From: Chris Jerdonek Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 19:06:42 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Merge from 3.2: link to mapping glossary entry in docs. X-Git-Tag: v3.3.1rc1~693 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1c8bb9f4d5478c4bc7e1b9dfa291753b184c2605;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Merge from 3.2: link to mapping glossary entry in docs. --- 1c8bb9f4d5478c4bc7e1b9dfa291753b184c2605 diff --cc Doc/library/os.rst index 2e45de25dd8e,94298108779d..e253aac1072f --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@@ -96,16 -96,9 +96,16 @@@ These functions and data items provide process and user. +.. function:: ctermid() + + Return the filename corresponding to the controlling terminal of the process. + + Availability: Unix. + + .. 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. diff --cc Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index ea6977f4773b,6e6e8ce51a26..0366507c0c64 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@@ -2928,9 -2095,9 +2928,9 @@@ 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 +type, the :dfn:`dictionary`. (For other containers see the built-in :class:`list`, :class:`set`, and :class:`tuple` classes, and the :mod:`collections` module.)