#5341: more built-in vs builtin fixes.

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Georg Brandl 2010-03-07 15:23:59 +00:00
parent c02bbe328d
commit 21e99f4924
7 changed files with 62 additions and 62 deletions

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@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ By default, ArgumentParser objects read command-line args in as simple strings.
However, quite often the command-line string should instead be interpreted as
another type, like a :class:`float`, :class:`int` or :class:`file`. The
``type`` keyword argument of :meth:`add_argument` allows any necessary
type-checking and type-conversions to be performed. Many common builtin types
type-checking and type-conversions to be performed. Many common built-in types
can be used directly as the value of the ``type`` argument::
>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

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@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ searched. The global statement must precede all uses of the name.
.. index:: pair: restricted; execution
The built-in namespace associated with the execution of a code block is actually
The builtins namespace associated with the execution of a code block is actually
found by looking up the name ``__builtins__`` in its global namespace; this
should be a dictionary or a module (in the latter case the module's dictionary
is used). By default, when in the :mod:`__main__` module, ``__builtins__`` is
@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ weak form of restricted execution.
.. impl-detail::
Users should not touch ``__builtins__``; it is strictly an implementation
detail. Users wanting to override values in the built-in namespace should
detail. Users wanting to override values in the builtins namespace should
:keyword:`import` the :mod:`__builtin__` (no 's') module and modify its
attributes appropriately.

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@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ are:
:func:`reduce` function.
Python 3.0 adds several new built-in functions and changes the
semantics of some existing built-ins. Functions that are new in 3.0
semantics of some existing builtins. Functions that are new in 3.0
such as :func:`bin` have simply been added to Python 2.6, but existing
built-ins haven't been changed; instead, the :mod:`future_builtins`
builtins haven't been changed; instead, the :mod:`future_builtins`
module has versions with the new 3.0 semantics. Code written to be
compatible with 3.0 can do ``from future_builtins import hex, map`` as
necessary.
@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ formatted. It receives a single argument, the format specifier::
else:
return str(self)
There's also a :func:`format` built-in that will format a single
There's also a :func:`format` builtin that will format a single
value. It calls the type's :meth:`__format__` method with the
provided specifier::
@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ access protocol. Abstract Base Classes (or ABCs) are an equivalent
feature for Python. The ABC support consists of an :mod:`abc` module
containing a metaclass called :class:`ABCMeta`, special handling of
this metaclass by the :func:`isinstance` and :func:`issubclass`
built-ins, and a collection of basic ABCs that the Python developers
builtins, and a collection of basic ABCs that the Python developers
think will be widely useful. Future versions of Python will probably
add more ABCs.
@ -1318,9 +1318,9 @@ an octal number, but it does add support for "0o" and "0b"::
>>> 0b101111
47
The :func:`oct` built-in still returns numbers
The :func:`oct` builtin still returns numbers
prefixed with a leading zero, and a new :func:`bin`
built-in returns the binary representation for a number::
builtin returns the binary representation for a number::
>>> oct(42)
'052'
@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ built-in returns the binary representation for a number::
>>> bin(173)
'0b10101101'
The :func:`int` and :func:`long` built-ins will now accept the "0o"
The :func:`int` and :func:`long` builtins will now accept the "0o"
and "0b" prefixes when base-8 or base-2 are requested, or when the
*base* argument is zero (signalling that the base used should be
determined from the string)::
@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ can be shifted left and right with ``<<`` and ``>>``,
combined using bitwise operations such as ``&`` and ``|``,
and can be used as array indexes and slice boundaries.
In Python 3.0, the PEP slightly redefines the existing built-ins
In Python 3.0, the PEP slightly redefines the existing builtins
:func:`round`, :func:`math.floor`, :func:`math.ceil`, and adds a new
one, :func:`math.trunc`, that's been backported to Python 2.6.
:func:`math.trunc` rounds toward zero, returning the closest
@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
Previously this would have been a syntax error.
(Contributed by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc; :issue:`3473`.)
