Mailman 3 November 2007 - Python-Dev

Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (11/04/07 - 11/11/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1323 open (+21) / 11582 closed (+19) / 12905 total (+40) Open issues with patches: 419 Average duration of open issues: 687 days. Median duration of open issues: 791 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1318 (+21) pending 5 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (41) _______________________________ test_import breaks on Linux 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 reopened gvanrossum py3k Backport abcoll to 2.6 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1383 created baranguren patch Windows fix for inspect tests 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 created tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 created jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 created tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 created tiran py3k toxml generates output that is not well formed 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 created drtomc Adds the .compact() method to bsddb db.DB objects 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 created gregory.p.smith patch, rfe py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 created tiran py3k, patch function comparing lacks NotImplemented error 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1393 created _doublep simple patch, improving unreachable bytecode removing 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1394 created _doublep patch py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 11/06/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 created tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: failing unit test test_bsddb 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1397 created tiran py3k Can't pickle partial functions 11/07/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 created danhs XML codec 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1399 created doerwalter patch Py3k's print() flushing problem 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1400 created wojtekwalczak py3k urllib2 302 POST 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1401 created andresriancho Interpreter cleanup: order of _PyGILState_Fini and PyInterpreter 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1402 created ronaldoussoren py_compile and compileall need unit tests 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1403 created tiran py3k warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1404 created tiran patch Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 11/09/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1405 reopened tiran Use widechar api for os.environ 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1406 created theller py3k, patch [performance] Too many closed() checkings 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1407 created wojtekwalczak py3k Inconsistence in multiply list 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1408 created beco new keyword-only function parameters interact badly with nested 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1409 created _doublep py3k BaseHTTPServer cannot accept Unicode data 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1410 created isonno A typo in tutorial 11/09/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1411 created falsetru test_subprocess fails on SuSE 10 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1412 created dvadasz int literal methods inaccessible 11/09/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1413 created mykhal Fix for refleak tests 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1414 created tiran py3k, patch py3k: pythonw.exe fails because std streams a missing 11/10/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1415 created tiran py3k @prop.setter decorators 11/10/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1416 created gvanrossum patch Weakref not working properly 11/10/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1417 created MHOOO Python/hypot.c is never used 11/10/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1418 created marketdickinson ssl module version 1.10 causes TypeError when accepting connecti 11/11/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1419 created complex Unicode literals in tokenize.py and tests. 11/11/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1420 created ron_adam py3k, patch python.org: outdated and false information 11/11/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1421 created tiran Writing to an invalid fd doesn't raise an exception 11/11/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1422 created tiran py3k Issues Now Closed (34) ______________________ test_glob fails with UnicodeDecodeError 72 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1042 tiran rfe py3k: corrections for test_subprocess on windows 72 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1047 tiran patch file.seek allows float arguments 68 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1081 tiran py3k test_email failed 67 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1086 tiran rfe py3k os.popen result is not iterable, patch attached 67 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1087 tiran patch Problems with the msi installer - python-3.0a1.msi 64 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1110 tiran No tests for inspect.getfullargspec() 63 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1127 tiran py3k, patch test_urllib2net fails on test_ftp 57 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1157 tiran py3k Should itertools.count work for arbitrary integers? 53 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1165 rhettinger py3k Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 gvanrossum patch Fix for test_netrc on Windows 9 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1345 tiran py3k, patch Add getsize() to io instances 13 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1351 loewis py3k, patch Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 gvanrossum py3k py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 gvanrossum py3k, patch Can't pickle partial functions 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 tiran warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1404 tiran patch Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1405 gvanrossum Use widechar api for os.environ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1406 theller py3k, patch Inconsistence in multiply list 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1408 georg.brandl BaseHTTPServer cannot accept Unicode data 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1410 tiran A typo in tutorial 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1411 georg.brandl int literal methods inaccessible 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1413 loewis @prop.setter decorators 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1416 gvanrossum patch Weakref not working properly 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1417 rhettinger python.org: outdated and false information 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1421 georg.brandl Error on handling nan 1637 days http://bugs.python.org/issue737648 mike.verdone Intel icc build fails with optimizations -O2 227 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1689617 loewis contextmanager eats StopIteration 199 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1705170 ncoghlan Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 36 py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 6 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 16 toxml generates output that is not well formed 7 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 15 py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simil 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 11 int literal methods inaccessible 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1413 9 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 7 py3k: pythonw.exe fails because std streams a missing 2 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1415 7 urllib2 302 POST 4 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1401 6 BaseHTTPServer cannot accept Unicode data 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1410 6 new keyword-only function parameters interact badly with nested 3 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1409 6 Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1405

