Mailman 3 November 2020 - docs

[issue12488] multiprocessing.Connection does not communicate pipe closure between parent and child
by Irit Katriel Nov. 8, 2020

Nov. 8, 2020

Change by Irit Katriel <iritkatriel(a)yahoo.com>: ---------- versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 -Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue12488> _______________________________________

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[issue25006] List pybind11 binding generator
by Wenzel Jakob Nov. 8, 2020

Nov. 8, 2020

New submission from Wenzel Jakob: Hi, over the last few months, I've been developing a library ("pybind11") for creating Python bindings of C++ code. It is similar in spirit to Boost.Python but uses a very different minimalist approach. It would be fantastic to get this library listed here: https://docs.python.org/3/faq/extending.html The purpose of this ticket is that somebody with permissions might add it to this page. pybind11 is here: https://github.com/wjakob/pybind11 Please let me … [View More]

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[issue8041] No documentation for Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION or Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG.
by pmp-p Nov. 8, 2020

Nov. 8, 2020

Change by pmp-p <pmpp.pub(a)gmail.com>: ---------- nosy: +pmpp _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue8041> _______________________________________

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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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[issue42284] The grammar specification is inconsistent with the implementation of Python parser.
by Xinmeng Xia Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Xinmeng Xia <xiaxm(a)smail.nju.edu.cn>: In full grammar specification of Python 3.6 official documentation (Python 3.6 official documentation: https://docs.python.org/3.6/reference/grammar.html ), we can find a very clear definition on the grammar about the usage of 'break'. According to the definition, we can find the following derivation, which indicates the keyword 'break' can appear in the block of if statement without being nested into a loop block: %%%%%%%%%%%%%… [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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[issue42285] Missing spaces in list literals in Tutorial/Data Structures
by Jakub Moliński Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Jakub Moliński <jakub(a)molinski.dev>: In the Data Structures section of the Tutorial there are examples of nested list comprehensions that include list literals where elements are written without spaces after commas (`[1,2,3]` instead `[1, 2, 3]`). This is a trivial problem but since this is a tutorial for newcomers (and one of the previous parts of this tutorial explicitly says that the spaces should be present after commas, and in other parts of the tutorial they … [View More]

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[issue25821] Documentation for threading.enumerate / threading.Thread.is_alive is contradictory.
by Anthony Green Nov. 7, 2020

Nov. 7, 2020

New submission from Anthony Green: The documentation at https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html#threading.Thread.is_alive relates: > The module function enumerate() returns a list of all alive threads. The documentation at https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html#threading.enumerate relates: > Return a list of all Thread objects currently alive. The list includes daemonic threads, dummy thread objects created by current_thread(), and the main thread. This is a … [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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