Mailman 3 March 2013 - docs

Re: [docs] [Python-Dev] undocumented argtypes magic in ctypes?
by Eli Bendersky March 7, 2013

March 7, 2013

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Thomas Heller <theller(a)ctypes.org> wrote: > Am 06.03.2013 18:19, schrieb Eli Bendersky: > >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov(a)gmail.com >> <mailto:andrew.svetlov@gmail.**com <andrew.svetlov(a)gmail.com>>> wrote: >> >> Looks like bug for me. >> >> >> ctypes seems to auto-convert arguments when argtypes is specified. This >… [View More]

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Python 3.3 Docs Bug
by Hc Z March 7, 2013

March 7, 2013

Hello, I found a bug in Python, see details in http://bugs.python.org/issue17371. Also I believe this a bug for Python 3.3 documents. Good luck, guys. Haochen Zhao

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[issue17364] Multiprocessing documentation mentions function that doesn't exist
by Topher Brown March 6, 2013

March 6, 2013

New submission from Topher Brown: multiprocessing documentation (http://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html#pipes-and-queues) for multiprocessing.Queue mentions Queue.get_no_wait() as an alias for Queue.get_nowait(). This function does not seem to exist. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 183566 nosy: Topher.Brown, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Multiprocessing documentation mentions function that doesn't exist … [View More]

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[issue17363] Argument Mixup in PyState_AddModule
by Tobias Becker March 6, 2013

March 6, 2013

New submission from Tobias Becker: http://docs.python.org/3.3/c-api/module.html?highlight=pymodule#PyState_Add… the arguments of PyState_AddModule are in wrong order: currently: int PyState_AddModule(PyModuleDef *def, PyObject *module) correct: int PyState_AddModule(PyObject *module,PyModuleDef *def) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 183564 nosy: Tobias.Becker, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Argument Mixup in … [View More]

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[issue17356] Invalid link to repr() built-in function description
by Vladimir Rutsky March 5, 2013

March 5, 2013

New submission from Vladimir Rutsky: References to built-in function repr() links to repr module (http://docs.python.org/2/library/repr.html#module-repr), but must link to description in http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html. It can be at least in http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html (link in table at page top). ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 183538 nosy: docs@python, vrutsky priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: … [View More]

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undocumented argtypes magic in ctypes?
by Eli Bendersky March 5, 2013

March 5, 2013

Hello, While playing with ctypes a bit, I noticed a feature that doesn't appear to be documented. Suppose I import the readdir_r function (assuming DIRENT is a correctly declared ctypes.Structure): DIR_p = c_void_p DIRENT_p = POINTER(DIRENT) DIRENT_pp = POINTER(DIRENT_p) readdir_r = lib.readdir_r readdir_r.argtypes = [DIR_p, DIRENT_p, DIRENT_pp] readdir_r.restype = c_int It seems that I can then call it as follows: dirent = DIRENT() result = DIRENT_p() readdir_r(dir_fd, dirent, result) … [View More]

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[issue16851] Hint about correct ismethod and isfunction usage
by Ezio Melotti March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013

Ezio Melotti added the comment: I checked the tests on 2.7 and found this: # contrary to spec, ismethod() is also True for unbound methods # (see #1785) self.assertIn(('f', B.f), inspect.getmembers(B, inspect.ismethod)) #1785 also has some discussion about this. ---------- nosy: +pitrou _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16851> _______________________________________

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os.rename documentation slightly inaccurate (issue 16278)
by ezio.melotti＠gmail.com March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013

I left a few comments. Most of them apply to several parts of the code, even though I just commented in a single place. http://bugs.python.org/review/16278/diff/7518/Lib/test/test_os.py File Lib/test/test_os.py (right): http://bugs.python.org/review/16278/diff/7518/Lib/test/test_os.py#newcode55 Lib/test/test_os.py:55: # Tests creating TESTFN and os.rename I think it would be better to make a separate class for os.rename. The changes to setUp/tearDown are only needed for the new tests, but … [View More]

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[issue14123] Doc change re old and new string formatting
by Christine Jones March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013

New submission from Christine Jones <silly.english.knights(a)gmail.com>: Change to this http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/stdtypes.html as suggested by Nick Coghlan here http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/969817 "The formatting operations described here are modelled on C's printf() syntax. They only support formatting of certain builtin types, and the use of a binary operator means that care may be needed in order to format tuples and dictionaries correctly. As the new … [View More]

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[issue16575] ctypes: unions as arguments
by Armin Rigo March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013

Armin Rigo added the comment: See also http://bugs.python.org/issue16576. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16575> _______________________________________

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