From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:23:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Issue 6722: Improve the namedtuple examples.
X-Git-Tag: v3.2b1~254
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0ef956f9974c649bfc64550f8597cec13cfe21f8;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Issue 6722: Improve the namedtuple examples.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index e34e39479b05..3f81c00c20dc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -586,11 +586,15 @@ they add the ability to access fields by name instead of position index.
    .. versionchanged:: 3.1
       Added support for *rename*.
 
-Example:
 
 .. doctest::
    :options: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
 
+   >>> # Basic example
+   >>> Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y')
+   >>> p = Point(x=10, y=11)
+
+   >>> # Example using the verbose option to print the class definition
    >>> Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', verbose=True)
    class Point(tuple):
            'Point(x, y)'