Mailman 3 July 2010 - docs

Missing links on page http://docs.python.org/release/2.6/download
by OPITZ Christian (D3S) Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

Missing links on page http://docs.python.org/release/2.6/download. All links are missing the version number 2.6 inside the file names. Mailto link is not working. Tested with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Best regards Dipl.-Ing. Christian Opitz Systemplanungsingenieur TB/EII - Rail Signalling Solutions Thales Deutschland - Ground Transportation Solutions Phone: +49(0)30-688 306-430 Fax: +49(0)30-688 306-302 … [View More]

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Bug ?
by Antoine Dechaume Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

Hi, HERE It seems __setstate__ requires an argument, like in the examples, but the method doc do not mention it at all. Antoine.

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[issue9237] Add sys.call_tracing to on-line sys module documentation
by rocky bernstein Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

New submission from rocky bernstein <rocky(a)gnu.org>: sys.call_tracing doesn't appear in Python documents and I think it should. For a start, one could use the docstring from sysmodule.c: call_tracing(func, args) -> object Call func(*args), while tracing is enabled. The tracing state is saved, and restored afterwards. This is intended to be called from a debugger from a checkpoint, to recursively debug some other code. Thanks. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: … [View More]

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[issue9204] The documentation of PyType_Type in py3k mentions types.TypeType
by Daniel Urban Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

New submission from Daniel Urban <urban.dani+py(a)gmail.com>: The documentation of PyType_Type (http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/c-api/type.html#PyType_Type) is this: "This is the type object for type objects; it is the same object as type and types.TypeType in the Python layer." But in py3k there is no types.TypeType object. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 109560 nosy: docs@python, durban priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: The … [View More]

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[issue9195] Link in docs from "String Formatting Operations" to "Template Strings"
by Craig McQueen Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

New submission from Craig McQueen <python(a)craig.mcqueen.id.au>: I stumbled across "Template Strings" of PEP 292 by accident recently. I'd never heard of it before. I'm familiar with the "string interpolation" aka "String Formatting Operations", and I know to find that in the docs under "Standard Types", i.e. http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting-operations http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/stdtypes.html#old-string-formatting-ope… It would be good for that … [View More]

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[issue9138] Tutorial: classes intro paragraph icky
by Aahz Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

New submission from Aahz <aahz(a)pythoncraft.com>: http://docs.python.org/dev/tutorial/classes.html Chapter 9 of the Tutorial contains this intro paragraph: Python's class mechanism adds classes to the language with a minimum of new syntax and semantics. It is a mixture of the class mechanisms found in C++ and Modula-3. As is true for modules, classes in Python do not put an absolute barrier between definition and user, but rather rely on the politeness of the user … [View More]

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[issue9117] class syntax not fully documented in reference manual
by Mark Dickinson Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

New submission from Mark Dickinson <dickinsm(a)gmail.com>: Looking at: http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/reference/compound_stmts.html#class-definit… I see: classdef ::= [decorators] "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite inheritance ::= "(" [expression_list] ")" classname ::= identifier this seems to be missing the keyword arguments that are now possible in a classdef (e.g. for specifying a metaclass). I believe that *args and **kwargs are now also syntactically accepted … [View More]

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[issue9112] argparse missing documentation for error() method
by Mark Summerfield Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

New submission from Mark Summerfield <mark(a)qtrac.eu>: The argparse module's ArgumentParser class has an error() method that appears to have the same behavior as the optparse error() method, but this method is not mentioned in the documentation. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 108896 nosy: docs@python, mark priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: argparse missing documentation for error() method versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2 … [View More]

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[issue9105] pickle security note should be more prominent
by anatoly techtonik Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

New submission from anatoly techtonik <techtonik(a)gmail.com>: Pickle warning about insecurity is located only at the second page near the bottom of "Relationship to other Python modules" chapter. For me the proper place for it is the first page of documentation. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 108847 nosy: docs@python, techtonik priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: pickle security note should be more prominent versions: Python 2.6, … [View More]

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parser library documentation references non-existent example.py
by Bill Zingler Oct. 17, 2010

Oct. 17, 2010

Reference: http://docs.python.org/library/parser.html#information-discovery <http://docs.python.org/library/parser.html>This page says to "See file example.py" several times, but doesn't provide a link to the file or the complete text of the file. It would be really helpful to have example.py. Thanks, Bill -- Bill Zingler Zingler & Associates, Inc. (443) 822-4857

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