Mailman 3 September 2015 - docs

htmllib is deprecated: Newcomers need more advice
by Thomas Güttler 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

At the top of the htmllib module: {{{ Deprecated since version 2.6: The htmllib module has been removed in Python 3. }}} Source: https://docs.python.org/2/library/htmllib.html#module-htmllib Newcomers need more advice: Which library should be used? I know there are many html parsing libraries. But there should be a sane default for newcomers. Is there already an agreement of a sane default html parsing library? Regards, Thomas Güttler -- Thomas Guettler http://www.thomas-guettler.de/

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[issue23406] interning and list comprehension leads to unexpected behavior
by Abraham Smith 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

New submission from Abraham Smith: Some students were working on matrix routines for practice. The following code: >>> L = [ [0]*3 ]*3 >>> for i in range(3): ... for j in range(3): ... if i==j: L[i][j]=1 was expected to return [[1,0,0],[0,1,0],[0,0,1]] but it returned [[1,1,1],[1,1,1],[1,1,1]] because the list [0]*3 was being interned silently, so all three rows were the same memory! To see this, I did >>> map(id, L) [139634871681464, 139634871681464, 139634871681464] On the other hand >>> M=[ [ 0 for i in range(3) ] for j in range(3) ] does not intern: >>> map(id, L) [139634871631672, 139634871681608, 139634871681680] so the above loop works as expected. This is true in both python 2.7 and 3.4. This is very confusing to users! If this intern behavior with [0]*3 is intended, it should be documented more clearly, because this is something that new students of python might encounter right away when playing with the language's list methods. I didn't see any reference to interning in the discussion of lists in the standard library reference. Moreover, I also could not find any reference to the automatic interning of mutable objects, such as lists. Personally, I cannot see any reason to silently and automatically intern a mutable object; however, if this behavior is really desired, it should be documented. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 235520 nosy: Abraham.Smith, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: interning and list comprehension leads to unexpected behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23406> _______________________________________

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[issue23144] html.parser.HTMLParser: setting 'convert_charrefs = True' leads to dropped text
by Ezio Melotti 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Fixed, thanks for the report! ---------- resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: +Python 3.6 -Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23144> _______________________________________

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[issue23144] html.parser.HTMLParser: setting 'convert_charrefs = True' leads to dropped text
by Roundup Robot 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset ef82131d0c93 by Ezio Melotti in branch '3.4': #23144: Make sure that HTMLParser.feed() returns all the data, even when convert_charrefs is True. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ef82131d0c93 New changeset 1f6155ffcaf6 by Ezio Melotti in branch '3.5': #23144: merge with 3.4. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1f6155ffcaf6 New changeset 48ae9d66c720 by Ezio Melotti in branch 'default': #23144: merge with 3.5. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/48ae9d66c720 ---------- nosy: +python-dev _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23144> _______________________________________

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[issue24998] docs: subprocess.Popen example has extra/invalid parameter
by Paul Clarke 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

New submission from Paul Clarke: in "subprocess" module documentation has a section for "replacing older functions with subprocess", specifically 17.1.4.5 "replacing os.popen", which includes the example on "return code handling", specifically this line: -- process = Popen("cmd", 'w', shell=True, stdin=PIPE) -- That 'w' shouldn't be there. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 249716 nosy: Paul Clarke, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: docs: subprocess.Popen example has extra/invalid parameter versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue24998> _______________________________________

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[issue23623] Python 3.5 docs need to clarify how to set PATH, etc
by Paul Moore 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

New submission from Paul Moore: With Python 3.5 on Windows defaulting (for all users installs) to the read-only "Program Files" directory, and with "Add Python to PATH" having problems adding the per-user "user scripts" directory to PATH, the Python 3.5 documentation needs to explain the recommended practice for running Python 3.5 from the command line on Windows. Issues that should be covered include: - System installs with need to be run from an elevated prompt, are user installs now the recommended approach? (It's worth noting in that case that user installs re *not* recommended for older versions, as the user Scripts directory wasn't versioned until Python 3.5) - How to add the correct directories to PATH (including the user scripts directory) - for both CMD and powershell users and in an existing shell as well as a new one (i.e, no "Python command prompt" shortcuts!) - How to add the correct directories persistently, so they are available to all programs on startup. - While the "py" launcher solves the problem of running Python, and some modules via -m (such as pip), many packages install console scripts which do not have an equivalent -m invocation, so "use the launcher" is not a complete solution. The documentation should clarify where (or if) 3rd party documentation needs to comment on Windows path difficulties. For example, the pip documentation has for a long time said that the way to run pip is via the "pip" command, and until Python included the "Add to PATH" option in the installer, we regularly had to deal with user queries because the "pip" command didn't work out of the box - it would be unfortunate if Python 3.5 left 3rd parties back in that situation again. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation, Windows messages: 237650 nosy: docs@python, pmoore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware priority: release blocker severity: normal status: open title: Python 3.5 docs need to clarify how to set PATH, etc versions: Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23623> _______________________________________