* A new built-in, ``next(iterator, [default])`` returns the next item
* A new builtin, ``next(iterator, [default])`` returns the next item
from the specified iterator. If the *default* argument is supplied,
it will be returned if *iterator* has been exhausted; otherwise,
the :exc:`StopIteration` exception will be raised. (Backported
@ -1952,9 +1952,9 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
(Contributed by Phil Schwartz; :issue:`1221598`.)
* The :func:`reduce` built-in function is also available in the
:mod:`functools` module. In Python 3.0, the built-in has been
:mod:`functools` module. In Python 3.0, the builtin has been
dropped and :func:`reduce` is only available from :mod:`functools`;
currently there are no plans to drop the built-in in the 2.x series.
currently there are no plans to drop the builtin in the 2.x series.
(Patched by Christian Heimes; :issue:`1739906`.)
* When possible, the :mod:`getpass` module will now use
@ -2756,7 +2756,7 @@ The functions in this module currently include:
* ``filter(predicate, iterable)``,
``map(func, iterable1, ...)``: the 3.0 versions
return iterators, unlike the 2.x built-ins which return lists.
return iterators, unlike the 2.x builtins which return lists.
* ``hex(value)``, ``oct(value)``: instead of calling the
:meth:`__hex__` or :meth:`__oct__` methods, these versions will

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@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
libraries=math_libs) )
# operator.add() and similar goodies
exts.append( Extension('operator', ['operator.c']) )
# access to the builtin codecs and codec registry
# access to the built-in codecs and codec registry
exts.append( Extension('_codecs', ['_codecsmodule.c']) )
# Python C API test module
exts.append( Extension('_testcapi', ['_testcapimodule.c']) )

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@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ Core and builtins
- Bug #1244610, #1392915, fix build problem on OpenBSD 3.7 and 3.8.
configure would break checking curses.h.
- Bug #959576: The pwd module is now builtin. This allows Python to be
- Bug #959576: The pwd module is now built in. This allows Python to be
built on UNIX platforms without $HOME set.
- Bug #1072182, fix some potential problems if characters are signed.
@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ Core and builtins
it will now use a default error message in this case.
- Replaced most Unicode charmap codecs with new ones using the
new Unicode translate string feature in the builtin charmap
new Unicode translate string feature in the built-in charmap
codec; the codecs were created from the mapping tables available
at ftp.unicode.org and contain a few updates (e.g. the Mac OS
encodings now include a mapping for the Apple logo)
@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ Library
current file number.
- Patch #1349274: gettext.install() now optionally installs additional
translation functions other than _() in the builtin namespace.
translation functions other than _() in the builtins namespace.
- Patch #1337756: fileinput now accepts Unicode filenames.
@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ Build
- Patch #881820: look for openpty and forkpty also in libbsd.
- The sources of zlib are now part of the Python distribution (zlib 1.2.3).
The zlib module is now builtin on Windows.
The zlib module is now built in on Windows.
- Use -xcode=pic32 for CCSHARED on Solaris with SunPro.
@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@ Library
- Patch #846659. Fix an error in tarfile.py when using
GNU longname/longlink creation.
- The obsolete FCNTL.py has been deleted. The builtin fcntl module
- The obsolete FCNTL.py has been deleted. The built-in fcntl module
has been available (on platforms that support fcntl) since Python
1.5a3, and all FCNTL.py did is export fcntl's names, after generating
a deprecation warning telling you to use fcntl directly.
@ -3102,7 +3102,7 @@ Core and builtins
segfault in a debug build, but provided less predictable behavior in
a release build.
- input() builtin function now respects compiler flags such as
- input() built-in function now respects compiler flags such as
__future__ statements. SF patch 876178.
- Removed PendingDeprecationWarning from apply(). apply() remains
@ -3163,12 +3163,12 @@ Core and builtins
- Compiler flags set in PYTHONSTARTUP are now active in __main__.
- Added two builtin types, set() and frozenset().
- Added two built-in types, set() and frozenset().
- Added a reversed() builtin function that returns a reverse iterator
- Added a reversed() built-in function that returns a reverse iterator
over a sequence.
