Mailman 3 December 2011 - docs

[issue10938] Undocumented option for datetime.strftime: %s
by Humberto Diogenes 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

New submission from Humberto Diogenes <humberto(a)digi.com.br>: On some systems, datetime.strftime() accepts a %s format string that returns epoch / UNIX timestamp, but this behavior is not documented at http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html Python 2.7 (r27:82508, Jul 3 2010, 21:12:11) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import datetime >>> datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%s') '1295376929' ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 126481 nosy: docs@python, hdiogenes priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Undocumented option for datetime.strftime: %s versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10938> _______________________________________

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[issue11924] Pickle and copyreg modules doesn't document the interface
by Jesús Cea Avión 19 Feb '17

19 Feb '17

New submission from Jesús Cea Avión <jcea(a)jcea.es>: Python 3.2 here. "copyreg" module documentation says "See the pickle module for more details on the interface expected of function and constructor.", but I don't see any useful "copyreg" reference in pickle documentation. Some examples would be useful here, too. ---------- assignee: docs@python messages: 134416 nosy: docs@python, jcea priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Pickle and copyreg modules doesn't document the interface versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11924> _______________________________________

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[issue11173] Undocumented public APIs in Python 3.2
by Marc-Andre Lemburg 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

New submission from Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal(a)egenix.com>: Mark Shannon on python-dev: The following API functions were removed from 3.1.3: PyAST_Compile PyCObject_AsVoidPtr PyCObject_FromVoidPtr PyCObject_FromVoidPtrAndDesc PyCObject_GetDesc PyCObject_Import PyCObject_SetVoidPtr PyCode_CheckLineNumber Py_CompileStringFlags PyEval_CallObject PyOS_ascii_atof PyOS_ascii_formatd PyOS_ascii_strtod PyThread_exit_prog PyThread__PyThread_exit_prog PyThread__PyThread_exit_thread PyUnicode_SetDefaultEncoding And the following were added to 3.2, of which only 2 are documented: PyArg_ValidateKeywordArguments PyAST_CompileEx Py_CompileString Py_CompileStringExFlags PyErr_NewExceptionWithDoc (documented) PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx PyErr_WarnFormat PyFrame_GetLineNumber PyImport_ExecCodeModuleWithPathnames PyImport_GetMagicTag PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow (documented) PyModule_GetFilenameObject Py_SetPath PyStructSequence_GetItem PyStructSequence_NewType PyStructSequence_SetItem PySys_AddWarnOptionUnicode PySys_AddXOption PySys_FormatStderr PySys_FormatStdout PySys_GetXOptions PyThread_acquire_lock_timed PyType_FromSpec PyUnicode_AsUnicodeCopy PyUnicode_AsWideCharString PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault PyUnicode_FSDecoder Py_UNICODE_strcat Py_UNICODE_strncmp Py_UNICODE_strrchr PyUnicode_TransformDecimalToASCII For added confusion PySys_SetArgvEx is documented as new in 3.2, but exists in 3.1.3 Note that this only include functions. The API also includes a number of macros such as Py_False and Py_RETURN_FALSE, types , and data like PyBool_Type. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 128294 nosy: docs@python, lemburg priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Undocumented public APIs in Python 3.2 versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11173> _______________________________________

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[issue11726] linecache becomes specific to Python scripts in Python 3
by STINNER Victor 09 Feb '17

09 Feb '17

New submission from STINNER Victor <victor.stinner(a)haypocalc.com>: linecache document doesn't tell that the module reads the #coding:xxx cookie to get the encoding of the Python file. linecache reads this cookie since 41665 (May 09 2007). "The linecache module allows one to get any line from any file, ..." => "any file"! And the example uses /etc/passwd which is not a Python file. Not only it reads the #coding:xxx cookie, but updatecache() tries also a PEP 302 loader to read the file. linecache should be marked as very specific to Python scripts, or it should be patched to become more generic (don't read the cookie / use loader by default). Note: the locale encoding may change between to calls to the linecache module. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation, Library (Lib) messages: 132641 nosy: docs@python, haypo priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: linecache becomes specific to Python scripts in Python 3 versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11726> _______________________________________

