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and :class:`tuple`) and some non-sequence types like :class:`dict`,
:term:`file objects <file object>`, and objects of any classes you define
with an :meth:`__iter__` method or with a :meth:`__getitem__` method
that implements :term:`Sequence <sequence>` semantics.
that implements :term:`sequence` semantics.
Iterables can be
used in a :keyword:`for` loop and in many other places where a sequence is
@ -680,9 +680,8 @@ Glossary
:meth:`str.lower` method can serve as a key function for case insensitive
sorts. Alternatively, a key function can be built from a
:keyword:`lambda` expression such as ``lambda r: (r[0], r[2])``. Also,
the :mod:`operator` module provides three key function constructors:
:func:`~operator.attrgetter`, :func:`~operator.itemgetter`, and
:func:`~operator.methodcaller`. See the :ref:`Sorting HOW TO
:func:`operator.attrgetter`, :func:`operator.itemgetter`, and
:func:`operator.methodcaller` are three key function constructors. See the :ref:`Sorting HOW TO
<sortinghowto>` for examples of how to create and use key functions.
keyword argument
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mapping
A container object that supports arbitrary key lookups and implements the
methods specified in the :class:`~collections.abc.Mapping` or
:class:`~collections.abc.MutableMapping`
methods specified in the :class:`collections.abc.Mapping` or
:class:`collections.abc.MutableMapping`
:ref:`abstract base classes <collections-abstract-base-classes>`. Examples
include :class:`dict`, :class:`collections.defaultdict`,
:class:`collections.OrderedDict` and :class:`collections.Counter`.
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The number of references to an object. When the reference count of an
object drops to zero, it is deallocated. Reference counting is
generally not visible to Python code, but it is a key element of the
:term:`CPython` implementation. The :mod:`sys` module defines a
:func:`~sys.getrefcount` function that programmers can call to return the
:term:`CPython` implementation. Programmers can call the
:func:`sys.getrefcount` function to return the
reference count for a particular object.
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