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[issue23144] html.parser.HTMLParser: setting 'convert_charrefs = True' leads to dropped text
by Ezio Melotti 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Ezio Melotti added the comment: I'll try to take care of this during the weekend. Feel free to ping me if I don't. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23144> _______________________________________

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document AF_BLUETOOTH socket address formats (issue 24984)
by vadmium+py＠gmail.com 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

https://bugs.python.org/review/24984/diff/15453/Doc/library/socket.rst File Doc/library/socket.rst (right): https://bugs.python.org/review/24984/diff/15453/Doc/library/socket.rst#newc… Doc/library/socket.rst:120: interface (This depending on your OS; NetBSD and DragonFlyBSD expects Minor grammar fixes: Add a full stop: “interface.” Move the other one inside the brackets: “(. . . an integer.)” Also, no S for “expect”. Also, I think “This depends on the OS . . .” would be easier to read (less assuming). https://bugs.python.org/review/24984/

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interning and list comprehension leads to unexpected behavior (issue 23406)
by vadmium+py＠gmail.com 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

https://bugs.python.org/review/23406/diff/15454/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst File Doc/library/stdtypes.rst (right): https://bugs.python.org/review/23406/diff/15454/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst#ne… Doc/library/stdtypes.rst:900: sequence of the same type as *s*). Note also that the copies are shallow; Objects are not even shallow-copied in the usual sense. Perhaps something like this is better: (. . . same type as *s*). The *s* object is not copied; it is merely referenced multiple times. This often haunts . . . https://bugs.python.org/review/23406/diff/15454/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst#ne… Doc/library/stdtypes.rst:924: `FAQ <https://docs.python.org/3/faq/programming.html#how-do-i-create-a-multidimen…>`_. It will be better to do an internal link within the same copy of the documentation. See <https://docs.python.org/devguide/documenting.html#doc-ref-role>. In particular, add something like this before the heading in /Doc/faq/programming.rst: .. _faq-multidimensional-list: And then change the code here to Further explanation is available in the FAQ entry :ref:`faq-multidimensional-list`. which should expand to the full heading title. https://bugs.python.org/review/23406/

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[issue23639] Not documented special names
by Serhiy Storchaka 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka: Here are lists of special names used in Python core and the stdlib, but absent in documentation index. Module level names used in pydoc: __author__ __credits__ __date__ __version__ Module level name used in doctest: __test__ Other module level names: __about__ (heapq only) __copyright__ (many modules) __cvsid__ (tarfile only) __docformat__ (doctest only) __email__ (test_with and test_keywordonlyarg only) __libmpdec_version__ (decimal only) __status__ (logging only) type attributes (mostly used in tests): __abstractmethods__ (used in abc, functools) __base__ __basicsize__ __dictoffset__ __flags__ (used in inspect, copyreg) __itemsize__ __weakrefoffset__ super() attributes: __self_class__ __thisclass__ Used in sqlite: __adapt__ __conform__ Used in ctypes: __ctype_be__ __ctype_le__ __ctypes_from_outparam__ Used in unittest: __unittest_expecting_failure__ __unittest_skip__ __unittest_skip_why__ float methods, for testing: __getformat__ __setformat__ Used in IDLE RPC: __attributes__ __methods__ Others: __alloc__ (bytearray method) __args__ (used in bdb) __build_class__ (builtins function, used in eval loop) __builtins__ (module attribute) __decimal_context__ (used in decimal) __exception__ (used in pdb) __getinitargs__ (used in pickle, datetime) __initializing__ (used in importlib) __isabstractmethod__ (function/method/descriptor attribute, used in abc, functools, types) __ltrace__ (used in eval loop, never set) __members__ (Enum attribute, used in many modules) __mp_main__ (used in multiprocessing) __new_member__ (Enum attribute, used in enum internally) __newobj__ (copyreg function, used in pickle, object.__reduce_ex__) __newobj_ex__ (copyreg function, used in pickle, object.__reduce_ex__) __objclass__ (descriptor/enum attribute, used in inspect, pydoc, doctest, multiprocessing) __prepare__ (metaclass method, used in builtins.__build_class__, types) __pycache__ (cache directory name) __return__ (used in pdb) __signature__ (used in inspect, never set) __sizeof__ (standard method, used in sys.getsizeof) __slotnames__ (used in object.__getstate__ for caching) __text_signature__ (function/method/descriptor attribute, used in inspect) __trunc__ (used in math.trunc, int, etc) __warningregistry__ (used in warnings) __weakref__ (used in weakref) __wrapped__ (used in inspect, functools, contextlib, asyncio) Needed a patch or a set of patches that will add theses names to the index and document them if they are not documented. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 237859 nosy: docs@python, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, georg.brandl, serhiy.storchaka priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Not documented special names versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23639> _______________________________________

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