Mailman 3 November 2020 - docs

[issue7057] tkinter doc: more 3.x updates
by Irit Katriel Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

Change by Irit Katriel <iritkatriel(a)yahoo.com>: ---------- versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 -Python 3.1, Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue7057> _______________________________________

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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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[issue16399] argparse: append action with default list adds to list instead of overriding
by Irit Katriel Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

Change by Irit Katriel <iritkatriel(a)yahoo.com>: ---------- versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 -Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue16399> _______________________________________

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[issue1576313] [doc] os.execvp[e] on win32 fails for current directory
by Irit Katriel Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

Change by Irit Katriel <iritkatriel(a)yahoo.com>: ---------- title: os.execvp[e] on win32 fails for current directory -> [doc] os.execvp[e] on win32 fails for current directory versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 -Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue1576313> _______________________________________

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[issue8041] No documentation for Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION or Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG.
by Irit Katriel Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

Change by Irit Katriel <iritkatriel(a)yahoo.com>: ---------- versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 -Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue8041> _______________________________________

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[issue27408] Document importlib.abc.ExecutionLoader implements get_data()
by Brett Cannon Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Brett Cannon: The fact that importlib.abc.ExectionLoader.get_data() is implemented is missing (or put another way, it isn't documented that get_source() still needs to be implemented). ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 269458 nosy: brett.cannon, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Document importlib.abc.ExecutionLoader implements get_data() versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6 … [View More]

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[issue27387] Thread hangs on str.encode() when locale is not set
by Brett Cannon Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

Change by Brett Cannon <brett(a)python.org>: ---------- nosy: -brett.cannon _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue27387> _______________________________________

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[issue13122] Out of date links in the sidebar of the documentation index of versions 3.1 and 3.2
by Sven Marnach Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Sven Marnach <sven(a)marnach.net>: The sidebar on http://docs.python.org/release/3.1.3/ names 3.2 as the development version of Python, while the link points to 3.3. The sidebar on http://docs.python.org/py3k/ links to 3.1 as the "stable version" -- obviously a relict from the time when 3.2 was in development. (This could be fixed in Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexsidebar.html of the respective branches.) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation … [View More]

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[issue11346] Generator object should be mentioned in gc module document
by Atsuo Ishimoto Nov. 6, 2020

Nov. 6, 2020

New submission from Atsuo Ishimoto <ishimoto(a)gembook.org>: In the gc.garbage of the library ref of gc module, ... this list contains only objects with __del__() methods. This is not true, since gc.garbage will contain generator object with try-finally block. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 129631 nosy: docs@python, ishimoto priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Generator object should be mentioned in gc module document … [View More]

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