Mailman 3 July 2011 - docs

Bug Report
by Rohan Bavishi July 17, 2011

July 17, 2011

The math package in both Python 2.7 and Python 2.5 is reporting a strange error. The sqrt function does not return the correct value for 1695843602719359844. It returns an answer ending in 0 which is not possible and it returns the same answer for values above it. Kindly check if the same is happening with you. Thanks, Rohan Bavishi rohan.bavishi95(a)gmail.com

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[issue10403] Use "member" consistently
by Fred L. Drake, Jr. July 17, 2011

July 17, 2011

New submission from Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake(a)acm.org>: Some portions of the documentation are using the term "member" to mean "data attribute". This appears to be an aberration at this time, but occurrences should be identified and corrected, and "Documenting Python" updated to note correct usage. Example use: http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/xmlrpc.client.html#fault-objects http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/urllib.request.html#basehandler-obj… (paragraph starting "The following members and methods should") "Members and methods" should just be "attributes". ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 121110 nosy: docs@python, fdrake priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Use "member" consistently _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10403> _______________________________________

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[issue12574] Documentation for Queue in 2.x has an incorrect title
by Rafe Kettler July 17, 2011

July 17, 2011

New submission from Rafe Kettler <rafe.kettler(a)gmail.com>: The documentation for Queue in all versions of Python 2.7 and 2.6 (see http://docs.python.org/release/2.6.7/library/queue.html#module-Queue for the 2.7 docs) has the title "queue -- A synchronized queue class." The module, however, is named "Queue" in all of 2.x. So, while the title is appropiate for 3.x, it's incorrect for 2.x. I can make a patch, as well. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 140475 nosy: docs@python, rafe.kettler priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Documentation for Queue in 2.x has an incorrect title versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12574> _______________________________________

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[issue12380] bytearray methods center, ljust, rjust don't accept a bytearray as the fill character
by Eli Bendersky July 16, 2011

July 16, 2011

Eli Bendersky <eliben(a)gmail.com> added the comment: On one hand, I agree that the situation isn't intuitive. Why should some methods of bytearray accept bytearrays, and some shouldn't? On the other hand, this actually has rather deep implementation reasons. Methods like 'translate' are implemented in Objects/bytearrayobject.c On the other hand, ljust, rjust and center are taken from stringlib. Now, stringlib is generic code, and has some strict argument checking. For example, in stringlib_ljust: if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n|c:ljust", &width, &fillchar)) return NULL; The 'c' format to PyArg_ParseTuple expects an object that passes PyBytes_Check, IOW a bytes object or a subclass thereof. bytearray is not a subclass of bytes, hence the problem. The solution could be global, to allow bytearray fit the 'c' format of PyArg_ParseTuple. Then one would also be able to pass a bytearray into other stringlib methods requiring the 'c' format. One way or the other, this is of course doable. A decision has to be made though - is the nuisance annoying enough to warrant such an API change? ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12380> _______________________________________

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programming newbie
by dawud barber July 16, 2011

July 16, 2011

Hi. I went to python.org web site, looking to download release 3 of Python. Had trouble locating it. Thanks.

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[issue1626300] 'Installing Python Modules' does not work for Windows
by Terry J. Reedy July 15, 2011

July 15, 2011

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy(a)udel.edu> added the comment: On Windows, scripts run with whatever name -- no extension or other extensions. I have tested this from both IDLE and command line. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1626300> _______________________________________

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[issue1626300] 'Installing Python Modules' does not work for Windows
by Éric Araujo July 15, 2011

July 15, 2011

Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org> added the comment: In distutils docs, I’ve mentioned “setup.py thing” as an alternative to “python setup.py thing” on Windows. For packaging, the situation is different: there is no local script anymore, people will have to invoke the global pysetup command. Would it work if I add a note like this: In order to run pysetup commands, you need to add the Python Scripts directory to your PATH *include link to relevant section of docs.python.org/using*. BTW, do scripts work without file extensions, or does the installer add .py? If it’s the latter, then my doc note will need to mention that too. ---------- nosy: +terry.reedy versions: +Python 3.3 -Python 3.1 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1626300> _______________________________________

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Up arrow functionality, Previous input
by Thanh Vu July 15, 2011

July 15, 2011

Was there ever a command to repeat the previous user keyboard input in the Python IDLE? I find that this is a major problem, and I could not find it anywhere In the documentation, nor could I Google it. Any thoughts on implementing the up key to? -- Thanh

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[issue10224] Build 3.x documentation using python3.x
by Eric Snow July 13, 2011

July 13, 2011

Changes by Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently(a)gmail.com>: ---------- nosy: +ericsnow _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10224> _______________________________________

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[issue4819] Misc/cheatsheet needs updating
by Ezio Melotti July 13, 2011

July 13, 2011

Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti(a)gmail.com> added the comment: Another idea might be to have a "cheatsheet" in the official docs with links to the right section and possibly a minimal description. It would be useful to get a quick overview of the features of the language and use the links to jump to the extended doc without having duplication. Otherwise the examples could be moved to an external file that gets included both in the cheatsheet and in the official doc. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4819> _______________________________________

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