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bpo-38580: Document that select() accepts iterables, not just sequences (GH-16832)

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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The module defines the following:
.. function:: select(rlist, wlist, xlist[, timeout])
This is a straightforward interface to the Unix :c:func:`select` system call.
The first three arguments are sequences of 'waitable objects': either
The first three arguments are iterables of 'waitable objects': either
integers representing file descriptors or objects with a parameterless method
named :meth:`~io.IOBase.fileno` returning such an integer:
@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ The module defines the following:
* *xlist*: wait for an "exceptional condition" (see the manual page for what
your system considers such a condition)
Empty sequences are allowed, but acceptance of three empty sequences is
Empty iterables are allowed, but acceptance of three empty iterables is
platform-dependent. (It is known to work on Unix but not on Windows.) The
optional *timeout* argument specifies a time-out as a floating point number
in seconds. When the *timeout* argument is omitted the function blocks until
@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ The module defines the following:
single: socket() (in module socket)
single: popen() (in module os)
Among the acceptable object types in the sequences are Python :term:`file
Among the acceptable object types in the iterables are Python :term:`file
objects <file object>` (e.g. ``sys.stdin``, or objects returned by
:func:`open` or :func:`os.popen`), socket objects returned by
:func:`socket.socket`. You may also define a :dfn:`wrapper` class yourself,