Minor doc improvement (pythonGH-10341)

miss-islington · andresdelfino · web-flow · commit e16599c48ce3 · 2019-03-26T18:23:54.000-07:00
Change "star-operator" to "* operator". (cherry picked from commit dfd775a) Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ function:
     >>> getattr(p, 'x')
     11
 
-To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator
+To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the ``**`` operator
 (as described in :ref:`tut-unpacking-arguments`):
 
     >>> d = {'x': 11, 'y': 22}
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ The reverse situation occurs when the arguments are already in a list or tuple
 but need to be unpacked for a function call requiring separate positional
 arguments.  For instance, the built-in :func:`range` function expects separate
 *start* and *stop* arguments.  If they are not available separately, write the
-function call with the  ``*``\ -operator to unpack the arguments out of a list
+function call with the  ``*`` operator to unpack the arguments out of a list
 or tuple::
 
    >>> list(range(3, 6))            # normal call with separate arguments
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ or tuple::
    single: **; in function calls
 
 In the same fashion, dictionaries can deliver keyword arguments with the
-``**``\ -operator::
+``**`` operator::
 
    >>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'):
    ...     print("-- This parrot wouldn't", action, end=' ')

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ function:`
`959`	`959`	`>>> getattr(p, 'x')`
`960`	`960`	`11`
`961`	`961`
`962`		`-To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator`
	`962`	+To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the ``**`` operator
`963`	`963`	(as described in :ref:`tut-unpacking-arguments`):
`964`	`964`
`965`	`965`	`>>> d = {'x': 11, 'y': 22}`