Chris Jerdonek
8da8268b1f
Backport from 3.2: improve argument/parameter documentation (issue #15990 ).
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The corresponding 3.x commits are 69d5d834c5cb, 40fd26a4206b, and
74d8a2a20c52.
2012-11-29 19:03:37 -08:00
R David Murray
5618aaaafe
#15543 : glossary entry for and 'universal newlines', and links to it.
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Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
2012-08-15 11:15:39 -04:00
Sandro Tosi
fd4c4b1e01
backport c4bd68be5fc6 to 2.7
2012-06-02 23:40:59 +02:00
Ezio Melotti
510ff54324
Use Python 3 instead of 3.0.
2012-05-03 19:21:40 +03:00
Sandro Tosi
d987c0221c
fix typo; thanks to Robert Bardos from docs@
2012-04-01 01:49:46 +02:00
Senthil Kumaran
c768d4caa8
closes issue14257 - Grammatical fix
2012-03-12 10:05:04 -07:00
Senthil Kumaran
814d316888
closes issue14257 minor error in glossary wording regarding __hash__
2012-03-11 21:04:05 -07:00
Sandro Tosi
03c6110b21
revert part of cefe4f38fa0e, as agreed with Éric
2012-01-17 18:32:02 +01:00
Éric Araujo
e0054c51c7
Link isinstance/issubclass to the ABC glossary entry ( #12256 )
2011-08-19 09:15:47 +02:00
Éric Araujo
a8f66dd52c
Synchronize glossary with py3k.
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This update includes new entries that apply to 2.7 too, mention of class
decorators, mention of nonlocal, notes about bytecode, markup fixes and
some rewrappings. Future backports of changes should be slightly
easier.
2011-08-19 01:27:00 +02:00
Éric Araujo
8fde9506b7
Improve glossary entry for ABCs.
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- Rename reST target name for collections ABCs to avoid collisions
- Link to glossary entry from numbers module doc (other modules already do it)
2011-07-29 11:34:17 +02:00
Georg Brandl
073070629b
#12061 : remove duplicate glossary entry.
2011-05-12 07:47:06 +02:00
Georg Brandl
28dadd988b
Merged revisions 87050,87101,87146,87156,87172,87175,87371,87378,87522-87524,87526,87530-87535 via svnmerge from
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k
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r87050 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-04 18:09:30 +0100 (Sa, 04 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix typo.
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r87101 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-06 23:02:48 +0100 (Mo, 06 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Remove visible XXX comments.
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r87146 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-09 19:08:43 +0100 (Do, 09 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix "seperate".
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r87156 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-10 11:01:44 +0100 (Fr, 10 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10668 : fix wrong call of __init__.
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r87172 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-11 20:10:30 +0100 (Sa, 11 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Avoid AttributeError(_closed) when a TemporaryDirectory is deallocated whose mkdtemp call failed.
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r87175 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-11 23:19:34 +0100 (Sa, 11 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix markup.
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r87371 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-18 17:21:58 +0100 (Sa, 18 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix typo.
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r87378 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-18 18:51:28 +0100 (Sa, 18 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10723 : add missing builtin exceptions.
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r87522 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:16:12 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Replace sys.maxint mention by sys.maxsize.
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r87523 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:18:24 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Remove confusing paragraph -- this is relevant only to advanced users anyway and does not belong into the tutorial.
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r87524 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:29:19 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Fix advice: call PyType_Ready to fill in ob_type of custom types.
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r87526 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 11:38:33 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10777 : fix iteration over dict keys while mutating the dict.
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r87530 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:06:07 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10767 : update README in crashers; not all may have a bug entry and/or be fixed.
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r87531 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:08:17 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10742 : document readonly attribute of memoryviews.
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r87532 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:15:49 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10781 : clarify that *encoding* is not a parameter for Node objects in general.
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r87533 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:38:12 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Remove history; adapt a bit more to reST, since this will once be part of the dev guide.
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r87534 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:48:53 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
Rewrap.
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r87535 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:49:41 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line
#10739 : document that on Windows, socket.makefile() does not make a file that has a true file descriptor usable where such a thing is expected.
