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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 7f396dc7d..89c03860b 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -1219,3 +1219,10 @@ Glossary Settings are collected at application startup. They can affect all the components which make up the the application. Pyramid itself, any tweens or Pyramid add-ons used, and :ref:`your own code may reference <deployment_settings>` and act on settings. + + constructor + A function returning a Pyramid :term:`WSGI` application. + Every Pyramid application has a single constructor function named ``main``. + It returns a Pyramid :term:`router` generated by a :term:`configurator`, and is written by you. + The Pyramid constructor is the application's :term:`entry point`. + diff --git a/docs/narr/startup.rst b/docs/narr/startup.rst index af9415cc9..0b3680bca 100644 --- a/docs/narr/startup.rst +++ b/docs/narr/startup.rst @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Here's a high-level time-ordered overview of what happens when you press file and uses it to configure the Python standard library logging system for the application. See :ref:`logging_config` for more information. -#. The application's entry point, usually the entry point referenced on the :ref:`above mentioned <entry_point_discovery>` ``use=`` line, is the application's *constructor*. +#. The application's entry point, usually the entry point referenced on the :ref:`above mentioned <entry_point_discovery>` ``use=`` line, is the application's :term:`constructor`. It is passed the key/value parameters in :ref:`the application's .ini section <ini_section_discovery>`. The constructor should return a :term:`router` instance, which is a :term:`WSGI` application. |