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Re: [Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Stop ignoring Mercurial merge conflits files (#12255).
by Antoine Pitrou 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:35:24 +0200 eric.araujo <python-checkins(a)python.org> wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bdad5bc9a2ed > changeset: 71562:bdad5bc9a2ed > branch: 3.2 > user: Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org> > date: Thu Jul 28 22:45:46 2011 +0200 > summary: > Stop ignoring Mercurial merge conflits files (#12255). > > R. David Murray and I think that it’s more useful to have these files > show up in the output of “hg status”, to let the user know that some > merged file have to be checked before commit. Mercurial will prevent you from committing before you have solved conflicts, so I'm not sure what this brings. "hg res -l" is the command to remember when you want to list files with conflicts. The fact that "make clean" doesn't wipe these files is an additional annoyance. Regards Antoine.

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HTMLParser and HTML5
by Matt 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

Hello all, I wanted to ask a few questions and start a discussion about HTML5 support within the HTMLParser class(es). Over on issue 670664, an inconsistency with the way browsers and the HTMLParser parse script and style tags was discovered. Currently, HTMLParser adheres strictly to the HTML4 standard, which says that these tags should exit CDATA mode when the start of *any* closing tag is found. No browsers, to my knowledge, have ever supported this (at least in the 21st century). Instead, all browsers implement the behavior described in the HTML5 spec, which states that script tags should exit their "raw text mode" when the full closing tag for that element is encountered. The repercussions of adhering to the HTML4 standard in HTMLParser are somewhat serious: a good number of documents will either encounter exceptions for broken markup (which aren't actually broken). Libraries like Beautiful Soup (which depend on HTMLParser) are also affected, requiring the use of hacks just to get the document to parse at all. Rather than bore you all with another paragraph about how HTML4 is terrible, feel free to look at the issue (http://bugs.python.org/issue670664), which quite thoroughly outlines the pros and cons of this particular change. Any feedback/input on the proposed changes is welcome. So here are my questions: - What plans, if any, are there to support HTML5 parsing behaviors, since the HTML5 spec effectively describes current web browser behavior? - What policies are in place for keeping parity with other HTML parsers (such as those in web browsers)? Given the semi-backward-compatible nature of HTML5's syntax, this seems like a rather unique problem that could use some more discussion. Thanks Matt Basta

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Summary of Python tracker Issues
by Python tracker 30 Jul '11

