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Issue #16747: Reflow iterable glossary entry to match 3.x change e19ed347523e.

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@ -378,17 +378,17 @@ Glossary
slowly. See also :term:`interactive`.
iterable
An object capable of returning its members one at a
time. Examples of iterables include all sequence types (such as
:class:`list`, :class:`str`, and :class:`tuple`) and some non-sequence
types like :class:`dict` and :class:`file` and objects of any classes you
define with an :meth:`__iter__` or :meth:`__getitem__` method. Iterables
can be used in a :keyword:`for` loop and in many other places where a
sequence is needed (:func:`zip`, :func:`map`, ...). When an iterable
object is passed as an argument to the built-in function :func:`iter`, it
returns an iterator for the object. This iterator is good for one pass
over the set of values. When using iterables, it is usually not necessary
to call :func:`iter` or deal with iterator objects yourself. The ``for``
An object capable of returning its members one at a time. Examples of
iterables include all sequence types (such as :class:`list`, :class:`str`,
and :class:`tuple`) and some non-sequence types like :class:`dict`
and :class:`file` and objects of any classes you define
with an :meth:`__iter__` or :meth:`__getitem__` method. Iterables can be
used in a :keyword:`for` loop and in many other places where a sequence is
needed (:func:`zip`, :func:`map`, ...). When an iterable object is passed
as an argument to the built-in function :func:`iter`, it returns an
iterator for the object. This iterator is good for one pass over the set
of values. When using iterables, it is usually not necessary to call
:func:`iter` or deal with iterator objects yourself. The ``for``
statement does that automatically for you, creating a temporary unnamed
variable to hold the iterator for the duration of the loop. See also
:term:`iterator`, :term:`sequence`, and :term:`generator`.