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glossary entry for struct sequence

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an :term:`expression` or a one of several constructs with a keyword, such
as :keyword:`if`, :keyword:`while` or :keyword:`for`.
struct sequence
A tuple with named elements. Struct sequences expose an interface similiar
to :term:`named tuple` in that elements can either be accessed either by
index or as an attribute. However, they do not have any of the named tuple
methods like :meth:`~collections.somenamedtuple._make` or
:meth:`~collections.somenamedtuple._asdict`. Examples of struct sequences
include :data:`sys.float_info` and the return value of :func:`os.stat`.
triple-quoted string
A string which is bound by three instances of either a quotation mark
(") or an apostrophe ('). While they don't provide any functionality