30 Jul '11

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2011-07-22 - 2011-07-29) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue. Do NOT respond to this message. Issues counts and deltas: open 2889 ( +3) closed 21547 (+40) total 24436 (+43) Open issues with patches: 1259 Issues opened (31) ================== #12612: Valgrind suppressions http://bugs.python.org/issue12612 opened by Paul.Price #12613: itertools fixer fails http://bugs.python.org/issue12613 opened by VPeric #12614: Allow to explicitly set the method of urllib.request.Request http://bugs.python.org/issue12614 opened by tebeka #12616: zip fixer fails on zip()[:-1] http://bugs.python.org/issue12616 opened by VPeric #12617: Mutable Sequence Type can work not only with iterable in slice http://bugs.python.org/issue12617 opened by py.user #12618: py_compile cannot create files in current directory http://bugs.python.org/issue12618 opened by sjdv1982 #12619: Automatically regenerate platform-specific modules http://bugs.python.org/issue12619 opened by Arfrever #12622: failfast argument to TextTestRunner not documented http://bugs.python.org/issue12622 opened by pitrou #12623: "universal newlines" subprocess support broken with select- an http://bugs.python.org/issue12623 opened by pitrou #12625: sporadic test_unittest failure http://bugs.python.org/issue12625 opened by pitrou #12626: run test cases based on a glob filter http://bugs.python.org/issue12626 opened by pitrou #12627: Implement PEP 394: The "python" Command on Unix-Like Systems http://bugs.python.org/issue12627 opened by Kerrick.Staley #12629: HTMLParser silently stops parsing with malformed attributes http://bugs.python.org/issue12629 opened by teoryn #12631: Mutable Sequence Type in .remove() is consistent only with lis http://bugs.python.org/issue12631 opened by py.user #12632: Windows GPF with Code Page 65001 http://bugs.python.org/issue12632 opened by bferris57 #12633: sys.modules doc entry should reflect restrictions http://bugs.python.org/issue12633 opened by ericsnow #12634: Random Remarks in class documentation http://bugs.python.org/issue12634 opened by ats.engg #12636: IDLE ignores -*- coding -*- with -r option http://bugs.python.org/issue12636 opened by ledave123 #12638: urllib.URLopener prematurely deletes files on cleanup http://bugs.python.org/issue12638 opened by carlbook #12639: msilib Directory.start_component() fails if keyfile is not Non http://bugs.python.org/issue12639 opened by john.keeping #12640: test_ctypes seg fault (test_callback_register_double); armv7; http://bugs.python.org/issue12640 opened by python272 #12641: Remove -mno-cygwin from distutils http://bugs.python.org/issue12641 opened by jonforums #12643: code.InteractiveConsole ignores sys.excepthook http://bugs.python.org/issue12643 opened by aliles #12645: test.support. import_fresh_module - incorrect doc http://bugs.python.org/issue12645 opened by eli.bendersky #12646: zlib.Decompress.decompress/flush do not raise any exceptions w http://bugs.python.org/issue12646 opened by chortos #12648: Wrong import module search order on Windows http://bugs.python.org/issue12648 opened by kota #12649: email.Header ignores maxlinelen when wrapping encoded words http://bugs.python.org/issue12649 opened by dandre #12650: Subprocess leaks fd upon kill() http://bugs.python.org/issue12650 opened by gabriele.trombetti #12652: Move documentation of test.support into the devguide http://bugs.python.org/issue12652 opened by eli.bendersky #12653: Provide accelerators for all buttons in Windows installers http://bugs.python.org/issue12653 opened by cool-RR #12654: sum() works with bytes objects http://bugs.python.org/issue12654 opened by pitrou Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15) ========================================== #12654: sum() works with bytes objects http://bugs.python.org/issue12654 #12653: Provide accelerators for all buttons in Windows installers http://bugs.python.org/issue12653 #12648: Wrong import module search order on Windows http://bugs.python.org/issue12648 #12645: test.support. import_fresh_module - incorrect doc http://bugs.python.org/issue12645 #12640: test_ctypes seg fault (test_callback_register_double); armv7; http://bugs.python.org/issue12640 #12639: msilib Directory.start_component() fails if keyfile is not Non http://bugs.python.org/issue12639 #12623: "universal newlines" subprocess support broken with select- an http://bugs.python.org/issue12623 #12622: failfast argument to TextTestRunner not documented http://bugs.python.org/issue12622 #12616: zip fixer fails on zip()[:-1] http://bugs.python.org/issue12616 #12613: itertools fixer fails http://bugs.python.org/issue12613 #12612: Valgrind suppressions http://bugs.python.org/issue12612 #12599: Use 'is not None' where appropriate in importlib http://bugs.python.org/issue12599 #12598: Move sys variable initialization from import.c to sysmodule.c http://bugs.python.org/issue12598 #12586: Enhanced email API: header objects http://bugs.python.org/issue12586 #12562: calling mmap twice fails on Windows http://bugs.python.org/issue12562 Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15) ============================================= #12652: Move documentation of test.support into the devguide http://bugs.python.org/issue12652 #12650: Subprocess leaks fd upon kill() http://bugs.python.org/issue12650 #12646: zlib.Decompress.decompress/flush do not raise any exceptions w http://bugs.python.org/issue12646 #12639: msilib Directory.start_component() fails if keyfile is not Non http://bugs.python.org/issue12639 #12633: sys.modules doc entry should reflect restrictions http://bugs.python.org/issue12633 #12627: Implement PEP 394: The "python" Command on Unix-Like Systems http://bugs.python.org/issue12627 #12626: run test cases based on a glob filter http://bugs.python.org/issue12626 #12625: sporadic test_unittest failure