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1818 appends and pops from either side of the deque. New deques are created
1919 using the following arguments:
2020
21- - *iterable * must be the empty tuple, and the new deque is created empty.
21+ - *iterable * is an iterable used to populate the deque when it is
22+ created. It can be an empty tuple or list to create a deque that
23+ is initially empty.
2224
2325 - *maxlen * must be specified and the deque will be bounded to this
2426 maximum length. Once the deque is full, any new items added will
2527 discard items from the opposite end.
2628
2729 - The optional *flags * can be 1 to check for overflow when adding items.
2830
29- As well as supporting `bool ` and `len `, deque objects have the following
30- methods:
31+ Deque objects support `bool `, `len `, iteration and subscript load and store.
32+ They also have the following methods:
3133
3234 .. method :: deque.append(x)
3335
3436 Add *x * to the right side of the deque.
35- Raises IndexError if overflow checking is enabled and there is no more room left.
37+ Raises ``IndexError `` if overflow checking is enabled and there is
38+ no more room in the queue.
39+
40+ .. method :: deque.appendleft(x)
41+
42+ Add *x * to the left side of the deque.
43+ Raises ``IndexError `` if overflow checking is enabled and there is
44+ no more room in the queue.
45+
46+ .. method :: deque.pop()
47+
48+ Remove and return an item from the right side of the deque.
49+ Raises ``IndexError `` if no items are present.
3650
3751 .. method :: deque.popleft()
3852
3953 Remove and return an item from the left side of the deque.
40- Raises IndexError if no items are present.
54+ Raises ``IndexError `` if no items are present.
55+
56+ .. method :: deque.extend(iterable)
57+
58+ Extend the deque by appending all the items from *iterable * to
59+ the right of the deque.
60+ Raises ``IndexError `` if overflow checking is enabled and there is
61+ no more room in the deque.
4162
4263.. function :: namedtuple(name, fields)
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