Mailman 3 September 2013 - docs

Minor documentation error
by Cameron Laird Oct. 6, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

<URL: http://docs.python.org/2/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html > advises that ... Element.text() accesses the element's text ... That should be ... Element.text accesses the element's text ... The code sample which follows immediately after correctly illustrates use of text as attribute, rather than method.

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Documentation error
by Marc.Perlmutter＠gdc4s.com Oct. 6, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

Found on: http://docs.python.org/2.7/tutorial/datastructures.html in Section 5.6. "Looping Techniques" Correct the text from: for i in reversed(xrange(1,10,2)): to: for i in reversed(range(1,10,2)): Reason: Python 2.7 does not have xrange function

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little bug with python.
by THE KING HARKINIAN Oct. 6, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

hello, this is my first time writing for python, i wanted to report a little bug that it makes the sound of a critical error instead the beep when i write this : print "\a" i'm using windows 8, and i don't know how to fix that, if you can thank you very much.

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Typo in Python docs
by Kirk Strauser Oct. 6, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

On http://docs.python.org/2/library/profile.html , the title of section 26.4.8. should be "Using a custom timer", not "Using a customer timer". - Kirk

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Else ,elif
by abjimnen＠aol.com Oct. 6, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

I am new to programming but have been seriously been bitten by the buy and I am working with the book Python for Dummies by Stef Maruch and Aahz Maruch. I am working on a coin toss program which is suppose to be something like MY issue is that when I try to use the else or elif function it comes back as SyntaxError: invalid syntax and search as I might I can' t seem to find help to address this one issue. And I was hoping you guys can lead me someplace to solve this. I am using Python 3.3.2 on a Mac. Yours Truly Roman import random userinput = ' ' print "Now tossing a coin " while userinput.lower() != "q": flip = random.choice(['heads', 'tails']) if flip == 'heads': headcount+= 1 print "heads! the number of heads is now %d" % tailcount else: tailcount += 1 print "tails! the number of tails is now %d" % tailcount print "press 'Q' to quit", userinput = raw_input("or another key to toss again:") print " the total number of heads:", headcount print "the total number off tails:", tailcount

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[bug] Another error message (documentation)
by Pavel Fedotov Oct. 6, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

Python 3.3, documentation: http://docs.python.org/3.3/tutorial/errors.html#exceptions First expression output another error message: >>> 10 * (1/0) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ZeroDivisionError: division by zero (instead of ... File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ZeroDivisionError: int division or modulo by zero that documentation reports) -- Pavel Fedotov

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Python2orPython3 sites dormant modules as a reason not to move to Python3
by Christian Clauss Oct. 6, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

https://wiki.python.org/moin/Python2orPython3 currently says: "Popular modules that don't yet support Python 3 include Twisted (for networking and other applications), gevent (like Twisted, but different), and PIL (for processing images)." But this obscures the reality that gevent and PIL are both dormant. There have been no gevent updates posted to pypi for more than a year. There have been no PIL updates in 4 years and the "friendly" fork named "Pillow" does support both Python 2 and 3 with similar or improved functionality. The Twisted community has work to do to but is already on a path to Python 3 compatibility. Pillow: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.1.0 Python2or3 also says: "For creating GUI applications Python 3 [...] has been supported by PyQt4 almost from the day Python 3 was released." This will push potential users to the older PyQT4 instead of the more modern PyQT5. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyQt5/5.0.1 Thanks for listening! CCC

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bug in documentation
by Rajesh Panigrahi Oct. 6, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

Hello Team, There need a small correction in documentation page for "14. Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations" Issue Description:- It has been written 0/2 + 0/4 + 1/8 = 0.001. Expected :- The mathematical calculation should be written as 0.125. Due to some problem i am not able to attach the screen shot. Regards, Rajesh

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[issue19074] Add PySide to GUI FAQ
by anatoly techtonik Oct. 5, 2013

Oct. 5, 2013

New submission from anatoly techtonik: http://docs.python.org/2/faq/gui.html - this page misses info about PySide. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 198279 nosy: docs@python, techtonik priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Add PySide to GUI FAQ versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue19074> _______________________________________

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[issue19069] Built-in float docstrings are not PEP-8 compatible
by Marco Buttu Oct. 5, 2013

Oct. 5, 2013

New submission from Marco Buttu: As reported in the title: >>> float.as_integer_ratio.__doc__.splitlines()[2] 'Returns a pair of integers, whose ratio is exactly equal to the original' >>> float.as_integer_ratio.__doc__.splitlines()[4] 'Raises OverflowError on infinities and a ValueError on NaNs.' >>> float.conjugate.__doc__ 'Returns self, the complex conjugate of any float.' >>> float.is_integer.__doc__ 'Returns True if the float is an integer.' >>> float.__setformat__.__doc__.splitlines()[-2] 'Overrides the automatic determination of C-level floating point type.' ... They should have been 'Return...', 'Raise...' and 'Override...' Patch is attached ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: floatobject.patch keywords: patch messages: 198246 nosy: docs@python, marco.buttu priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Built-in float docstrings are not PEP-8 compatible type: enhancement versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file31840/floatobject.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue19069> _______________________________________

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