http://bugs.python.org/issue12625 #12619: Automatically regenerate platform-specific modules http://bugs.python.org/issue12619 #12618: py_compile cannot create files in current directory http://bugs.python.org/issue12618 #12614: Allow to explicitly set the method of urllib.request.Request http://bugs.python.org/issue12614 #12605: Enhancements to gdb 7 debugging hooks http://bugs.python.org/issue12605 #12604: VTRACE macro in _sre.c should use do {} while (0) http://bugs.python.org/issue12604 #12598: Move sys variable initialization from import.c to sysmodule.c http://bugs.python.org/issue12598 #12586: Enhanced email API: header objects http://bugs.python.org/issue12586 Top 10 most discussed issues (10) ================================= #12540: "Restart Shell" command leaves pythonw.exe processes running http://bugs.python.org/issue12540 18 msgs #12463: Calling SocketServer.shutdown() when server_forever() was not http://bugs.python.org/issue12463 15 msgs #670664: HTMLParser.py - more robust SCRIPT tag parsing http://bugs.python.org/issue670664 13 msgs #12464: tempfile.TemporaryDirectory.cleanup follows symbolic links http://bugs.python.org/issue12464 11 msgs #12394: packaging: generate scripts from callable (dotted paths) http://bugs.python.org/issue12394 10 msgs #12632: Windows GPF with Code Page 65001 http://bugs.python.org/issue12632 10 msgs #11049: add tests for test.support http://bugs.python.org/issue11049 9 msgs #12618: py_compile cannot create files in current directory http://bugs.python.org/issue12618 8 msgs #12641: Remove -mno-cygwin from distutils http://bugs.python.org/issue12641 8 msgs #12649: email.Header ignores maxlinelen when wrapping encoded words http://bugs.python.org/issue12649 8 msgs Issues closed (38) ================== #1813: Codec lookup failing under turkish locale http://bugs.python.org/issue1813 closed by pitrou #4506: 3.0 make test failures on Solaris 10 http://bugs.python.org/issue4506 closed by terry.reedy #8887: "pydoc str" works but not "pydoc str.translate" http://bugs.python.org/issue8887 closed by eric.araujo #9723: Add shlex.quote http://bugs.python.org/issue9723 closed by eric.araujo #10883: urllib: socket is not closed explicitly http://bugs.python.org/issue10883 closed by nadeem.vawda #11409: pysetup --search should return non-zero when a dist is not ins http://bugs.python.org/issue11409 closed by eric.araujo #11439: subversion keyword breakage http://bugs.python.org/issue11439 closed by python-dev #11784: multiprocessing.Process.join: timeout argument doesn't specify http://bugs.python.org/issue11784 closed by neologix #11871: test_default_timeout() of test_threading.BarrierTests failure: http://bugs.python.org/issue11871 closed by neologix #12043: Update shutil documentation http://bugs.python.org/issue12043 closed by eric.araujo #12102: mmap requires file to be synced http://bugs.python.org/issue12102 closed by rosslagerwall #12255: A few changes to .*ignore http://bugs.python.org/issue12255 closed by eric.araujo #12381: refactor slice checks made by methods that take "slice like" a http://bugs.python.org/issue12381 closed by petri.lehtinen #12439: BaseHTTPServer's send_reponse adds extra "\r\n" when using HTT http://bugs.python.org/issue12439 closed by petri.lehtinen #12514: timeit disables garbage collection if timed code raises an exc http://bugs.python.org/issue12514 closed by rhettinger #12542: Remove duplicates of cmp_to_key used in tests http://bugs.python.org/issue12542 closed by eric.araujo #12560: libpython.so not built on OpenBSD http://bugs.python.org/issue12560 closed by neologix #12576: urlib.request fails to open some sites http://bugs.python.org/issue12576 closed by python-dev #12581: Increased test coverage of test_urlparse http://bugs.python.org/issue12581 closed by python-dev #12590: First line and cursor not visible when opening files http://bugs.python.org/issue12590 closed by ned.deily #12591: TextIOWrapper should fall back on read() if read1() doesn't ex http://bugs.python.org/issue12591 closed by pitrou #12592: modify configure.in to detect OpenBSD 5.x http://bugs.python.org/issue12592 closed by neologix #12595: python.h redundant redeclarations http://bugs.python.org/issue12595 closed by petri.lehtinen #12603: pydoc.synopsis breaks if filesystem returns mtime of 0 http://bugs.python.org/issue12603 closed by neologix #12607: subprocess(stdout=..., stderr=sys.stdout) breaks stderr for ch http://bugs.python.org/issue12607 closed by rosslagerwall #12610: Fatal Python error: non-string found in code slot http://bugs.python.org/issue12610 closed by benjamin.peterson #12615: add array.zeroes http://bugs.python.org/issue12615 closed by rhettinger #12620: pending calls: make `pendingbusy` flag static to Py_MakePendin http://bugs.python.org/issue12620 closed by neologix #12621: Errors in docstrings of find and rfind methods of bytes and by http://bugs.python.org/issue12621 closed by python-dev #12624: failfast support for regrtest http://bugs.python.org/issue12624 closed by pitrou #12628: urllib.request.urlopen gives empty response bodies for some si http://bugs.python.org/issue12628 closed by ezio.melotti #12630: pydoc does not remove '#'-s from doc comments http://bugs.python.org/issue12630 closed by ncoghlan #12635: use "as" for block scope support http://bugs.python.org/issue12635 closed by ezio.melotti #12637: logging lastResort handler not ignoring messages less than WAR http://bugs.python.org/issue12637 closed by vinay.sajip #12642: Python2 documentation of the open() built-in function http://bugs.python.org/issue12642 closed by ezio.melotti #12644: document the "%a" conversion in the old string formatting oper http://bugs.python.org/issue12644 closed by eli.bendersky #12647: Add __bool__ to None http://bugs.python.org/issue12647 closed by rhettinger #12651: -O2 or -O3? this brings excitement to computing! http://bugs.python.org/issue12651 closed by benjamin.peterson

