Mailman 3 July 2013 - docs

[issue18389] document that os.path.relpath does not interrogate the file system
by R. David Murray July 9, 2013

July 9, 2013

R. David Murray added the comment: That's a good point. ---------- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation -Library (Lib) nosy: +docs@python resolution: rejected -> stage: committed/rejected -> needs patch status: closed -> open title: os.path.relpath gives incorrect results if start parameters is not a directory -> document that os.path.relpath does not interrogate the file system versions: +Python 3.3, Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python … [View More]

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[issue18412] Minor problem in PEP 8
by Barry A. Warsaw July 9, 2013

July 9, 2013

Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: I clarified the wording. ---------- nosy: +barry resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18412> _______________________________________

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[issue18412] Minor problem in PEP 8
by Christian Heimes July 9, 2013

July 9, 2013

Changes by Christian Heimes <lists(a)cheimes.de>: ---------- assignee: -> docs@python nosy: +docs@python priority: normal -> low _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18412> _______________________________________

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Bug Report: str() listed as 'Built in Function'
by Matthew Palmer July 9, 2013

July 9, 2013

http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#non-essential-built-in-func… "str()" is listed as a function although apperently, according to several other people it's apparently a type, and not a function. >>> str <type 'str'>

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[issue16418] argparse with many choices can generate absurdly long usage message
by paul j3 July 9, 2013

July 9, 2013

paul j3 added the comment: In the patch I just posted to http://bugs.python.org/issue16468 I address this long list issue in several ways: In the Usage line, the metavar gives the user an alternative In the expanded help line the user can just omit the '%(choices)s' In _check_value(), I implemented a numpy like summarize format for choice lists longer than 15 '{1,2,3,...,18,19}'. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16418> _______________________________________

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[issue18403] Minor bug in The Python Tutorial
by Xue Fuqiao July 8, 2013

July 8, 2013

New submission from Xue Fuqiao: In http://docs.python.org/3.3/tutorial/introduction.html#strings: In addition to indexing, slicing is also supported. While indexing is used to obtain individual characters, slicing allows you to obtain substring: >>> word[0:2] # characters from position 0 (included) to 2 (excluded) 'Py' >>> word[2:5] # characters from position 2 (included) to 4 (excluded) 'tho' I think the second comment should be "from position 2 to 5", not "… [View More]

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[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD
by Alexander Belopolsky July 7, 2013

July 7, 2013

New submission from Alexander Belopolsky: At the minimum, we should refer to unicode.org: http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/#Database_Changes (for Python 3.3), http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/#Database_Changes (for Python 3.4). We may also want to highlight changes that directly affect python programs. For example addition of new characters accepted as decimal digits in UCD 6.1.0. ---------- assignee: docs@python messages: 191278 nosy: belopolsky, docs@python … [View More]

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[issue17860] subprocess docs lack info how to use output result
by anatoly techtonik July 7, 2013

July 7, 2013

New submission from anatoly techtonik: http://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html A common confusion is that result from subprocess calls in Python 3 is bytes, not string, and needs to be converted. The problem is complicated because you need to know the encoding of input/output streams. This should be documented at least. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/606191/convert-byte-array-to-python-stri… ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 187982 nosy: … [View More]

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Bug in docs.python.org/2/sys.html
by Charles Merriam July 7, 2013

July 7, 2013

This section should be first, before "argv": .. data:: api_version … as everything else is alphabetical. It is currently between "version" and "version_info". Thank you for your dedication, Charles Merriam

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[issue18385] Add devhelp build instructions to the documentation makefile (Python2)
by Balthazar Rouberol July 6, 2013

July 6, 2013

New submission from Balthazar Rouberol: The documentation makefile is missing support for Devhelp. The supplied patch fixes this for the Python 2 branch. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: devhelp-build-py2.patch keywords: patch messages: 192458 nosy: brouberol, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Add devhelp build instructions to the documentation makefile (Python2) type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7 Added file: http://bugs.… [View More]

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