- Added a sorted() builtin function that returns a new sorted list
- Added a sorted() built-in function that returns a new sorted list
from any iterable.
- CObjects are now mutable (on the C level) through PyCObject_SetVoidPtr.
@ -3207,7 +3207,7 @@ Core and builtins
When comparing containers with cyclic references to themselves it
will now just hit the recursion limit. See SF patch 825639.
- str and unicode builtin types now have an rsplit() method that is
- str and unicode built-in types now have an rsplit() method that is
same as split() except that it scans the string from the end
working towards the beginning. See SF feature request 801847.
@ -3758,7 +3758,7 @@ Core and builtins
- A warning about assignments to module attributes that shadow
builtins, present in earlier releases of 2.3, has been removed.
- It is not possible to create subclasses of builtin types like str
- It is not possible to create subclasses of built-in types like str
and tuple that define an itemsize. Earlier releases of Python 2.3
allowed this by mistake, leading to crashes and other problems.
@ -4233,13 +4233,13 @@ Core and builtins
- New format codes B, H, I, k and K have been implemented for
PyArg_ParseTuple and PyBuild_Value.
- New builtin function sum(seq, start=0) returns the sum of all the
- New built-in function sum(seq, start=0) returns the sum of all the
items in iterable object seq, plus start (items are normally numbers,
and cannot be strings).
- bool() called without arguments now returns False rather than
raising an exception. This is consistent with calling the
constructors for the other builtin types -- called without argument
constructors for the other built-in types -- called without argument
they all return the false value of that type. (SF patch #724135)
- In support of PEP 269 (making the pgen parser generator accessible
@ -4764,7 +4764,7 @@ Library
internals, and supplies some helpers for working with pickles, such as
a symbolic pickle disassembler.
- Xmlrpclib.py now supports the builtin boolean type.
- xmlrpclib.py now supports the built-in boolean type.
- py_compile has a new 'doraise' flag and a new PyCompileError
exception.
@ -5015,8 +5015,8 @@ Core and builtins
trace function to change which line will execute next. A command to
exploit this from pdb has been added. [SF patch #643835]
- The _codecs support module for codecs.py was turned into a builtin
module to assure that at least the builtin codecs are available
- The _codecs support module for codecs.py was turned into a built-in
module to assure that at least the built-in codecs are available
to the Python parser for source code decoding according to PEP 263.
- issubclass now supports a tuple as the second argument, just like
@ -5174,13 +5174,13 @@ Core and builtins
- Unicode objects in sys.path are no longer ignored but treated
as directory names.
- Fixed string.startswith and string.endswith builtin methods
- Fixed string.startswith and string.endswith built-in methods
so they accept negative indices. [SF bug 493951]
- Fixed a bug with a continue inside a try block and a yield in the
finally clause. [SF bug 567538]
- Most builtin sequences now support "extended slices", i.e. slices
- Most built-in sequences now support "extended slices", i.e. slices
with a third "stride" parameter. For example, "hello world"[::-1]
gives "dlrow olleh".
@ -5195,7 +5195,7 @@ Core and builtins
method no longer exist. xrange repetition and slicing have been
removed.
- New builtin function enumerate(x), from PEP 279. Example:
- New built-in function enumerate(x), from PEP 279. Example:
enumerate("abc") is an iterator returning (0,"a"), (1,"b"), (2,"c").
The argument can be an arbitrary iterable object.
@ -5744,7 +5744,7 @@ Build
Presumably 2.3a1 breaks such systems. If anyone uses such a system, help!
- The configure option --without-doc-strings can be used to remove the
doc strings from the builtin functions and modules; this reduces the
doc strings from the built-in functions and modules; this reduces the
size of the executable.
- The universal newlines option (PEP 278) is on by default. On Unix
@ -5980,7 +5980,7 @@ Mac
available for convenience.
- New Carbon modules File (implementing the APIs in Files.h and Aliases.h)
and Folder (APIs from Folders.h). The old macfs builtin module is
and Folder (APIs from Folders.h). The old macfs built-in module is
gone, and replaced by a Python wrapper around the new modules.