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Bug tracker: meaning of resolution keywords
by Christian Heimes 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Hello! Guido has granted me committer privileges to svn.python.org and bugs.python.org about a week ago. So I'm new and new people tend to make mistakes until they've learned the specific rules of a project. Today I've learned that the resolution keyword "accepted" doesn't mean the bug report is accepted. It only means a patch for the bug is accepted. In the past I've used "accepted" in the meaning of "bug is confirmed" in my own projects. In my ignorance I've used it in the same way to mark bugs as confirmed when I was able to reproduce the bug myself. The tracker doc at http://wiki.python.org/moin/TrackerDocs/ doesn't have a formal definition of the various keywords. I like to add a definition to the wiki to prevent others from making the same mistake. But first I like to discuss my view of the keywords Resolutions *********** accepted - patch accepted confirmed (*) - the problem is confirmed duplicate - the bug is a duplicated of another bug fixed - the bug is fixed / patch is applied invalid - catch all for invalid reports later - the problem is going to be addressed later in the release cycle out of date - the bug was already fixed in svn postponed - the problem is going to be fixed in the next minor version rejected - the patch or feature request is rejected remind - remind me to finish the task (docs, unit tests) wont fix - it's not a bug, it's a feature works for me - unable to reproduce the problem (*) It's missing from the list of resolutions but I like to have it added. http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue167 Priority ******* immediate - the bug must be fixed *NOW* (only used for important security related problems) urgent - the problem must be fixed ASAP because it's crucial for future development high - the problem should be fixed soonish and must be fixed for the next release normal - the problem should be fixed for the next release low - nice to have features and fixes Christian

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Declaring setters with getters
by Guido van Rossum 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

