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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index f7689afaff..22c1372147 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -540,6 +540,13 @@ Glossary object has a type. An object's type is accessible as its :attr:`__class__` attribute or can be retrieved with ``type(obj)``. + view + The objects returned from :meth:`dict.viewkeys`, :meth:`dict.viewvalues`, + and :meth:`dict.viewitems` are called dictionary views. They are lazy + sequences that will see changes in the underlying dictionary. To force + the dictionary view to become a full list use ``list(dictview)``. See + :ref:`dict-views`. + virtual machine A computer defined entirely in software. Python's virtual machine executes the :term:`bytecode` emitted by the bytecode compiler. |