence in r62739. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue2761] Doc: built-in callables and map

2008-05-04 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: To the best of my memory, the fact that type(built_in_function_section_object) is sometimes 'type...' (soon to be 'class...') rather than 'built-in function...' has been a point of occasional confusion on c.l.p for years. Such confusion was p

[issue2761] Doc: built-in callables and map

2008-05-04 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I agree with Raymond here. -- resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue2761] Doc: built-in callables and map

2008-05-04 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: FWIW, I think the title is clearer as-is. While it is technically true that some entries are callables of various types, it is simpler to think of all of them as functions. The proposed change makes the docs harder to understand and l

[issue2761] Doc: built-in callables and map

2008-05-04 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Benjamin Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Guido is doing 3.0 whatsnew. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson, gvanrossum __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue2761] Doc: built-in callables and map

2008-05-04 Thread Terry J. Reedy
New submission from Terry J. Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: StdLibMan Built-in Functions I believe that at one time this section only contained functions. But this has not been true since at least 2.2. Please add "and Classes" to the title and first sentence. Possibly add "('callables')" after "and