Mailman 3 July 2010 - docs

[issue1040439] Missing documentation on How To Link With libpython
by Mark Lawrence July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy(a)yahoo.co.uk> added the comment: The number of google hits tells me this is still an issue. ---------- assignee: -> docs@python nosy: +BreamoreBoy, docs@python versions: +Python 3.2 -Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1040439> _______________________________________

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[issue5121] PyRun_InteractiveLoop disagrees with documentation?
by Mark Lawrence July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy(a)yahoo.co.uk> added the comment: I'm assuming that this will be a doc change, in which case it applies to all versions. The comment is actually against PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags. ---------- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation -Interpreter Core nosy: +BreamoreBoy, docs@python stage: -> needs patch versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 -Python 3.0 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.… [View More]

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os.readlink recipe for getting an absolute path
by Sébastien Barthélemy July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Hello, In the doc of os.readlink [1], it is stated: "Return a string representing the path to which the symbolic link points. The result may be either an absolute or relative pathname; if it is relative, it may be converted to an absolute pathname using os.path.join(os.path.dirname(path), result)." However, if `path` is relative, the result of this command will be relative, which makes the documentation inaccurate. The wording should be changed or the command updated to something like: os.… [View More]

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[issue5962] Ambiguity about the semantics of sys.exit() and os._exit() in multithreaded program
by Antoine Pitrou July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Changes by Antoine Pitrou <pitrou(a)free.fr>: ---------- nosy: +exarkun, gps _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5962> _______________________________________

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[issue1945] Document back ported C functions
by Antoine Pitrou July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Changes by Antoine Pitrou <pitrou(a)free.fr>: ---------- assignee: georg.brandl -> docs@python nosy: +docs@python _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1945> _______________________________________

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[issue6678] inspect.currentframe documentation omits optional depth parameter
by Terry J. Reedy July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy(a)udel.edu> added the comment: The doc string seems correct, so I agree. A condensed and improved version of the docstring (with *depth* italicized as usual) might be inspect.currentframe(depth=0) Return the frame object depth calls below the top of the stack. If there is none, raise ValueError. I do not think the internal comment is correct when it is exposed like this. Everything in inspect is specialized. The doc string could be similarly condensed. -----… [View More]

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[issue5962] Ambiguity about the semantics of sys.exit() and os._exit() in multithreaded program
by Terry J. Reedy July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy(a)udel.edu> added the comment: I know nothing about this. You might check http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/ to see if there has been any change or open a discussion on python-list to get suggestions for specific doc updates. ---------- assignee: georg.brandl -> docs@python nosy: +docs@python, tjreedy versions: +Python 3.2 -Python 2.5, Python 3.0 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5962> _______________________________________

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[issue5784] raw deflate format and zlib module
by Terry J. Reedy July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy(a)udel.edu> added the comment: A doc addition would seem like a good idea, so I am changing this to a doc issue for the current versions. Can you suggest specific text and a specific location to place it? A behavior change could only go into 3.2. I do not know who, if anyone, maintains zlib. A reference to the desired algorithm might be necessary. ---------- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation -Library (Lib) nosy: +docs@python, tjreedy … [View More]

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[issue8946] PyBuffer_Release signature in 3.1 documentation is incorrect
by Dave Opstad July 8, 2010

July 8, 2010

New submission from Dave Opstad <dave.opstad(a)monotypeimaging.com>: According to the 3.1 documentation, the prototype for PyBuffer_Release is: void PyBuffer_Release(PyObject *obj, Py_buffer *view); However, abstract.h has this prototype: PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyBuffer_Release(Py_buffer *view); The documentation's reference to "obj" should be removed. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 107342 nosy: docs@python, opstad priority: normal severity: normal … [View More]

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lib/python|version|/site-packages vs lib/python|version|/dist-packages
by Thomas Oliveira July 7, 2010

July 7, 2010

Dear Admin, According to what I see in my computer and after doing a Google search on the subject: http://www.google.com/search?q=site-packages+dist-packages it seems that on some Debian-based Linux distributions (including Ubuntu) the "site-packages" directory described in the site module's documentation pages: http://docs.python.org/release/2.6.5/library/site.html#module-site http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/site.html#module-site has been named "dist-packages", instead of "site-… [View More]

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