Message239710
This sentence in the deque docs (https://docs.python.org/2/library/collections.html#collections.deque) is not accurate:
"Deques are a generalization of stacks and queues ..."
Deques are a _specialization_ of stacks and queues. Every deque is-a stack and is-a queue, but saying that "deques generalize stacks and queues" reverses this relationship.
On the surface it might seem minor, but I think it's worth correcting in this case since the "is-a" relationship is so fundamental in computer science. Besides, I'd like to think Python's awesome documentation is above using words to mean the opposite of what they mean :) |
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2015-03-31 13:56:02 | rschwieb | set | recipients:
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2015-03-31 13:56:02 | rschwieb | set | messageid: <1427810162.43.0.413466648837.issue23823@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2015-03-31 13:56:02 | rschwieb | link | issue23823 messages |
2015-03-31 13:56:02 | rschwieb | create | |
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