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[issue43996] Doc for mutable sequence pop() method implies argument is a slice or sequence.
by Mark Sapiro 01 May '21

01 May '21

New submission from Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net>: In several places in the documentation including: ``` grep -rn 'pop.\[i\]' Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py:13184: '| "s.pop([i])" | retrieves the item at *i* ' Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py:13647: '| "s.pop([i])" | retrieves the item at ' Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst:47:.. method:: list.pop([i]) Doc/library/array.rst:193:.. method:: array.pop([i]) Doc/library/stdtypes.rst:1116:| ``s.pop([i])`` | retrieves the item at *i* and | \(2) | ``` the mutable sequence and array `pop()` method is documented as shown above in a way that implies the argument to `pop()` is a slice or sequence when it is actually just an integer. All those references should be `pop(i)` rather than `pop([i])`. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 392551 nosy: docs@python, msapiro priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Doc for mutable sequence pop() method implies argument is a slice or sequence. type: behavior versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.11, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43996> _______________________________________

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[issue43997] dataclasses documentation needs version added for match_args, kw_only, and slots
by Eric V. Smith 01 May '21

01 May '21

Change by Eric V. Smith <eric(a)trueblade.com>: ---------- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation keywords: +easy, newcomer friendly nosy: +docs@python _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43997> _______________________________________

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[issue22167] iglob() has misleading documentation (does indeed store names internally)
by Roy Smith 01 May '21

01 May '21

New submission from Roy Smith: For background, see: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2014-August/676291.html In a nutshell, the iglob() docs say, "Return an iterator which yields the same values as glob() without actually storing them all simultaneously." The problem is, internally, it calls os.listdir(), which apparently *does* store the entire list internally, defeating the whole purpose of iglob() I recognize that iglob() is not going to get fixed in 2.7, but at least the documentation should be updated to point out that it doesn't really do what it says it does. Or rather, it doesn't really not do what it says it doesn't :-) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 225048 nosy: docs@python, roysmith priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: iglob() has misleading documentation (does indeed store names internally) type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22167> _______________________________________

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