I've come up with a relatively unobtrusive pattern for defining setters. Given the following definition: def propset(prop): assert isinstance(prop, property) def helper(func): return property(prop.__get__, func, func, prop.__doc__) return helper we can declare getters and setters as follows: class C(object): _encoding = None @property def encoding(self): return self._encoding @propset(encoding) def encoding(self, value=None): if value is not None: unicode("0", value) # Test it self._encoding = value c = C() print(c.encoding) c.encoding = "ascii" print(c.encoding) try: c.encoding = "invalid" # Fails except: pass print(c.encoding) I'd like to make this a standard built-in, in the hope the debate on how to declare settable properties. I'd also like to change property so that the doc string defaults to the doc string of the getter. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (11/03/07 - 11/10/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1322 open (+21) / 11579 closed (+18) / 12901 total (+39) Open issues with patches: 419 Average duration of open issues: 687 days. Median duration of open issues: 789 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1317 (+21) pending 5 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (40) _______________________________ test_import breaks on Linux 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 reopened gvanrossum py3k fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 created hupp py3k, patch cmath is numerically unsound 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 created inducer py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch Backport abcoll to 2.6 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1383 created baranguren patch Windows fix for inspect tests 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 created tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 created jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 created tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 created tiran py3k toxml generates output that is not well formed 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 created drtomc Adds the .compact() method to bsddb db.DB objects 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 created gregory.p.smith patch, rfe py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 created tiran py3k, patch function comparing lacks NotImplemented error 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1393 created _doublep simple patch, improving unreachable bytecode removing 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1394 created _doublep patch py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 11/06/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 created tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: failing unit test test_bsddb 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1397 created tiran py3k Can't pickle partial functions 11/07/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 created danhs XML codec 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1399 created doerwalter patch Py3k's print() flushing problem 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1400 created wojtekwalczak py3k urllib2 302 POST 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1401 created andresriancho Interpreter cleanup: order of _PyGILState_Fini and PyInterpreter 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1402 created ronaldoussoren py_compile and compileall need unit tests 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1403 created tiran py3k warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1404 created tiran patch Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1405 reopened tiran Use widechar api for os.environ 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1406 created theller py3k, patch [performance] Too many closed() checkings 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1407 created wojtekwalczak py3k Inconsistence in multiply list 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1408 created beco new keyword-only function parameters interact badly with nested 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1409 created _doublep py3k BaseHTTPServer cannot accept Unicode data 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1410 created isonno A typo in tutorial 11/09/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1411 created falsetru test_subprocess fails on SuSE 10 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1412 created dvadasz int literal methods inaccessible 11/09/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1413 created mykhal Fix for refleak tests 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1414 created tiran py3k, patch py3k: pythonw.exe fails because std streams a missing 11/10/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1415 created tiran py3k @prop.setter decorators 11/10/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1416 created gvanrossum patch Weakref not working properly 11/10/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1417 created MHOOO Python/hypot.c is never used 11/10/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1418 created marketdickinson Issues Now Closed (34) ______________________ test_glob fails with UnicodeDecodeError 72 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1042 tiran rfe py3k: corrections for test_subprocess on windows 72 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1047 tiran patch file.seek allows float arguments 68 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1081 tiran py3k test_email failed 67 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1086 tiran rfe py3k os.popen result is not iterable, patch attached 67 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1087 tiran patch Problems with the msi installer - python-3.0a1.msi 64 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1110 tiran No tests for inspect.getfullargspec() 63 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1127 tiran py3k, patch test_urllib2net fails on test_ftp 57 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1157 tiran py3k Should itertools.count work for arbitrary integers? 53 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1165 rhettinger py3k Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 gvanrossum patch Fix for test_netrc on Windows 9 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1345 tiran py3k, patch Add getsize() to io instances 13 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1351 loewis py3k, patch reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 _doublep py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 tiran py3k, patch Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 gvanrossum py3k py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 gvanrossum py3k, patch Can't pickle partial functions 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 tiran warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1404 tiran patch Use widechar api for os.environ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1406 theller py3k, patch Inconsistence in multiply list 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1408 georg.brandl BaseHTTPServer cannot accept Unicode data 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1410 tiran A typo in tutorial 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1411 georg.brandl int literal methods inaccessible 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1413 loewis Weakref not working properly 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1417 georg.brandl Error on handling nan 1637 days http://bugs.python.org/issue737648 mike.verdone Intel icc build fails with optimizations -O2 227 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1689617 loewis contextmanager eats StopIteration 199 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1705170 ncoghlan Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 35 py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 5 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 16 toxml generates output that is not well formed 6 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 15 py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simil 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 11 int literal methods inaccessible 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1413 9 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 7 urllib2 302 POST 3 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1401 6 BaseHTTPServer cannot accept Unicode data 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1410 6 new keyword-only function parameters interact badly with nested 2 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1409 6 Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 1 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1405 6 XML codec 3 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1399

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Only one week left for PyCon proposals!
by David Goodger 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

There is only one week left for PyCon tutorial & scheduled talk proposals. If you've been thinking about making a proposal, now's the time! Tutorial details and instructions here: http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/proposals/ Scheduled talk details and instructions here: http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/proposals/ The deadline is Friday, November 16. Don't put it off any longer! PyCon 2008: http://us.pycon.org -- David Goodger PyCon 2008 Chair

