Mailman 3 May 2014 - docs

Download Python 2.7.7rc1 Documentation
by Devin Bayly 23 May '14

23 May '14

Hello there, I am interested in having a copy of the Python Documentation for Offline work, but each of the links on this page return a 404 error. Would you send me a copy of the documentation? Thanks!

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[issue21545] Tutorial: examples and comment about mutation methods
by Terry J. Reedy 23 May '14

23 May '14

New submission from Terry J. Reedy: The Tutorial section More on Lists https://docs.python.org/3.4/tutorial/datastructures.html#more-on-lists includes list.pop but ignores it in the example and final comment. I think the examples should be augmented and the comment modified. 1. (simplest) End the example block with >>> a.pop() 1234.5 >>> a [-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333] 2. The comment says "You might have noticed that methods like insert, remove or sort that modify the list have no return value printed – they return None. [1] This is a design principle for all mutable data structures in Python." [The footnote says "[1] Other languages may return the mutated object, which allows method chaining, such as d->insert("a")->remove("b")->sort();."] Inserting 'only' before 'modify' makes the statement true even now with .pop added. I think 'the default' should be added before 'None', but that would be optional. I do not think .pop needs to be explicitly mentioned here since the point of the comment is to explain the lack of a printed return value, and .pop does have a printed return value. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 218857 nosy: docs@python, ncoghlan, terry.reedy priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Tutorial: examples and comment about mutation methods type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21545> _______________________________________

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Downloadable Documentation broken
by Guido Falk von Rudorff 23 May '14

23 May '14

Dear Sir or Madam, none of the links on [1] is currently valid, as nginx returns a 404. Do I have missed anything? Kind regards, Guido Falk von Rudorff [ 1 ] https://docs.python.org/2/download.html

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no file error on download page
by steve spaulding 23 May '14

23 May '14

hello: i was attempting to download the python 2.7 documentation and i am getting a "Failes - No file", from this location: https://docs.python.org/2/download.html I tried both the tar ball and zip for html, and pdf with the same results. thank you

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Broken Links
by Ali Dadsetan 23 May '14

23 May '14

Dear Sir/Madam It seems that all of download links for python 2.7<https://docs.python.org/2.7/download.html>documentations are dead. As the update date for this documentation is today, I felt I should report this. Thanks for your considerations. Sincerely, Ali

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[issue21479] Document TarFile.open() as a classmethod
by Berker Peksag 23 May '14

23 May '14

New submission from Berker Peksag: The patch also updates the signature of TarFile.open(). ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: tarfile-open-classmethod.diff keywords: patch messages: 218323 nosy: berker.peksag, docs@python, serhiy.storchaka priority: normal severity: normal stage: patch review status: open title: Document TarFile.open() as a classmethod versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file35225/tarfile-open-classmethod.diff _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21479> _______________________________________

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[issue21198] Minor tarfile documentation bug
by Andrew Scheller 23 May '14

23 May '14

New submission from Andrew Scheller: I've just noticed that the documentation for TarInfo.type says "To determine the type of a TarInfo object more conveniently, use the is_*() methods below." However none of the methods mentioned actually contain an underscore, so I believe the documentation should be updated to "...use the is*() methods below." (for comparison, the documentation for stat.S_IFMT correctly talks about "is*() functions") ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 215892 nosy: docs@python, lurchman priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Minor tarfile documentation bug type: enhancement versions: 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/issue21198> _______________________________________

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[issue21554] Possible Error in "Brief Tour of the Standard Library"
by Erik Kusko 22 May '14

22 May '14

New submission from Erik Kusko: In https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/stdlib.html, there is an example: >>> import shutil >>> shutil.copyfile('data.db', 'archive.db') >>> shutil.move('/build/executables', 'installdir') Should it not be: >>> import shutil >>> shutil.copyfile('data.db', 'archive.db') 'archive.db' >>> shutil.move('/build/executables', 'installdir') 'installdir' ? I am run under Windows, so I don't know if the behavior is different than under Linux. Under Windows the destination file and destination directory, respectively, are echoed to stdout. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 218904 nosy: Pitmaster, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Possible Error in "Brief Tour of the Standard Library" type: enhancement versions: Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21554> _______________________________________

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links broken
by Brodie, John 22 May '14

22 May '14

All of the download link on this page are broken: https://docs.python.org/2/download.html John Brodie Sr. Hardware Engineer Amazon.com (206) 922-0247

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Download PDF
by Lorenzo Marrese 22 May '14

22 May '14

Hi, I would like to download the python 2.7 documentation in US letter paper size PDF .zip. However I keep getting an error and it won't let me download it, saying it is not there. If possible, could you email me a .zip file? Thank you, Lorenzo lorenzo.marrese(a)gmail.com

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