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Re: [Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Fix sorting or wording of some NEWS entries.
by Antoine Pitrou 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:35:19 +0200 eric.araujo <python-checkins(a)python.org> wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/97527f3f9829 > changeset: 71555:97527f3f9829 > branch: 3.2 > user: Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org> > date: Tue Jul 26 17:32:50 2011 +0200 > summary: > Fix sorting or wording of some NEWS entries. > > I would have put io and ctypes fixes into Extension Modules, but I > respected the choice of Antoine or Victor and left them in Library. There's no practical difference (from the user's point of view) between extension modules and the library, so I think the "Extension Modules" section should simply die. Regards Antoine.

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Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Remove indirection in threading (issue #10968).
by Antoine Pitrou 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:35:23 +0200 eric.araujo <python-checkins(a)python.org> wrote: > > It is now possible to inherit from Thread and other classes, without > having to import the private underscored names like multiprocessing did. A correction: it was already possible to inherit from Thread (since it's quite useful to do so). Regards Antoine.

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Moving documentation of test.support into the devguide
by Eli Bendersky 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

I've opened issue 12652 to track this task. Proposed workflow: 1. First, the devguide incorporates the documentation 2. Then, I'll clean up the official docs and add pointers to the devguide instead The transition of the documentation into the devguide also has a few steps: 1. Move the reference of the utilities test.support provides. This reference documentation isn't complete (not all functions are documented), but can be completed later in the devguide. 2. (Optionally) incorporate the test-writing advice given in 25.5.1 into the devguide (which currently has only a short couple of paragraphs 3. Move any other information from the official docs (chapter 25) into the devguide, leaving only a section on running the tests (which should be identical to the relevant section in the devguide) and a pointer to the devguide. Issue #12652 now has a patch for step (1) above. Eli

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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #10639: reindent.py tool now accepts a --newline option to specify the
by Eli Bendersky 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 18:59, jason.coombs <python-checkins(a)python.org>wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4feb889d3bed > changeset: 71506:4feb889d3bed > user: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco(a)jaraco.com> > date: Tue Jul 26 11:38:04 2011 -0400 > summary: > Issue #10639: reindent.py tool now accepts a --newline option to specify > the newline to be used in the output of converted files. > Jason, this breaks "make patchcheck". Please see my comment on the issue. Eli

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Status of the PEP 400? (deprecate codecs.StreamReader/StreamWriter)
by Victor Stinner 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hi, Three weeks ago, I posted a draft on my PEP on this mailing list. I tried to include all remarks you made, and the PEP is now online: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0400/ It's now unclear to me if the PEP will be accepted or rejected. I don't know what to do to move forward. I asked Guido in private, but I didn't get any answer. Victor

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Re: [Python-Dev] cpython (2.7): - Issue #12603: Fix pydoc.synopsis() on files with non-negative st_mtime.
by Antoine Pitrou 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:36:36 +0200 charles-francois.natali <python-checkins(a)python.org> wrote: > > +- Issue #12603: Fix pydoc.synopsis() on files with non-negative st_mtime. > + Surely you mean non-positive? Non-negative st_mtime being the common case. Regards Antoine.

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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: fix doc typo for library/test.rst
by Ezio Melotti 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hi, On 27/07/2011 20.31, eli.bendersky wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8989aa5b357c > changeset: 71532:8989aa5b357c > user: Eli Bendersky<eliben(a)gmail.com> > date: Wed Jul 27 20:29:59 2011 +0300 > summary: > fix doc typo for library/test.rst > > files: > Doc/library/test.rst | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > diff --git a/Doc/library/test.rst b/Doc/library/test.rst > --- a/Doc/library/test.rst > +++ b/Doc/library/test.rst > @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ > Module and package deprecation messages are suppressed during this import > if *deprecated* is ``True``. > > - This function will raise :exc:`unittest.SkipTest` is the named module > + This function will raise :exc:`unittest.SkipTest` if the named module Actually I think this is no longer true. import_fresh_module raises an ImportError if *name* can't be imported, or returns None if the fresh module is not found. Its use case is to enable or block accelerations for modules that optionally provide one. All the modules that currently use import_fresh_module are (afaik) always available (json, warnings, heapq), so raising SkipTest when the module is missing is not useful now. It returns None in the case an acceleration is missing, so e.g. in "cjson = import_fresh_module('json', fresh=['_json'])" cjson will be None and it will be possible to do things like @skipUnless(cjson, 'requires _json'). Here raising an ImportError will defeat (part of) the purpose of the function, i.e. avoiding: try: import _json except ImportError: _json = None and raising a SkipTest when the accelerations are missing is not an option if there are other tests (e.g. the tests for the Python implementation). These changes come from http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c1a12a308c5b . Before the change import_fresh_module was still returning the module (e.g. json) even when the acceleration (fresh=['_json']) was missing, and the C tests were run twice using the same pure-python module used for the Py ones. The typo and the wrong doc is also on 2.7. Best Regards, Ezio Melotti > cannot be imported. > > Example use:: >

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