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (11/02/07 - 11/09/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1322 open (+23) / 11575 closed (+18) / 12897 total (+41) Open issues with patches: 418 Average duration of open issues: 686 days. Median duration of open issues: 788 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1317 (+23) pending 5 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (41) _______________________________ IDLE - minor FormatParagraph bug fix 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1374 created taleinat patch hotshot IndexError when loading stats 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1375 created ratsberg uu module catches a wrong exception type 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 created billiejoex test_import breaks on Linux 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 reopened gvanrossum py3k fromfd() and dup() for _socket on WIndows 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1378 created roudkerk patch reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 created _doublep py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 created hupp py3k, patch cmath is numerically unsound 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 created inducer py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch Backport abcoll to 2.6 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1383 created baranguren patch Windows fix for inspect tests 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 created tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 created jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 created tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 created tiran py3k toxml generates output that is not well formed 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 created drtomc Adds the .compact() method to bsddb db.DB objects 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 created gregory.p.smith patch, rfe py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 created tiran py3k, patch function comparing lacks NotImplemented error 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1393 created _doublep simple patch, improving unreachable bytecode removing 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1394 created _doublep patch py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 11/06/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 created tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: failing unit test test_bsddb 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1397 created tiran py3k Can't pickle partial functions 11/07/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 created danhs XML codec 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1399 created doerwalter patch Py3k's print() flushing problem 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1400 created wojtekwalczak py3k urllib2 302 POST 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1401 created andresriancho Interpreter cleanup: order of _PyGILState_Fini and PyInterpreter 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1402 created ronaldoussoren py_compile and compileall need unit tests 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1403 created tiran py3k warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1404 created tiran patch Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1405 created pythonmeister Use widechar api for os.environ 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1406 created theller py3k, patch [performance] Too many closed() checkings 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1407 created wojtekwalczak py3k Inconsistence in multiply list 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1408 created beco new keyword-only function parameters interact badly with nested 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1409 created _doublep py3k BaseHTTPServer cannot accept Unicode data 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1410 created isonno A typo in tutorial 11/09/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1411 created falsetru test_subprocess fails on SuSE 10 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1412 created dvadasz int literal methods inaccessible 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1413 created mykhal Fix for refleak tests 11/09/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1414 created tiran py3k, patch Issues Now Closed (36) ______________________ test_glob fails with UnicodeDecodeError 72 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1042 tiran rfe py3k: corrections for test_subprocess on windows 72 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1047 tiran patch file.seek allows float arguments 68 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1081 tiran py3k test_email failed 67 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1086 tiran rfe py3k os.popen result is not iterable, patch attached 67 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1087 tiran patch decode_unicode doesn't nul-terminate 60 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1098 georg.brandl Problems with the msi installer - python-3.0a1.msi 64 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1110 tiran No tests for inspect.getfullargspec() 63 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1127 tiran py3k, patch test_urllib2net fails on test_ftp 57 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1157 tiran py3k Should itertools.count work for arbitrary integers? 53 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1165 rhettinger py3k allow subclassing of bytes type 46 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1171 gvanrossum py3k, patch test fixes for immutable bytes change 43 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 gvanrossum patch Fix for test_netrc on Windows 9 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1345 tiran py3k, patch Preliminary stderr patch 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 loewis uu module catches a wrong exception type 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 gvanrossum reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 _doublep py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 tiran py3k, patch Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 gvanrossum py3k py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 gvanrossum py3k, patch Can't pickle partial functions 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 tiran warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1404 tiran patch Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1405 tiran Use widechar api for os.environ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1406 theller py3k, patch Inconsistence in multiply list 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1408 georg.brandl A typo in tutorial 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1411 georg.brandl Error on handling nan 1637 days http://bugs.python.org/issue737648 mike.verdone contextmanager eats StopIteration 199 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1705170 ncoghlan PyHeapTypeObject fix 114 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1752184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 35 py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 4 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 16 toxml generates output that is not well formed 5 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 15 py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simil 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 9 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 7 urllib2 302 POST 2 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1401 6 new keyword-only function parameters interact badly with nested 1 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1409 6 XML codec 2 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1399 5 py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 5 Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 5 cmath is numerically unsound 6 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1381

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hex() and oct() still include the trailing L - change this in 2.6?
by Gregory P. Smith 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I thought the hell of stripping trailing Ls off of stringed numbers was gone but it appears that the hex() and oct() builtins still leave the trailing 'L' on longs: Python 2.6a0 (trunk:58846M, Nov 4 2007, 15:44:12) [GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> x = 0xffffffffc10025be >>> x 18446744072652596670L >>> str(x) '18446744072652596670' >>> hex(x) '0xffffffffc10025beL' >>> '0x%x' % (x) '0xffffffffc10025be' >>> oct(x) '01777777777770100022676L' This appears to be fixed in py3k (as there is no longer an int/long to distinguish). Can we at least get rid of the annoying L in 2.6? -gps