- Pathname handling should now be fully consistent: MacPython-OSX always uses
@ -6202,7 +6202,7 @@ Build
C API
-----
- New function PyDict_MergeFromSeq2() exposes the builtin dict
- New function PyDict_MergeFromSeq2() exposes the built-in dict
constructor's logic for updating a dictionary from an iterable object
producing key-value pairs.
@ -6253,7 +6253,7 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
using new-style MRO rules if any base class is a new-style class.
This needs to be documented.
- The new builtin dictionary() constructor, and dictionary type, have
- The new built-in dictionary() constructor, and dictionary type, have
been renamed to dict. This reflects a decade of common usage.
- dict() now accepts an iterable object producing 2-sequences. For
@ -6708,9 +6708,9 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
The new class must have the same C-level object layout as the old
class.
- The builtin file type can be subclassed now. In the usual pattern,
"file" is the name of the builtin type, and file() is a new builtin
constructor, with the same signature as the builtin open() function.
- The built-in file type can be subclassed now. In the usual pattern,
"file" is the name of the built-in type, and file() is a new built-in
constructor, with the same signature as the built-in open() function.
file() is now the preferred way to open a file.
- Previously, __new__ would only see sequential arguments passed to
@ -6724,7 +6724,7 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
- Previously, an operation on an instance of a subclass of an
immutable type (int, long, float, complex, tuple, str, unicode),
where the subtype didn't override the operation (and so the
operation was handled by the builtin type), could return that
operation was handled by the built-in type), could return that
instance instead a value of the base type. For example, if s was of
a str subclass type, s[:] returned s as-is. Now it returns a str
with the same value as s.
@ -6772,7 +6772,7 @@ Library
called for each iteration until it returns an empty string).
- The codecs module has grown four new helper APIs to access
builtin codecs: getencoder(), getdecoder(), getreader(),
built-in codecs: getencoder(), getdecoder(), getreader(),
getwriter().
- SimpleXMLRPCServer: a new module (based upon SimpleHTMLServer)
@ -7902,7 +7902,7 @@ Core language, builtins, and interpreter
In all previous version of Python, names were resolved in exactly
three namespaces -- the local namespace, the global namespace, and
the builtin namespace. According to this old definition, if a
the builtins namespace. According to this old definition, if a
function A is defined within a function B, the names bound in B are
not visible in A. The new rules make names bound in B visible in A,
unless A contains a name binding that hides the binding in B.
@ -7923,7 +7923,7 @@ Core language, builtins, and interpreter
return str.strip()
Under the old rules, the name str in helper() is bound to the
builtin function str(). Under the new rules, it will be bound to
built-in function str(). Under the new rules, it will be bound to
the argument named str and an error will occur when helper() is
called.
@ -8421,7 +8421,7 @@ Core language, builtins, and interpreter
assignment, e.g. +=, was fixed.
- Raise ZeroDivisionError when raising zero to a negative number,
e.g. 0.0 ** -2.0. Note that math.pow is unrelated to the builtin
e.g. 0.0 ** -2.0. Note that math.pow is unrelated to the built-in
power operator and the result of math.pow(0.0, -2.0) will vary by
platform. On Linux, it raises a ValueError.
@ -12671,7 +12671,7 @@ done to prevent accidental subdirectories with common names from
overriding modules with the same name.
- Fixed some strange exceptions in __del__ methods in library modules
(e.g. urllib). This happens because the builtin names are already
(e.g. urllib). This happens because the built-in names are already
deleted by the time __del__ is called. The solution (a hack, but it
works) is to set some instance variables to 0 instead of None.
@ -13374,8 +13374,8 @@ is set to somevalue.__class__, and SomeClass is ignored after that.
f(a=1,a=2) is now a syntax error.
Changes to builtin features
---------------------------
Changes to built-in features
----------------------------
- There's a new exception FloatingPointError (used only by Lee Busby's
patches to catch floating point exceptions, at the moment).
@ -14675,7 +14675,7 @@ intervention may still be required.) (This has been fixed in 1.4beta3.)
