New submission from Eric O. LEBIGOT:
The pydoc documentation for filter reads:
filter(function or None, sequence) -> list, tuple, or string
Return those items of sequence for which function(item) is true. If
function is None, return the items that are true. If sequence is a tuple
or string, return the same type, else return a list.
It would be nicer to know (e.g. when offline and with no local access to the
HTML documentation) that filter() can actually be used more generally with an
iterable:
filter(function or None, **iterable**) -> list, tuple, or string
Return those items of **iterable** for which…
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assignee: docs@python
components: Documentation
messages: 233416
nosy: docs@python, lebigot
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: "pydoc filter" documentation restrictive
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7
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