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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libobjs.tex b/Doc/lib/libobjs.tex index 49a86fc757..9006b8a37a 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libobjs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libobjs.tex @@ -4,16 +4,21 @@ Names for built-in exceptions and functions are found in a separate symbol table. This table is searched last, so local and global -user-defined names can override built-in names. Built-in types have -no names but are created easily by constructing an object of the -desired type (e.g., using a literal) and applying the built-in -function \code{type()} to it. They are described together here for -easy reference.% -\footnote{Some descriptions sorely lack explanations of the exceptions +user-defined names can override built-in names. Built-in types are +described together here for easy reference. % +\footnote{Most descriptions sorely lack explanations of the exceptions that may be raised --- this will be fixed in a future version of - this document.} + this manual.} \indexii{built-in}{types} \indexii{built-in}{exceptions} \indexii{built-in}{functions} \index{symbol table} \bifuncindex{type} + +The tables in this chapter document the priorities of operators by +listing them in order of ascending priority (within a table) and +grouping operators that have the same priority in the same box. +Binary operators of the same priority group from left to right. +(Unary operators group from right to left, but there you have no real +choice.) See Chapter 5 of the Python Reference Manual for the +complete picture on operator priorities. |