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (11/01/07 - 11/08/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1319 open (+18) / 11570 closed (+19) / 12889 total (+37) Open issues with patches: 419 Average duration of open issues: 686 days. Median duration of open issues: 785 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1314 (+18) pending 5 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (37) _______________________________ Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 created gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 created gvanrossum py3k zlibmodule.c: int overflow in PyZlib_decompress 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1372 created PeterW patch, 64bit turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 created hupp py3k, patch IDLE - minor FormatParagraph bug fix 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1374 created taleinat patch hotshot IndexError when loading stats 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1375 created ratsberg uu module catches a wrong exception type 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 created billiejoex test_import breaks on Linux 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 created gvanrossum py3k fromfd() and dup() for _socket on WIndows 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1378 created roudkerk patch reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 created _doublep py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 created hupp py3k, patch cmath is numerically unsound 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 created inducer py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch Backport abcoll to 2.6 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1383 created baranguren patch Windows fix for inspect tests 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 created tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 created jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 created tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 created tiran py3k toxml generates output that is not well formed 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 created drtomc Adds the .compact() method to bsddb db.DB objects 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 created gregory.p.smith patch, rfe py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 created tiran py3k, patch function comparing lacks NotImplemented error 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1393 created _doublep simple patch, improving unreachable bytecode removing 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1394 created _doublep patch py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 11/06/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 created tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: failing unit test test_bsddb 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1397 created tiran py3k Can't pickle partial functions 11/07/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 created danhs XML codec 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1399 created doerwalter patch Py3k's print() flushing problem 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1400 created wojtekwalczak py3k urllib2 302 POST 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1401 created andresriancho Interpreter cleanup: order of _PyGILState_Fini and PyInterpreter 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1402 created ronaldoussoren py_compile and compileall need unit tests 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1403 created tiran py3k warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1404 created tiran patch Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 11/08/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1405 created pythonmeister Use widechar api for os.environ 11/08/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1406 created theller py3k, patch Issues Now Closed (34) ______________________ test_glob fails with UnicodeDecodeError 72 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1042 tiran rfe test_email failed 67 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1086 tiran rfe py3k os.popen result is not iterable, patch attached 67 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1087 tiran patch decode_unicode doesn't nul-terminate 60 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1098 georg.brandl Problems with the msi installer - python-3.0a1.msi 64 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1110 tiran No tests for inspect.getfullargspec() 63 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1127 tiran py3k, patch Should itertools.count work for arbitrary integers? 53 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1165 rhettinger py3k allow subclassing of bytes type 46 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1171 gvanrossum py3k, patch test fixes for immutable bytes change 43 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 gvanrossum patch Fix for test_netrc on Windows 9 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1345 tiran py3k, patch Preliminary stderr patch 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 loewis Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 gregory.p.smith py3k turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 gvanrossum py3k, patch uu module catches a wrong exception type 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 gvanrossum test_import breaks on Linux 6 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 tiran py3k reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 _doublep py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 tiran py3k, patch Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 gvanrossum py3k py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 gvanrossum py3k, patch Can't pickle partial functions 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 tiran warnings module bug: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1404 tiran patch Garbage collection not working correctly in Python 2.3 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1405 tiran Error on handling nan 1637 days http://bugs.python.org/issue737648 mike.verdone contextmanager eats StopIteration 199 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1705170 ncoghlan PyHeapTypeObject fix 114 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1752184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 30 py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 3 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 15 py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simil 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 15 toxml generates output that is not well formed 4 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 14 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 8 datetime module missing some important methods 249 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1673409 5 urllib2 302 POST 1 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1401 5 py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 5 Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 5 cmath is numerically unsound 5 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 5 Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1370