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[issue13196] subprocess: undocumented if shell=True is necessary to find executable in Windows PATH
by anatoly techtonik 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

New submission from anatoly techtonik <techtonik(a)gmail.com>: The reason I ask is this changeset - http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/source/detail?spec=svne5d86b685619a470d5… - seems like without shell=True, subprocess.Popen is unable to find Mercurial executable in PATH. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 145664 nosy: docs@python, techtonik priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: subprocess: undocumented if shell=True is necessary to find executable in Windows PATH _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13196> _______________________________________

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[issue11670] configparser read_file now iterates over f, docs still say it calls readline
by Larry Hastings 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

New submission from Larry Hastings <larry(a)hastings.org>: The documentation for configparser.RawConfigParser.read_file() states: "Read and parse configuration data from the file or file-like object in f (only the readline() method is used)." This was true in Python 3.1 and before. However in 3.2 the implementation of read_file changed. It no longer calls readline(). Instead, it iterates over the file object. Whoever made this change neglected to * fix the docs, or apparently * tell anybody. I've got the commit bit, so I'd be happy to fix this. I'd like to add it to the What's New In Python 3.2 as well; there's a section about configparser changes that would be perfect. Is it permissible to change the What's New document ex post facto like this? (Adding rhettinger so he can answer this.) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 132075 nosy: docs@python, larry, rhettinger priority: low severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: configparser read_file now iterates over f, docs still say it calls readline type: behavior versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11670> _______________________________________

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[issue10415] readline.insert_text documentation incomplete
by Justin Lebar 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

New submission from Justin Lebar <justin.lebar(a)gmail.com>: The readline documentation currently says: > readline.insert_text(string) > Insert text into the command line. But as far as I can tell, readline.insert_text() does something only when called from startup_hook or pre_input_hook. Here's an example of someone using the module in a way that works: http://swapoff.org/svn/cly/tags/0.7/cly/interactive.py ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 121178 nosy: Justin.Lebar, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: readline.insert_text documentation incomplete versions: Python 3.1 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10415> _______________________________________

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[issue12946] PyModule_GetDict() claims it can never fail, but it can
by Stefan Behnel 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

New submission from Stefan Behnel <scoder(a)users.sourceforge.net>: As is obvious from the code, PyModule_GetDict() can fail if being passed a non-module object, and when the (unlikely) dict creation at the end fails. The documentation of the C-API function should be fixed to reflect that, i.e. it should state that NULL is returned in the case of an error. PyObject * PyModule_GetDict(PyObject *m) { PyObject *d; if (!PyModule_Check(m)) { PyErr_BadInternalCall(); return NULL; } d = ((PyModuleObject *)m) -> md_dict; if (d == NULL) ((PyModuleObject *)m) -> md_dict = d = PyDict_New(); return d; } ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 143764 nosy: docs@python, scoder priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: PyModule_GetDict() claims it can never fail, but it can type: behavior versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12946> _______________________________________

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[issue13402] Document absoluteness of sys.executable
by Éric Araujo 12 Jul '16

12 Jul '16

New submission from Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org>: I wanted to know if sys.executable was always an absolute path but the doc does not talk about that. (My use case is that I’d like to reload a process and I wonder if I can call os.execve or if I need to use os.execvpe.) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 147609 nosy: docs@python, eric.araujo priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Document absoluteness of sys.executable versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13402> _______________________________________

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[issue12243] getpass.getuser works on OSX
by Bryce Verdier 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

New submission from Bryce Verdier <bryceverdier(a)gmail.com>: In the docs for getpass: http://docs.python.org/release/2.6.6/library/getpass.html (as an example). It hints that getuser() doesn't work on OSX. I tried this out and it works fine for python 2.6 on 10.6. I have included a patch for this. I believe the cleanest way to handle this is to remove the "Availability" entry as it's no longer necessary. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: getuser.patch keywords: patch messages: 137483 nosy: docs@python, louiscipher priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: getpass.getuser works on OSX versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file22222/getuser.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12243> _______________________________________

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