bpo-30538: Update count() in Functional Programming HOWTO (python#1919)

csabella · rhettinger · commit 9be4ff359daa · 2017-06-04T10:39:21.000-07:00
* bpo-30538: Update count() in Functional HOWTO

* bpo-30538: Update enumerate() arguments in Functional HOWTO
diff --git a/Doc/howto/functional.rst b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
@@ -653,8 +653,9 @@ This can also be written as a list comprehension:
     [0, 2, 4, 6, 8]
 
 
-:func:`enumerate(iter) <enumerate>` counts off the elements in the iterable,
-returning 2-tuples containing the count and each element. ::
+:func:`enumerate(iter, start=0) <enumerate>` counts off the elements in the
+iterable returning 2-tuples containing the count (from *start*) and
+each element. ::
 
     >>> for item in enumerate(['subject', 'verb', 'object']):
     ...     print(item)
@@ -747,14 +748,16 @@ The module's functions fall into a few broad classes:
 Creating new iterators
 ----------------------
 
-:func:`itertools.count(n) <itertools.count>` returns an infinite stream of
-integers, increasing by 1 each time.  You can optionally supply the starting
-number, which defaults to 0::
+:func:`itertools.count(start, step) <itertools.count>` returns an infinite
+stream of evenly spaced values.  You can optionally supply the starting number,
+which defaults to 0, and the interval between numbers, which defaults to 1::
 
     itertools.count() =>
       0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...
     itertools.count(10) =>
       10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, ...
+    itertools.count(10, 5) =>
+      10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, ...
 
 :func:`itertools.cycle(iter) <itertools.cycle>` saves a copy of the contents of
 a provided iterable and returns a new iterator that returns its elements from
@@ -1060,10 +1063,10 @@ write the obvious :keyword:`for` loop::
    for i in [1,2,3]:
        product *= i
 
-A related function is `itertools.accumulate(iterable, func=operator.add) <itertools.accumulate`.
-It performs the same calculation, but instead of returning only the
-final result, :func:`accumulate` returns an iterator that also yields
-each partial result::
+A related function is :func:`itertools.accumulate(iterable, func=operator.add)
+<itertools.accumulate>`.  It performs the same calculation, but instead of
+returning only the final result, :func:`accumulate` returns an iterator that
+also yields each partial result::
 
     itertools.accumulate([1,2,3,4,5]) =>
       1, 3, 6, 10, 15
@@ -1235,6 +1238,8 @@ Python documentation
 
 Documentation for the :mod:`itertools` module.
 
+Documentation for the :mod:`functools` module.
+
 Documentation for the :mod:`operator` module.
 
 :pep:`289`: "Generator Expressions"