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2011-02-25 10:50:32 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
c4c52dd23d
Issue 10357: Clarify what it means to be a mapping.
2011-01-08 23:50:39 +00:00
Antoine Pitrou
9f41bb325b
Merged revisions 87792 via svnmerge from
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k
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r87792 | antoine.pitrou | 2011-01-06 17:31:28 +0100 (jeu., 06 janv. 2011) | 3 lines
Elaborate about the GIL.
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2011-01-06 16:35:14 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
acdafa8e8c
Add some internal links.
2010-11-30 17:50:53 +00:00
Georg Brandl
3b85b9b477
Merged revisions 85843,85849-85850,85867,85907,85914,86134,86187,86315-86316,86390,86424-86425,86428 via svnmerge from
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k
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r85843 | georg.brandl | 2010-10-26 08:59:23 +0200 (Di, 26 Okt 2010) | 1 line
Markup fix.
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r85849 | georg.brandl | 2010-10-26 21:31:06 +0200 (Di, 26 Okt 2010) | 1 line
#10200 : typo.
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r85850 | georg.brandl | 2010-10-26 21:58:11 +0200 (Di, 26 Okt 2010) | 1 line
#10200 : typo.
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r85867 | georg.brandl | 2010-10-27 22:01:51 +0200 (Mi, 27 Okt 2010) | 1 line
Add David.
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r85907 | georg.brandl | 2010-10-29 06:54:13 +0200 (Fr, 29 Okt 2010) | 1 line
#10222 : fix for overzealous AIX compiler.
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r85914 | georg.brandl | 2010-10-29 08:17:38 +0200 (Fr, 29 Okt 2010) | 1 line
(?:...) is a non-capturing, but still grouping construct.
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r86134 | georg.brandl | 2010-11-03 08:41:00 +0100 (Mi, 03 Nov 2010) | 1 line
A newline in lineno output breaks pyframe output.
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r86187 | georg.brandl | 2010-11-05 08:10:41 +0100 (Fr, 05 Nov 2010) | 1 line
Move glossary entry to the right position and fix link.
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r86315 | georg.brandl | 2010-11-08 12:05:18 +0100 (Mo, 08 Nov 2010) | 1 line
Fix latex conversion glitch in property/feature descriptions.
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r86316 | georg.brandl | 2010-11-08 12:08:35 +0100 (Mo, 08 Nov 2010) | 1 line
Fix typo.
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r86390 | georg.brandl | 2010-11-10 08:57:10 +0100 (Mi, 10 Nov 2010) | 1 line
Fix typo.
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r86424 | georg.brandl | 2010-11-12 07:19:48 +0100 (Fr, 12 Nov 2010) | 1 line
Build a PDF of the FAQs too.
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r86425 | georg.brandl | 2010-11-12 07:20:12 +0100 (Fr, 12 Nov 2010) | 1 line
#10008 : Fix duplicate index entry.
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r86428 | georg.brandl | 2010-11-12 09:09:26 +0100 (Fr, 12 Nov 2010) | 1 line
Fix weird line block in table.
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2010-11-26 08:20:18 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
0d6fa4da49
Document key-functions in the glossary.
2010-11-06 00:06:14 +00:00
Georg Brandl
0930228aee
Merged revisions 84945 via svnmerge from
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r84945 | georg.brandl | 2010-09-21 16:48:28 +0200 (Di, 21 Sep 2010) | 1 line
#9911 : doc copyedits.
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2010-10-06 09:32:48 +00:00
Georg Brandl
e85e1ae413
Merged revisions 82757-82758,82760-82764 via svnmerge from
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k
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r82757 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 10:58:37 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Fix markup.
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r82758 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 12:23:40 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
Emphasize role of count for Pascal string.
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r82760 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 12:39:57 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#3214 : improve description of duck-typing in glossary.
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r82761 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 13:40:13 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#1434090 : properly append child in expatbuilder doctype handler.
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r82762 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 13:51:06 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#8338 : fix outdated class name.
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r82763 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 14:01:34 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#8456 : fix signature of sqlite3.connect().
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r82764 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-10 14:20:38 +0200 (Sa, 10 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#8564 : update docs on integrating doctest/unittest with unittest(2) test discovery.
