Document new shorthand notation for index entries.

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Georg Brandl 2007-08-31 06:59:27 +00:00
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entries are created).
pair
``pair: loop; statement`` is a shortcut that creates two index entries,
namely ``loop; statement`` and ``statement; loop``.
namely ``loop!statement`` and ``statement!loop``.
triple
Likewise, ``triple: module; search; path`` is a shortcut that creates three
index entries, which are ``module; search path``, ``search; path, module`` and
``path; module search``.
index entries, which are ``module!search path``, ``search!path, module`` and
``path!module search``.
module, keyword, operator, object, exception, statement, builtin
These all create two index entries. For example, ``module: hashlib`` creates
the entries ``module; hashlib`` and ``hashlib; module``.
the entries ``module!hashlib`` and ``hashlib!module``.
For index directives containing only "single" entries, there is a shorthand
notation::
.. index:: BNF, grammar, syntax, notation
This creates four index entries.
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