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Issue #2134: Clarify token.OP handling rationale in tokenize documentation.

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@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ implemented in Python. The scanner in this module returns comments as tokens
as well, making it useful for implementing "pretty-printers," including
colorizers for on-screen displays.
To simplify token stream handling, all :ref:`operators` and :ref:`delimiters`
tokens are returned using the generic :data:`token.OP` token type. The exact
type can be determined by checking the token ``string`` field on the
:term:`named tuple` returned from :func:`tokenize.tokenize` for the character
sequence that identifies a specific operator token.
The primary entry point is a :term:`generator`:
.. function:: tokenize(readline)