Mailman 3 March 2014 - docs

[issue14995] PyLong_FromString documentation should state that the string must be null-terminated
by Ryan Kelly 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

New submission from Ryan Kelly <ryan(a)rfk.id.au>: PyLong_FromString will raise a ValueError if the given string doesn't contain a null byte after the digits. For example, this will result in a ValueError char *pend; PyLong_FromString("1234 extra", &pend, 10) While this will successfully read the number and set the pointer to the extra data: char *pend; PyLong_FromString("1234\0extra", &pend, 10) The requirement for a null-terminated string of digits is not clear from the docs. Suggested re-wording attached. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: PyLong_FromString-doc.patch keywords: patch messages: 162242 nosy: docs@python, rfk priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: PyLong_FromString documentation should state that the string must be null-terminated Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file25812/PyLong_FromString-doc.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14995> _______________________________________

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misleading comment in socket.gethostname() documentation (issue 5626)
by rosuav＠gmail.com 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

Looks fine to me. Per issue comment, removing the likely-unhelpful should be fine. http://bugs.python.org/review/5626/

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[issue5626] misleading comment in socket.gethostname() documentation
by Chris Angelico 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

Chris Angelico added the comment: Python doesn't currently have any sort of function for fetching all a computer's IPs, as far as I know, but if there is one (either now or in the future), it would be good to link to that from there. "Here's how to get your host name. And if you're interested, over there is how to get your IP addresses." Otherwise, removing the potentially-misleading information (this is going to return something in 127.0.0.0/8 for a lot of systems) seems the reasonable option. ---------- nosy: +Rosuav _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5626> _______________________________________

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