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[issue26256] Fast decimalisation and conversion to other bases
by Cheryl Sabella Dec. 12, 2017

Dec. 12, 2017

Change by Cheryl Sabella <chekat2(a)gmail.com>: ---------- versions: +Python 3.7 -Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue26256> _______________________________________

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[issue26256] Fast decimalisation and conversion to other bases
by Cheryl Sabella Dec. 12, 2017

Dec. 12, 2017

Change by Cheryl Sabella <chekat2(a)gmail.com>: ---------- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +4704 stage: -> patch review _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue26256> _______________________________________

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[issue26103] Contradiction in definition of "data descriptor" between (dotted lookup behavior/datamodel documentation) and (inspect lib/descriptor how-to)
by Lior Cohen Dec. 11, 2017

Dec. 11, 2017

Lior Cohen <chnlior(a)gmail.com> added the comment: Joining @Serhiy Storchaka last question. Is the __get__ method existance is a must be a data descriptor? According to the C implementation in descrobject.h ``` #define PyDescr_IsData(d) (Py_TYPE(d)->tp_descr_set != NULL) #endif ``` the answer is No. Does this C code reflect the true definition? ---------- nosy: +chnlior _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue26103> _______________________________________

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[issue29247] Document return value of epoll.poll
by Nathaniel Smith Dec. 11, 2017

Dec. 11, 2017

New submission from Nathaniel Smith: The documentation for select.epoll.poll doesn't document the return value at all, which is somewhat important information :-) I think it's a list of (fd, eventmask) tuples? https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/select.html#select.epoll.poll ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 285285 nosy: docs@python, njs priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Document return value of epoll.poll versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29247> _______________________________________

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[issue13553] Tkinter Tk args and Gnome Shell application name
by Cheryl Sabella Dec. 11, 2017

Dec. 11, 2017

Change by Cheryl Sabella <chekat2(a)gmail.com>: ---------- versions: +Python 3.7 -Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue13553> _______________________________________

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[issue13553] Tkinter Tk args and Gnome Shell application name
by Cheryl Sabella Dec. 11, 2017

Dec. 11, 2017

Change by Cheryl Sabella <chekat2(a)gmail.com>: ---------- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +4687 stage: needs patch -> patch review _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue13553> _______________________________________

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[issue20285] Improve object.__doc__ and help(object) output
by Terry J. Reedy Dec. 9, 2017

Dec. 9, 2017

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy(a)udel.edu> added the comment: How about "The starting base class of all types and classes other than itself." (Object.__bases__ = ().) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue20285> _______________________________________

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[issue20285] Improve object.__doc__ and help(object) output
by Serhiy Storchaka Dec. 9, 2017

Dec. 9, 2017

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython(a)gmail.com> added the comment: "Python class" can be read as a user type defined in Python (usually with the "class" statement). The term "class" in the glossary is used with this meaning in contrary to the term "type" which means also builtin and extension types. In Python 3 "object" is a base class of all types, not only user-defined class. ---------- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue20285> _______________________________________

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[issue20285] Improve object.__doc__ and help(object) output
by Terry J. Reedy Dec. 9, 2017

Dec. 9, 2017

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy(a)udel.edu> added the comment: After looking at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/base I can explain better why 'most base class' is wrong, and felt wrong to participants in the python-list thread. 'Base' is actually two words. As a noun (or verb), it comes from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), a foundation from which other things extend or derive. As an adjective, it comes from Late Latin bassus (“low”). In computer science and Python, the couplet 'base class' is being used, it seems to me and apparently others, as a noun-noun compound, meaning, 'foundation class', not as an adjective-noun phrase meaning 'low class' (let along 'depraved class'). However, 'most base class' must be parsed as '(most base) class', with 'base' re-interpreted as the adjective meaning 'low' (or worse). The switch in meaning of 'base' is similar in 'baseball' versus 'most base ball'. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue20285> _______________________________________

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[issue20285] Improve object.__doc__ and help(object) output
by Cheryl Sabella Dec. 9, 2017

Dec. 9, 2017

Cheryl Sabella <chekat2(a)gmail.com> added the comment: Hi Terry, I've submitted a PR for this. Thanks! ---------- nosy: +csabella _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue20285> _______________________________________

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