From e17de091012eb928c5734856eeaf2bb8f99e40c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 00:34:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #21545: Add .pop example and tweak comment about pure mutation methods. Patch prepared by David Harrigan. --- Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst | 9 +++++++-- Misc/ACKS | 1 + 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst index 24d2d2ec3aa..f2b66f70d83 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst @@ -111,10 +111,15 @@ An example that uses most of the list methods:: >>> a.sort() >>> a [-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333, 1234.5] + >>> a.pop() + 1234.5 + >>> a + [-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333] You might have noticed that methods like ``insert``, ``remove`` or ``sort`` that -modify the list have no return value printed -- they return ``None``. [1]_ This -is a design principle for all mutable data structures in Python. +only modify the list have no return value printed -- they return the default +``None``. [1]_ This is a design principle for all mutable data structures in +Python. .. _tut-lists-as-stacks: diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS index a3230061ff6..97d00eabdf9 100644 --- a/Misc/ACKS +++ b/Misc/ACKS @@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ Barry Hantman Lynda Hardman Derek Harland Jason Harper +David Harrigan Brian Harring Jonathan Hartley Travis B. Hartwell