[New-bugs-announce] [issue28678] tarfile extract docs inconsistent naming of parameter numeric_owner or numeric_only

[Lewis McCarthy]

New submission from Lewis McCarthy:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfile.html#tarfile-objects

Most of the documentation for the extract and extractall methods refers to a parameter named numeric_owner. However, the notes on what changed in v3.5 refer instead to numeric_only. One of these names is incorrect and should be changed to match the other.

Same issue in the 3.6 and 3.7 docs.

https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/tarfile.html#tarfile-objects
https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/tarfile.html#tarfile-objects

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 280673
nosy: docs at python, pseudonym
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: tarfile extract docs inconsistent naming of parameter numeric_owner or numeric_only
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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