Mailman 3 July 2011 - docs

[issue8952] Doc/c-api/arg.rst: fix documentation of number formats
by STINNER Victor Oct. 14, 2015

Oct. 14, 2015

New submission from STINNER Victor <victor.stinner(a)haypocalc.com>: The documentation of PyArg_Parse*() number formats specify that only int / float / complex are accepted, whereas any int / float / complex compatible object is accepted. "compatible" means that it has an __int__() / __float__() / __complex__() method, or nb_int / nb_float of Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_as_number->nb_int is defined (tp_as_number has no nb_complex). I suppose that the following paragraph is also outdated: "… [View More]

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[issue10170] Relationship between turtle speed setting and actual speed is not documented
by Alexander Belopolsky May 17, 2015

May 17, 2015

New submission from Alexander Belopolsky <belopolsky(a)users.sourceforge.net>: As Terry J. Reedy mentioned in his comment on issue 7061, turtle documentation is lacking information on how speed "codes" 0-10 translate into actual turtle speed. Attached script measures the speed of the two primitive operations that form the basis of turtle functionality at various speed settings. The results below show highly irregular pattern. The columns are: the speed code, time to draw a 200 unit … [View More]

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[issue12652] Move documentation of test.support into the devguide
by Eli Bendersky April 14, 2015

April 14, 2015

New submission from Eli Bendersky <eliben(a)gmail.com>: First step in transition: Attaching a patch to devguide's runtests.rst to incorporate existing test.support documentation from 3.3 head, with some small markup changes suitable for the devguide. ---------- components: Devguide files: devguide_test_support.1.patch keywords: patch messages: 141337 nosy: brett.cannon, docs@python, eli.bendersky, ncoghlan priority: low severity: normal stage: patch review status: open title: Move … [View More]

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[issue11468] Improve unittest basic example in the doc
by Ezio Melotti March 24, 2015

March 24, 2015

New submission from Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti(a)gmail.com>: The current example[0] uses assertTrue(element in self.seq) but it would be better to use assertIn instead. The whole example could be changed to something simpler that uses only the assertTrue/assertEqual/assertRaises methods correctly, e.g.: import unittest class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase): def test_upper(self): self.assertEqual('foo'.upper(), 'FOO') def test_isupper(self): self.… [View More]

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[issue12155] queue example doesn't stop worker threads
by STINNER Victor March 18, 2015

March 18, 2015

New submission from STINNER Victor <victor.stinner(a)haypocalc.com>: The queue doc contains the following example: ------------------ def worker(): while True: item = q.get() do_work(item) q.task_done() q = Queue() for i in range(num_worker_threads): t = Thread(target=worker) t.daemon = True t.start() for item in source(): q.put(item) q.join() # block until all tasks are done ------------------ http://docs.python.org/library/queue.… [View More]

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[issue9119] Python download page needs to mention crypto code in Windows installer
by Marc-Andre Lemburg Feb. 20, 2015

Feb. 20, 2015

New submission from Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal(a)egenix.com>: This needs to be done to protect our users (importing crypto code or using it may be illegal in their home country, see http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/ for a survey) and to satisfy an attribution requirement in the OpenSSL license and code base: """ This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay(a)cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh(a)cryptsoft.com). This … [View More]

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[issue9913] Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt is out of date
by Alexander Belopolsky Feb. 18, 2015

Feb. 18, 2015

New submission from Alexander Belopolsky <belopolsky(a)users.sourceforge.net>: It looks like Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt has not been updated since 2.4. This file is referenced from C-API documentation [1], but is not accessible as a hyperlink. Some of the recommendations in this file are out of date, in particular those that recommend setting make variables where a configure switch is available. I believe it would be best to retire Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt and move still relevant sections … [View More]

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[issue9536] defaultdict doc makes incorrect reference to __missing__ method
by John Posner Dec. 12, 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

New submission from John Posner <jjposner(a)optimum.net>: The documentation for collections.defaultdict is confusing with respect to the __missing__ method. The fact is that a programmer using defaultdict does not need to know anything about __missing__. The attached patch contains a rewrite of the entire section (but not the "defaultdict Examples" section, which is fine. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: defaultdict.patch keywords: patch messages: … [View More]

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[issue10583] Encoding issue with chm help in 2.7.1
by flashk Oct. 6, 2014

Oct. 6, 2014

New submission from flashk <flashk(a)gmail.com>: I just updated to Python 2.7.1 and noticed a small issue with the chm help file. The search results tab displays incorrect characters for various topic titles. It seems to be an encoding issue. For example, searching for 'json' yields the following results: - 18.2 json â€” JSON encoder and decoder - Whatâ€™s New in Python 2.6 I noticed this issue on Windows XP 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit. This issue does not exist with the 2.7 chm … [View More]

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[issue12148] Clarify "or-ing together" doctest option flags
by ekorn Oct. 6, 2014

Oct. 6, 2014

New submission from ekorn <jonovik(a)gmail.com>: Combining multiple option flags to doctest.testmod(optionflags=...) requires the bitwise or operator |, not plain "or". I therefore suggest rewording "or-ing together individual option flags." to "or-ing together individual option flags, using the 'bitwise or' operator |.", perhaps with a link to http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#binary-bitwise-operations. Example: """ Doctest option flags must be or-ed together with '|', … [View More]

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