add ABC to the glossary

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Benjamin Peterson 2008-07-01 23:33:06 +00:00
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.. versionadded:: 2.6
This module provides the infrastructure for defining abstract base classes
(ABCs) in Python, as outlined in :pep:`3119`; see the PEP for why this was added
to Python. (See also :pep:`3141` and the :mod:`numbers` module regarding a type
hierarchy for numbers based on ABCs.)
This module provides the infrastructure for defining :term:`abstract base
classes` (ABCs) in Python, as outlined in :pep:`3119`; see the PEP for why this
was added to Python. (See also :pep:`3141` and the :mod:`numbers` module
regarding a type hierarchy for numbers based on ABCs.)
The :mod:`collections` module has some concrete classes that derive from
ABCs; these can, of course, be further derived. In addition the