- New modules: errno, operator (XXX).
- Changes for use with Numerical Python: builtin function slice() and
- Changes for use with Numerical Python: built-in function slice() and
Ellipses object, and corresponding syntax:
x[lo:hi:stride] == x[slice(lo, hi, stride)]
@ -15163,7 +15163,7 @@ Complex in the library.
- The functions posix.popen() and posix.fdopen() now have an optional
third argument to specify the buffer size, and default their second
(mode) argument to 'r' -- in analogy to the builtin open() function.
(mode) argument to 'r' -- in analogy to the built-in open() function.
The same applies to posixfile.open() and the socket method makefile().
- The thread.exit_thread() function now raises SystemExit so that

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@ -673,8 +673,8 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #4618: When unicode arguments are passed to print(), the default
separator and end should be unicode also.
- Issue #6119: Fixed a incorrect Py3k warning about order comparisons of builtin
functions and methods.
- Issue #6119: Fixed an incorrect Py3k warning about order comparisons of
built-in functions and methods.
- Issue #6347: Include inttypes.h as well as stdint.h in pyport.h.
This fixes a build failure on HP-UX: int32_t and uint32_t are
@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ Core and Builtins
correctly rounded.
- Issue #5787: object.__getattribute__(some_type, "__bases__") segfaulted on
some builtin types.
some built-in types.
- Issue #1869: fix a couple of minor round() issues. round(5e15+1)
was giving 5e15+2; round(-0.0) was losing the sign of the zero.
@ -3747,7 +3747,7 @@ Core and builtins
- Fixed a minor memory leak in dictobject.c. The content of the free
list was not freed on interpreter shutdown.
- Limit free list of method and builtin function objects to 256
- Limit free list of method and built-in function objects to 256
entries each.
- Patch #1953: Added ``sys._compact_freelists()`` and the C API
@ -3881,7 +3881,7 @@ Core and builtins
- Fix warnings found by the new version of the Coverity checker.
- The enumerate() builtin function is no longer bounded to sequences
- The enumerate() built-in function is no longer bounded to sequences
smaller than LONG_MAX. Formerly, it raised an OverflowError. Now,
automatically shifts from ints to longs.
@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ Core and builtins
- Deprecate BaseException.message as per PEP 352.
- Issue #1303614: don't expose object's __dict__ when the dict is
inherited from a builtin base.
inherited from a built-in base.
- When __slots__ are set to a unicode string, make it work the same as
setting a plain string, ie don't expand to single letter identifiers.
@ -4851,7 +4851,7 @@ Library
GNU modes.
- Bug #1586448: the compiler module now emits the same bytecode for
list comprehensions as the builtin compiler, using the LIST_APPEND
list comprehensions as the built-in compiler, using the LIST_APPEND
opcode.
- Fix codecs.EncodedFile which did not use file_encoding in 2.5.0, and
@ -5083,7 +5083,7 @@ Extension Modules
- Bug #1653736: Complain about keyword arguments to time.isoformat.
- Bug #1486663: don't reject keyword arguments for subclasses of
builtin types.
built-in types.
- Patch #1610575: The struct module now supports the 't' code, for C99
_Bool.
@ -5266,7 +5266,7 @@ Documentation
- Bug #1629566: clarify the docs on the return values of parsedate()
and parsedate_tz() in email.utils and rfc822.
- Patch #1671450: add a section about subclassing builtin types to the
- Patch #1671450: add a section about subclassing built-in types to the
"extending and embedding" tutorial.
- Bug #1629125: fix wrong data type (int -> Py_ssize_t) in PyDict_Next

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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Py_TRACE_REFS introduced in 1.4
Turn on heavy reference debugging. This is major surgery. Every PyObject
grows two more pointers, to maintain a doubly-linked list of all live
heap-allocated objects. Most builtin type objects are not in this list,
heap-allocated objects. Most built-in type objects are not in this list,
as they're statically allocated. Starting in Python 2.3, if COUNT_ALLOCS
(see below) is also defined, a static type object T does appear in this
list if at least one object of type T has been created.