Mailman 3 April 2015 - docs

[issue14338] urllib2 HowTo for overriding post/3xx behavior.
by beeNuts Nov. 16, 2020

Nov. 16, 2020

New submission from beeNuts <jeff.adams(a)linux.com>: Issue #14144, with the title "urllib2 HTTPRedirectHandler not forwarding POST data in redirect" was recently closed with these comments: "This could be cookbook recipe style example, if it's utility value is high. I am closing this issue as I feel that the requirement may not be addressed by a change. If there is patch for HowTo, we can tackle that in another issue. Thank you for contribution." The decision that documents on this … [View More]

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[issue17437] Difference between open and codecs.open
by Giampaolo Rodola' Nov. 15, 2020

Nov. 15, 2020

New submission from Giampaolo Rodola': In Python 2 the distinction between open() and codes.open() was clear because 'encoding' and 'errors' args were provided by codecs.open only. This is no longer the case in Python 3 since both args are provided also by open(). I'm probably missing something but regardless I think codecs.open doc [1] should be more clear as to when and why (say) codecs.open(file, encoding='utf8', errors='ignore') should be preferred over open(file, encoding='utf8', errors='… [View More]

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[issue10709] Misc/AIX-NOTES needs updating
by Antoine Pitrou Nov. 11, 2020

Nov. 11, 2020

New submission from Antoine Pitrou <pitrou(a)free.fr>: Sébastien, would you like to provide an updated version of that file? The current contents look hopelessly outdated. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 124024 nosy: docs@python, pitrou, sable priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Misc/AIX-NOTES needs updating versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <… [View More]

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[issue15034] tutorial should use best practices in user defined execeptions section
by R. David Murray Nov. 11, 2020

Nov. 11, 2020

New submission from R. David Murray <rdmurray(a)bitdance.com>: And I wish I knew what those were. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 162513 nosy: docs@python, r.david.murray priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: tutorial should use best practices in user defined execeptions section type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.… [View More]

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[issue10529] Write argparse i18n howto
by Éric Araujo Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org>: argparse helpfully makes its messages with gettext.gettext. The docs should explain how to benefit from that in one’s program. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 122358 nosy: bethard, docs@python, eric.araujo priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Write argparse i18n howto type: feature request versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python … [View More]

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[issue14003] __self__ on built-in functions is not as documented
by Роман Донченко Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Роман Донченко <DXDragon(a)yandex.ru>: The language reference says this in section 3.2: ~ Built-in functions A built-in function object is a wrapper around a C function. Examples of built-in functions are len() and math.sin() <...> Special read-only attributes: <...> __self__ is set to None (but see the next item) <...>. ~ That is not the case: ActivePython 3.2.2.3 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on Python 3.2.2 (default, Sep 8 2011, 10:55:… [View More]

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[issue15693] expose glossary link on hover
by Chris Jerdonek Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Chris Jerdonek: It would be nice if hovering over the right side of the header to a glossary entry would expose a link in the same way that it does for function definitions, etc. http://docs.python.org/dev/glossary.html#glossary Otherwise, there doesn't seem to be a convenient way to get a direct link to a glossary entry. I'm not sure if this issue should also be filed with Sphinx. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 168388 nosy: … [View More]

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[issue16834] ioctl mutate_flag behavior in regard to the buffer size limit
by Yuval Weinbaum Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Yuval Weinbaum: In fcntl module, the documentation states the following regarding the mutate_flag in ioctl method: *** If it is false, the buffer’s mutability is ignored and behaviour is as for a read-only buffer, except that the 1024 byte limit mentioned above is avoided – so long as the buffer you pass is as least as long as what the operating system wants to put there, things should work. *** However, looking at the code (fcntlmodule.c) it seems that the 1024 bytes … [View More]

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[issue11176] give more meaningful argument names in argparse documentation
by Steven Bethard Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Steven Bethard <steven.bethard(a)gmail.com>: Suggestion from a personal email: I personally am not keen on the foo/bar/baz examples. I know that you're trying to be generic but IMO it would be much easier to understand if you used meaningful names. Also, I think that the very first example you give (which does use meaningful names:-) is too clever. I'd suggest using something simpler: in fact I'd use exactly the same example that optparse uses (--file && --… [View More]

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[issue12436] Provide reference to detailed installation instructions
by Nick Coghlan Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan(a)gmail.com>: The Boston Python Workshop folks have some detailed step-by-step instructions on getting Python up and running ([1]). Given that this can be a pain point for new users (primarily on Windows), it may be good to reference these instructions from the official docs. (Alternatively, we could use them as the basis for a "HOWTO" in the official docs and update release.py to adjust the relevant links. That's a lot more work than just … [View More]

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