Consistently spell out *predicate* instead of *pred*.

Doc/library/itertools.rst

@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ Iterator                        Arguments                       Results
 :func:`chain`                   p, q, ...                       p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ...                      ``chain('ABC', 'DEF') --> A B C D E F``
 :func:`chain.from_iterable`     iterable                        p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ...                      ``chain.from_iterable(['ABC', 'DEF']) --> A B C D E F``
 :func:`compress`                data, selectors                 (d[0] if s[0]), (d[1] if s[1]), ...                 ``compress('ABCDEF', [1,0,1,0,1,1]) --> A C E F``
-:func:`dropwhile`               pred, seq                       seq[n], seq[n+1], starting when pred fails          ``dropwhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 6 4 1``
-:func:`filterfalse`             pred, seq                       elements of seq where pred(elem) is false           ``filterfalse(lambda x: x%2, range(10)) --> 0 2 4 6 8``
+:func:`dropwhile`               predicate, seq                  seq[n], seq[n+1], starting when predicate fails     ``dropwhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 6 4 1``
+:func:`filterfalse`             predicate, seq                  elements of seq where predicate(elem) fails         ``filterfalse(lambda x: x%2, range(10)) --> 0 2 4 6 8``
 :func:`groupby`                 iterable[, key]                 sub-iterators grouped by value of key(v)
 :func:`islice`                  seq, [start,] stop [, step]     elements from seq[start:stop:step]                  ``islice('ABCDEFG', 2, None) --> C D E F G``
 :func:`pairwise`                iterable                        (p[0], p[1]), (p[1], p[2])                          ``pairwise('ABCDEFG') --> AB BC CD DE EF FG``
 :func:`starmap`                 func, seq                       func(\*seq[0]), func(\*seq[1]), ...                 ``starmap(pow, [(2,5), (3,2), (10,3)]) --> 32 9 1000``
-:func:`takewhile`               pred, seq                       seq[0], seq[1], until pred fails                    ``takewhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 1 4``
+:func:`takewhile`               predicate, seq                  seq[0], seq[1], until predicate fails               ``takewhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 1 4``
 :func:`tee`                     it, n                           it1, it2, ... itn  splits one iterator into n
 :func:`zip_longest`             p, q, ...                       (p[0], q[0]), (p[1], q[1]), ...                     ``zip_longest('ABCD', 'xy', fillvalue='-') --> Ax By C- D-``
 ============================    ============================    =================================================   =============================================================
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Examples                                         Results
 
 .. _itertools-functions:
 
-Itertool functions
+Itertool Functions
 ------------------
 
 The following module functions all construct and return iterators. Some provide
@@ -859,27 +859,20 @@ which incur interpreter overhead.
        "Returns the nth item or a default value."
        return next(islice(iterable, n, None), default)
 
-   def quantify(iterable, pred=bool):
+   def quantify(iterable, predicate=bool):
        "Given a predicate that returns True or False, count the True results."
-       return sum(map(pred, iterable))
+       return sum(map(predicate, iterable))
+
+   def first_true(iterable, default=False, predicate=None):
+       "Returns the first true value or the *default* if there is no true value."
+       # first_true([a,b,c], x) --> a or b or c or x
+       # first_true([a,b], x, f) --> a if f(a) else b if f(b) else x
+       return next(filter(predicate, iterable), default)
 
    def all_equal(iterable, key=None):
        "Returns True if all the elements are equal to each other."
        return len(take(2, groupby(iterable, key))) <= 1
 
-   def first_true(iterable, default=False, pred=None):
-       """Returns the first true value in the iterable.
-
-       If no true value is found, returns *default*
-
-       If *pred* is not None, returns the first item
-       for which pred(item) is true.
-
-       """
-       # first_true([a,b,c], x) --> a or b or c or x
-       # first_true([a,b], x, f) --> a if f(a) else b if f(b) else x
-       return next(filter(pred, iterable), default)
-
    def unique_everseen(iterable, key=None):
        "List unique elements, preserving order. Remember all elements ever seen."
        # unique_everseen('AAAABBBCCDAABBB') --> A B C D
@@ -964,14 +957,14 @@ which incur interpreter overhead.
                num_active -= 1
                nexts = cycle(islice(nexts, num_active))
 
-   def partition(pred, iterable):
+   def partition(predicate, iterable):
        """Partition entries into false entries and true entries.
 
-       If *pred* is slow, consider wrapping it with functools.lru_cache().
+       If *predicate* is slow, consider wrapping it with functools.lru_cache().
        """
        # partition(is_odd, range(10)) --> 0 2 4 6 8   and  1 3 5 7 9
        t1, t2 = tee(iterable)
-       return filterfalse(pred, t1), filter(pred, t2)
+       return filterfalse(predicate, t1), filter(predicate, t2)
 
    def subslices(seq):
        "Return all contiguous non-empty subslices of a sequence."
@@ -1214,7 +1207,7 @@ The following recipes have a more mathematical flavor:
     >>> quantify([True, False, False, True, True])
     3
 
-    >>> quantify(range(12), pred=lambda x: x%2==1)
+    >>> quantify(range(12), predicate=lambda x: x%2==1)
     6
 
     >>> a = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]

Modules/itertoolsmodule.c

@@ -4623,15 +4623,15 @@ batched(p, n) --> [p0, p1, ..., p_n-1], [p_n, p_n+1, ..., p_2n-1], ...\n\
 chain(p, q, ...) --> p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ...\n\
 chain.from_iterable([p, q, ...]) --> p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ...\n\
 compress(data, selectors) --> (d[0] if s[0]), (d[1] if s[1]), ...\n\
-dropwhile(pred, seq) --> seq[n], seq[n+1], starting when pred fails\n\
+dropwhile(predicate, seq) --> seq[n], seq[n+1], starting when predicate fails\n\
 groupby(iterable[, keyfunc]) --> sub-iterators grouped by value of keyfunc(v)\n\
-filterfalse(pred, seq) --> elements of seq where pred(elem) is False\n\
+filterfalse(predicate, seq) --> elements of seq where predicate(elem) is False\n\
 islice(seq, [start,] stop [, step]) --> elements from\n\
        seq[start:stop:step]\n\
 pairwise(s) --> (s[0],s[1]), (s[1],s[2]), (s[2], s[3]), ...\n\
 starmap(fun, seq) --> fun(*seq[0]), fun(*seq[1]), ...\n\
 tee(it, n=2) --> (it1, it2 , ... itn) splits one iterator into n\n\
-takewhile(pred, seq) --> seq[0], seq[1], until pred fails\n\
+takewhile(predicate, seq) --> seq[0], seq[1], until predicate fails\n\
 zip_longest(p, q, ...) --> (p[0], q[0]), (p[1], q[1]), ...\n\
 \n\
 Combinatoric generators:\n\