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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions Doc/library/functools.rst
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Expand Up @@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
return sum(sentence.count(vowel) for vowel in 'aeiou')

If *maxsize* is set to ``None``, the LRU feature is disabled and the cache can
grow without bound. The LRU feature performs best when *maxsize* is a
power-of-two.
grow without bound.

If *typed* is set to true, function arguments of different types will be
cached separately. For example, ``f(3)`` and ``f(3.0)`` will be treated
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