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2010-10-06 09:17:24 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
f1b678d9e1
Glossary cleanup
2010-09-01 22:25:41 +00:00
Georg Brandl
04eba2ccdd
Merged revisions 82790 via svnmerge from
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k
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r82790 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-11 10:36:20 +0200 (So, 11 Jul 2010) | 1 line
#3214 followup: add link to ABC entry.
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2010-07-11 08:56:18 +00:00
Georg Brandl
2b4eda4b55
Add link to bytecode docs.
2010-07-03 10:25:54 +00:00
Georg Brandl
ea2d389474
#8012 : clarification in generator glossary entry.
2010-04-02 09:11:49 +00:00
Alexandre Vassalotti
69eb51697c
Issue #1967 : Backport dictionary views.
2010-01-11 23:17:10 +00:00
Georg Brandl
d7d4fd7336
builtin -> built-in.
2009-07-26 14:37:28 +00:00
Georg Brandl
624f3372e2
#5529 : backport new docs of import semantics written by Brett to 2.x.
2009-03-31 16:11:45 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
aff711d32a
Clarify that named tuples do not have to subclass tuple.
2009-02-04 19:25:17 +00:00
Georg Brandl
c62ef8b4d9
Remove trailing whitespace.
2009-01-03 20:55:06 +00:00
Georg Brandl
5066c0cf95
Followup to #4511 : add link from decorator glossary entry to definition.
2008-12-05 18:00:06 +00:00
Georg Brandl
9a05373145
#4517 : add "special method" glossary entry and clarify when __getattribute__ is bypassed.
2008-12-05 15:29:39 +00:00
Skip Montanaro
9feab31d98
Pick up a few more definitions from the glossary on the wiki.
2008-09-15 02:19:53 +00:00
Skip Montanaro
f02c5f3d4e
Review usage. Fix a mistake in the new-style class definition. Add a
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couple new definitions (CPython and virtual machine).
2008-09-15 02:03:05 +00:00
Benjamin Peterson
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add some documentation for 2to3
2008-07-24 02:45:37 +00:00
Georg Brandl
e64f738507
#926501 : add info where to put the docstring.
2008-07-20 11:50:29 +00:00
Benjamin Peterson
9385b9db8b
lowercase glossary term
2008-07-03 12:57:35 +00:00
Benjamin Peterson
aac51b8a69
add ABC to the glossary
2008-07-01 23:33:06 +00:00
Georg Brandl
5a42ca6c04
Add notes that tkinter modules will be renamed.
2008-05-20 07:20:12 +00:00
Benjamin Peterson
518c44cecf
mention Py3k in glossary
2008-05-16 22:59:28 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
d4c2e8659c
Tighten the definition of a named tuple.
2008-01-15 03:07:42 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
8bdd044dfd
Fix spelling.
2008-01-13 06:18:07 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
c20ed51dc3
Named tuple is a concept, not a specific type.
2008-01-13 06:15:15 +00:00
Georg Brandl
e3c3db59b5
Documentation for r5990[3567].
2008-01-11 09:55:53 +00:00
Georg Brandl
e151ab4282
Adapt style.
2007-12-08 17:56:07 +00:00
Skip Montanaro
ffe455c3a2
+ "context manager"
2007-12-08 15:23:31 +00:00
Georg Brandl
968a3e570d
Fix a sentence I missed before. Do not merge to 3k.
2007-12-02 18:17:50 +00:00
Georg Brandl
584265b001
Add more entries to the glossary.
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Written by Jeff Wheeler for GHOP.
2007-12-02 14:58:50 +00:00
Georg Brandl
7c3e79f67f
Make "hashable" a glossary entry and clarify docs on __cmp__, __eq__ and __hash__.
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I hope the concept of hashability is better understandable now.
Thanks to Tim Hatch for pointing out the flaws here.
2007-11-02 20:06:17 +00:00
Georg Brandl
a739503881
Add :term:s for "new-style class".
2007-10-21 12:15:05 +00:00
Georg Brandl
e7a0990113
Add :term:s for iterator.
2007-10-21 12:10:28 +00:00