Mailman 3 November 2012 - docs

[issue10709] Misc/AIX-NOTES needs updating
by Antoine Pitrou Nov. 11, 2020

Nov. 11, 2020

New submission from Antoine Pitrou <pitrou(a)free.fr>: Sébastien, would you like to provide an updated version of that file? The current contents look hopelessly outdated. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 124024 nosy: docs@python, pitrou, sable priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Misc/AIX-NOTES needs updating versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10709> _______________________________________

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[issue15034] tutorial should use best practices in user defined execeptions section
by R. David Murray Nov. 11, 2020

Nov. 11, 2020

New submission from R. David Murray <rdmurray(a)bitdance.com>: And I wish I knew what those were. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 162513 nosy: docs@python, r.david.murray priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: tutorial should use best practices in user defined execeptions section type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15034> _______________________________________

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[issue10529] Write argparse i18n howto
by Éric Araujo Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org>: argparse helpfully makes its messages with gettext.gettext. The docs should explain how to benefit from that in one’s program. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 122358 nosy: bethard, docs@python, eric.araujo priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Write argparse i18n howto type: feature request versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10529> _______________________________________

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[issue14003] __self__ on built-in functions is not as documented
by Роман Донченко Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Роман Донченко <DXDragon(a)yandex.ru>: The language reference says this in section 3.2: ~ Built-in functions A built-in function object is a wrapper around a C function. Examples of built-in functions are len() and math.sin() <...> Special read-only attributes: <...> __self__ is set to None (but see the next item) <...>. ~ That is not the case: ActivePython 3.2.2.3 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on Python 3.2.2 (default, Sep 8 2011, 10:55:13) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> len.__self__ <module 'builtins' (built-in)> >>> open.__self__ <module 'io' (built-in)> >>> import math >>> math.sin.__self__ <module 'math' (built-in)> ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 153287 nosy: SpecLad, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: __self__ on built-in functions is not as documented type: behavior versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14003> _______________________________________

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[issue15693] expose glossary link on hover
by Chris Jerdonek Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Chris Jerdonek: It would be nice if hovering over the right side of the header to a glossary entry would expose a link in the same way that it does for function definitions, etc. http://docs.python.org/dev/glossary.html#glossary Otherwise, there doesn't seem to be a convenient way to get a direct link to a glossary entry. I'm not sure if this issue should also be filed with Sphinx. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 168388 nosy: cjerdonek, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: expose glossary link on hover type: enhancement versions: Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15693> _______________________________________

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[issue11176] give more meaningful argument names in argparse documentation
by Steven Bethard Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Steven Bethard <steven.bethard(a)gmail.com>: Suggestion from a personal email: I personally am not keen on the foo/bar/baz examples. I know that you're trying to be generic but IMO it would be much easier to understand if you used meaningful names. Also, I think that the very first example you give (which does use meaningful names:-) is too clever. I'd suggest using something simpler: in fact I'd use exactly the same example that optparse uses (--file && --quiet) since that is easy to understand and relate to straight away, and maybe add a --line option that takes a list of ints (ostensibly line numbers of lines to extract from the file) if you want to show that argparse leaves optparse in the dust. And you can always show how to get actual file objects later on. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 128302 nosy: bethard, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: give more meaningful argument names in argparse documentation type: feature request versions: Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11176> _______________________________________

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[issue12436] Provide reference to detailed installation instructions
by Nick Coghlan Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan(a)gmail.com>: The Boston Python Workshop folks have some detailed step-by-step instructions on getting Python up and running ([1]). Given that this can be a pain point for new users (primarily on Windows), it may be good to reference these instructions from the official docs. (Alternatively, we could use them as the basis for a "HOWTO" in the official docs and update release.py to adjust the relevant links. That's a lot more work than just adding a link, though) [1] http://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_Workshop_3/Friday ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 139381 nosy: docs@python, ncoghlan priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Provide reference to detailed installation instructions _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12436> _______________________________________

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[issue13122] Out of date links in the sidebar of the documentation index of versions 3.1 and 3.2
by Sven Marnach Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Sven Marnach <sven(a)marnach.net>: The sidebar on http://docs.python.org/release/3.1.3/ names 3.2 as the development version of Python, while the link points to 3.3. The sidebar on http://docs.python.org/py3k/ links to 3.1 as the "stable version" -- obviously a relict from the time when 3.2 was in development. (This could be fixed in Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexsidebar.html of the respective branches.) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 145084 nosy: docs@python, smarnach priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Out of date links in the sidebar of the documentation index of versions 3.1 and 3.2 versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13122> _______________________________________

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[issue11346] Generator object should be mentioned in gc module document
by Atsuo Ishimoto Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Atsuo Ishimoto <ishimoto(a)gembook.org>: In the gc.garbage of the library ref of gc module, ... this list contains only objects with __del__() methods. This is not true, since gc.garbage will contain generator object with try-finally block. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 129631 nosy: docs@python, ishimoto priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Generator object should be mentioned in gc module document _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11346> _______________________________________

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[issue14379] Several traceback docs improvements
by anatoly techtonik Nov. 4, 2020

Nov. 4, 2020

New submission from anatoly techtonik <techtonik(a)gmail.com>: Some notes about current `traceback` documentation: http://docs.python.org/library/traceback.html 1. It needs a mentioning that traceback module works with traceback objects and frame objects 2. Functions that work with frames should probably be grouped together 3. Docs for frame function should include info about where to get frames (e.g. http://docs.python.org/library/inspect.html#the-interpreter-stack) 4. There is no traceback object description, which should be at http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.exc_info ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 156486 nosy: docs@python, techtonik priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Several traceback docs improvements _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14379> _______________________________________

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