fix some py3k doc nits

diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index a53988b21aba87a812363c0df5066ea52c1eed87..ec0f5334d2efe77844b47f2aa70483602df64455 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
           except IndexError:
               pass
 
-   If one of the iterables is potentially infinite, then the
-   :func:`izip_longest` function should be wrapped with something that limits
-   the number of calls (for example :func:`islice` or :func:`takewhile`).  If
-   not specified, *fillvalue* defaults to ``None``.
+   If one of the iterables is potentially infinite, then the :func:`zip_longest`
+   function should be wrapped with something that limits the number of calls
+   (for example :func:`islice` or :func:`takewhile`).  If not specified,
+   *fillvalue* defaults to ``None``.
 
 
 .. function:: permutations(iterable[, r])
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ which incur interpreter overhead.
 
    def compress(data, selectors):
        "compress('ABCDEF', [1,0,1,0,1,1]) --> A C E F"
-       return (d for d, s in izip(data, selectors) if s)
+       return (d for d, s in zip(data, selectors) if s)
 
    def combinations_with_replacement(iterable, r):
        "combinations_with_replacement('ABC', 3) --> AA AB AC BB BC CC"

diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 4ccc1850d0b94b0da5b32d6e289159b1601a2264..05e1a1d518d9385b341405300bf0d9ad2d87f2d2 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -1433,8 +1433,8 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
 
    .. method:: apply(func[, args[, kwds]])
 
-      Equivalent of the :func:`apply` builtin function.  It blocks till the
-      result is ready.
+      Call *func* with arguments *args* and keyword arguments *kwds*.  It blocks
+      till the result is ready.
 
    .. method:: apply_async(func[, args[, kwds[, callback]]])
 
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
 
    .. method:: imap(func, iterable[, chunksize])
 
-      An equivalent of :func:`itertools.imap`.
+      An lazier version of :meth:`map`.
 
       The *chunksize* argument is the same as the one used by the :meth:`.map`
       method.  For very long iterables using a large value for *chunksize* can