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diff --git a/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst b/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst deleted file mode 100644 index e845fe43a5..0000000000 --- a/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -:mod:`future_builtins` --- Python 3 builtins -============================================ - -.. module:: future_builtins -.. sectionauthor:: Georg Brandl -.. versionadded:: 2.6 - -This module provides functions that exist in 2.x, but have different behavior in -Python 3, so they cannot be put into the 2.x builtin namespace. - -Instead, if you want to write code compatible with Python 3 builtins, import -them from this module, like this:: - - from future_builtins import map, filter - - ... code using Python 3-style map and filter ... - -The :program:`2to3` tool that ports Python 2 code to Python 3 will recognize -this usage and leave the new builtins alone. - -.. note:: - - The Python 3 :func:`print` function is already in the builtins, but cannot be - accessed from Python 2 code unless you use the appropriate future statement:: - - from __future__ import print_function - - -Available builtins are: - -.. function:: filter(function, iterable) - - Works like :func:`itertools.ifilter`. - -.. function:: hex(object) - - Works like the builtin :func:`hex`, but instead of :meth:`__hex__` it will - use the :meth:`__index__` method on its argument to get an integer that is - then converted to hexadecimal. - -.. function:: map(function, iterable, ...) - - Works like :func:`itertools.imap`. - -.. function:: oct(object) - - Works like the builtin :func:`oct`, but instead of :meth:`__oct__` it will - use the :meth:`__index__` method on its argument to get an integer that is - then converted to hexadecimal. - -.. function:: zip(*iterables) - - Works like :func:`itertools.izip`. diff --git a/Doc/library/python.rst b/Doc/library/python.rst index 379d508da1..0fdfa53f72 100644 --- a/Doc/library/python.rst +++ b/Doc/library/python.rst @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ overview: sys.rst builtins.rst - future_builtins.rst __main__.rst warnings.rst contextlib.rst |