Mailman 3 April 2012 - docs

[issue13708] Document ctypes.wintypes
by Ramchandra Apte April 7, 2012

April 7, 2012

Changes by Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01(a)gmail.com>: ---------- resolution: -> invalid status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13708> _______________________________________

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typo in PyPNG docs
by Benedek Zoltan April 6, 2012

April 6, 2012

Hi, There is a typo in the PyPNG page: http://packages.python.org/pypng/ex.html Section: A Palette Example code: "# Assume f and s have been set up as per previous example palette=[(0x55,0x55,0x55), (0xff,0x99,0x99)] w = png.Writer(len(s[0]), len(s), palette=palette, bitdepth=1) f.write(f, s)" the last line should be: "w.write(f, s)" Regards

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[issue7057] tkinter doc: more 3.x updates
by Ned Deily April 6, 2012

April 6, 2012

Ned Deily <nad(a)acm.org> added the comment: The use of Xlib is not limited to Linux; most Unix-y platforms supported by Python have Xlib-based Tk versions available. But it is correct that there are Tk implementations that do not use X11 as their window server, for example, the native Tk implementations on Windows and Mac OS X. ---------- nosy: +ned.deily _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7057> _______________________________________

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[issue7057] tkinter doc: more 3.x updates
by Ramchandra Apte April 6, 2012

April 6, 2012

Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01(a)gmail.com> added the comment: "Tkinter uses the Xlib library to draw graphics on the screen" should be "Tkinter uses the Xlib library on Linux to draw graphics on the screen" ---------- nosy: +ramchandra.apte _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7057> _______________________________________

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[issue7057] tkinter doc: more 3.x updates
by Andrew Svetlov April 5, 2012

April 5, 2012

Changes by Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov(a)gmail.com>: ---------- assignee: gpolo -> asvetlov _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7057> _______________________________________

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threading.Lock.release Documentation
by W. Austin Roberts April 5, 2012

April 5, 2012

I recently ran into a situation where I could not be certain that a lock was currently in the acquired state. I checked the documentation to determine what would happen if I attempted to release a lock that was already released, and saw an ominous warning of "Do not call this method when the lock is unlocked." Needing to know what would happen, I cautiously tested it out. I half expected my computer to explode as I released a lock for the second time, but was pleased to see it raise a '… [View More]

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[issue14362] No mention of collections.ChainMap in What's New for 3.3
by Steven D'Aprano April 5, 2012

April 5, 2012

New submission from Steven D'Aprano <steve+python(a)pearwood.info>: The 3.3 What's New doesn't mention collections.ChainMap ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 156244 nosy: docs@python, stevenjd priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: No mention of collections.ChainMap in What's New for 3.3 versions: Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14362> _______________________________________

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[issue14318] clarify "may not" in time.steady docs
by Jim Jewett April 4, 2012

April 4, 2012

New submission from Jim Jewett <jimjjewett(a)gmail.com>: http://docs.python.org/dev/library/time.html#time.steady Current: """Return the current time as a floating point number expressed in seconds. This clock advances at a steady rate relative to real time and it may not be adjusted. The reference point of the returned value is undefined so only the difference of consecutive calls is valid. If available, a monotonic clock is used. By default, if strict is False, the function falls … [View More]

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Request for assistance in testing
by Tebogo Mokwena April 4, 2012

April 4, 2012

Hi, I'm Tebogo from South Africa and I kindly request your assistance with the following python programs. In the first program, I am supposed to give the output and to also state what the program does: def mystery(a,b): if a>b or a<=0: print("Can't run mystery with these values!") for i in range(a,b+1): count = 0 for j in range(1,i+1): if i%j ==0: count = count … [View More]

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Request for python programming assistance
by Tebogo Mokwena April 4, 2012

April 4, 2012

Hi My name is Tebogo Mokwena, a South African first year computer science student at the University of Cape Town and a first time programmer. I have downloaded almost all the tutorials on u-tube and I am very thsnkful that you are helping so much in the tutorials. I still need to master tricks when dealing with loops because I can analyse them but creating my own programs with loops is sometimes a problem. I specifically need help with creating programs that draws shapes as the output for … [View More]

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