From: Chris Jerdonek Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 19:05:55 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Link to mapping glossary entry in "Mapping Types - dict" and os.environ docs. X-Git-Tag: v3.2.4rc1~374 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=11f3f172e7081e2de0879dff86ded51109fa4e04;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Link to mapping glossary entry in "Mapping Types - dict" and os.environ docs. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 410e03a49569..94298108779d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ process and user. .. data:: environ - A mapping object representing the string environment. For example, + A :term:`mapping` object representing the string environment. For example, ``environ['HOME']`` is the pathname of your home directory (on some platforms), and is equivalent to ``getenv("HOME")`` in C. @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ process and user. .. data:: environb - Bytes version of :data:`environ`: a mapping object representing the + Bytes version of :data:`environ`: a :term:`mapping` object representing the environment as byte strings. :data:`environ` and :data:`environb` are synchronized (modify :data:`environb` updates :data:`environ`, and vice versa). diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index b3c21fe30c7c..6e6e8ce51a26 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ Mapping Types --- :class:`dict` statement: del builtin: len -A :dfn:`mapping` object maps :term:`hashable` values to arbitrary objects. +A :term:`mapping` object maps :term:`hashable` values to arbitrary objects. Mappings are mutable objects. There is currently only one standard mapping type, the :dfn:`dictionary`. (For other containers see the built in :class:`list`, :class:`set`, and :class:`tuple` classes, and the