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (10/31/07 - 11/07/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1322 open (+15) / 11560 closed (+17) / 12882 total (+32) Open issues with patches: 418 Average duration of open issues: 684 days. Median duration of open issues: 786 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1317 (+15) pending 5 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (32) _______________________________ Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 created ksjohnson Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 created ksjohnson Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 created gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 created gvanrossum py3k zlibmodule.c: int overflow in PyZlib_decompress 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1372 created PeterW patch, 64bit turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 created hupp py3k, patch IDLE - minor FormatParagraph bug fix 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1374 created taleinat patch hotshot IndexError when loading stats 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1375 created ratsberg uu module catches a wrong exception type 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 created billiejoex test_import breaks on Linux 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 created gvanrossum py3k fromfd() and dup() for _socket on WIndows 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1378 created roudkerk patch reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 created _doublep py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 created hupp py3k, patch cmath is numerically unsound 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 created inducer py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch Backport abcoll to 2.6 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1383 created baranguren patch Windows fix for inspect tests 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 created tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 created jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 created tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 created tiran py3k toxml generates output that is not well formed 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 created drtomc Adds the .compact() method to bsddb db.DB objects 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 created gregory.p.smith patch, rfe py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 created tiran py3k, patch function comparing lacks NotImplemented error 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1393 created _doublep simple patch, improving unreachable bytecode removing 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1394 created _doublep patch py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 11/06/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 created tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: failing unit test test_bsddb 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1397 created tiran py3k Can't pickle partial functions 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1398 created danhs XML codec 11/07/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1399 created doerwalter patch Issues Now Closed (32) ______________________ decode_unicode doesn't nul-terminate 60 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1098 georg.brandl allow subclassing of bytes type 46 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1171 gvanrossum py3k, patch test fixes for immutable bytes change 43 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1184 gvanrossum py3k, patch PEP 3137 patch (repr, names, parser) 23 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1247 gvanrossum patch Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 gvanrossum patch Fix for test_netrc on Windows 9 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1345 tiran py3k, patch Preliminary stderr patch 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 loewis os.lstat documentation error 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 billiejoex mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 gvanrossum Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 georg.brandl Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 georg.brandl Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 gregory.p.smith py3k turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 gvanrossum py3k, patch uu module catches a wrong exception type 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 gvanrossum reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 _doublep py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 tiran py3k, patch Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 gvanrossum py3k py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 gvanrossum py3k, patch Error on handling nan 1637 days http://bugs.python.org/issue737648 mike.verdone Logic Variable Thread Synchronization 1630 days http://bugs.python.org/issue738948 georg.brandl Module uuid: reduce pickle footprint 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516327 gvanrossum patch Module uuid: functions for retrieving MAC addres 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516330 gvanrossum patch contextmanager eats StopIteration 199 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1705170 ncoghlan PyHeapTypeObject fix 114 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1752184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 15 py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 2 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 15 py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simil 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 15 toxml generates output that is not well formed 3 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 14 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 20 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 8 datetime module missing some important methods 248 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1673409 6 Preliminary stderr patch 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 5 contextmanager eats StopIteration 199 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1705170 5 py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 5 Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 5 cmath is numerically unsound 4 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1381

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Request for inclusion in 2.5.2 (5-for-1)
by Mike Klaas 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Issue http://bugs.python.org/issue1663329 details an annoyance in the subprocess module that has affected several users, including me. Essentially, closing hundreds of thousands of file descriptors by round-tripping through the python exception machinery is very slow, taking hundreds of milliseconds and at times many seconds. The proposed fix is to write this loop in c. The c function is but a handful of lines long. I purposefully kept the implementation trivial so that it will work on all unix variants (there is another issue that contains a super-duper optimization for AIX, and other possibilities exist for Solaris, but the simple fix yields a ten-fold speedup everywhere but windows, so I didn't think that it was worth the complexity). Though technically relating only to performance, I consider this a bug-fix candidate as mysterious multi-second delays when launching a subprocess end up making the functionality of close_fds unusable on some platform configurations (namely, those with high MAX_FD set). It would be great to see this is 2.5.2. Understanding that issue evaluation takes significant effort, I've done some evaluation/triage on other open tickets: ---------------------------------------- See issues for detailed comments. http://bugs.python.org/issue1516330: No clear problem, invalid patch. Recommend rejection. http://bugs.python.org/issue1516327: No clear problem, no patch. Recommend closing. http://bugs.python.org/issue1705170: reproduced. Conjecture as to why it is occurring, but I don't know the guts well enough to propose a decent fix. http://bugs.python.org/issue1773632: tested patch. Recommend accepting unless there are things I don't know about this mysterious _xmlrpclib extension (which there doubtlessly are) http://bugs.python.org/issue738948: Rather old PEP that has gathered no comments. Calling it a "PEP" is generous--it is really just a link to an academic paper with a note about how this might be integrated into Stackless. Thanks, -Mike

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