Clarify "cardinality of" as "number of elements in" as many readers do

not have a math vocabulary.
2016-02-08 09:58:40 -08:00 · 2016-02-08 09:58:40 -08:00 · e27403b75f
parent 84d9fe3953
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--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@ -3828,7 +3828,7 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:

   .. describe:: len(s)

-      Return the cardinality of set *s*.
+      Return the number of elements in set *s* (cardinality of *s*).

   .. describe:: x in s