Mailman 3 July 2010 - docs

Small suggestion, regular expressions
by Ben Fisher July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Hi, I have a small suggestion in Python docs, Standard library, section 7.2 re. One of the examples 7.2.6.6. currently reads >>> text = "Professor Abdolmalek, please report your absences promptly." >>> re.sub("(\w)(\w+)(\w)", repl, text) 'Poefsrosr Aealmlobdk, pslaee reorpt your abnseces plmrptoy.' >>> re.sub("(\w)(\w+)(\w)", repl, text) 'Pofsroser Aodlambelk, plasee reoprt yuor asnebces potlmrpy.' I would suggest that the string literals be instead written >>> re.sub(r"(\w)(\w+)(\w)", repl, text) 'Poefsrosr Aealmlobdk, pslaee reorpt your abnseces plmrptoy.' >>> re.sub(r"(\w)(\w+)(\w)", repl, text) 'Pofsroser Aodlambelk, plasee reoprt yuor asnebces potlmrpy.' with the r in front, even though this doesn't change the code's behavior. In this way it would correspond with 7.2.6.7. and is better practice in my opinion. By the way, thanks for including such helpful examples. Ever since I learned Python I've appreciated the documentation. -Ben

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[issue459007] Document sys.path on Windows
by Éric Araujo July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org> added the comment: s/spring/sprint/ :) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue459007> _______________________________________

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[issue459007] Document sys.path on Windows
by Éric Araujo July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org> added the comment: Out of date seems an inaccurate status to me. Bugs may take weeks to years to be fixed. This one is tagged easy (according to amk in msg73954), so perhaps someone will have a go at it during a Bug Day or a spring, or one of the docs people will just do it (e.g. me after my summer job). ---------- nosy: +merwok _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue459007> _______________________________________

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[issue459007] Document sys.path on Windows
by Mark Lawrence July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy(a)yahoo.co.uk> added the comment: Tim, Brian I've added you to the nosy list as I think you could assist. Unless I get a response within the next 10 years I will close this as "out of date" ---------- nosy: +BreamoreBoy, brian.curtin, tim.golden _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue459007> _______________________________________

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nevermind!
by Doris Hoogeveen July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Hello, I'm sorry to have bothered you. I should've guessed it was just me who didn't understand something.I read the explanation more carefully and now I know the example is right. Once again I'm sorry. You probably receive a lot of mail. Kind regards, Doris _________________________________________________________________ De Nieuwste Internet Explorer speciaal voor Hotmail, download nu gratis http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/ie8/hotmail.htm

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[issue459007] Document sys.path on Windows
by Matthieu Labbé July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Changes by Matthieu Labbé <bugs.python.org(a)mattlabbe.com>: ---------- nosy: +matthieu.labbe _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue459007> _______________________________________

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A bug in the documentation
by Doris Hoogeveen July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Hello, The example on how to use the signal module at the bottom of paragraph 17.4 in the Python documentation (see: http://docs.python.org/library/signal.html#signal.SIG_DFL) does not work. This is the error I keep getting: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SIGALRM' I'm still quite new to Python, so unfortunately I don't have any suggestions on what should be changed. I'm sorry about that. kind regards, Doris _________________________________________________________________ Alles wat je wilt weten over Windows 7, en meer ! http://www.windows.nl/windows7

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[issue1432343] Description of file-object read() method is wrong.
by Mark Lawrence July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Changes by Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy(a)yahoo.co.uk>: ---------- assignee: -> docs@python nosy: +docs@python versions: -Python 2.6, Python 3.1 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1432343> _______________________________________

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[issue9110] contextlib.ContextDecorator
by Éric Araujo July 15, 2010

July 15, 2010

Changes by Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org>: ---------- nosy: +docs@python stage: committed/rejected -> needs patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9110> _______________________________________

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[issue9132] Documentation for comparing dictionaries is out of date
by Daniel Stutzbach July 14, 2010

July 14, 2010

New submission from Daniel Stutzbach <daniel(a)stutzbachenterprises.com>: reference/expressions.html#notin reads: "Mappings (dictionaries) compare equal if and only if their sorted (key, value) lists compare equal. [4] Outcomes other than equality are resolved consistently, but are not otherwise defined. [5]" However, the last sentence is no longer true. I suggest changing the last sentence to: "Comparisons other than equality testing raise a TypeError." I think the footnote [5] is sufficiently historical that it could be removed as well. Alternately, it could be updated to read, "In older versions of Python, outcomes other than equality were resolved consistently but were not otherwise defined." ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 109009 nosy: docs@python, stutzbach priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Documentation for comparing dictionaries is out of date versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9132> _______________________________________

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