diff Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @ 18829:1bc1fdf1482b legacy-trunk

trivial rewording in footnote 5.
author Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
date Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:18:19 +0000
parents 33b4357aebb8
children ab8aa4302109
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--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Wed Jul 25 16:05:59 2001 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Wed Jul 25 16:18:19 2001 +0000
@@ -856,8 +856,8 @@
 
 \item[(5)] The \method{sort()} and \method{reverse()} methods modify the
   list in place for economy of space when sorting or reversing a large
-  list.  They don't return the sorted or reversed list to remind you
-  of this side effect.
+  list.  To remind you that they operate by side effect, they don't return
+  the sorted or reversed list.
 
 \item[(6)] The \method{sort()} method takes an optional argument
   specifying a comparison function of two arguments (list items) which