cpython/Misc
Guido van Rossum 9abaf4d3b7 SF patch #467455 : Enhanced environment variables, by Toby Dickenson.
This patch changes to logic to:

   if env.var. set and non-empty:
       if env.var. is an integer:
           set flag to that integer
   if flag is zero: # [actually, <= 0 --GvR]
       set flag to 1

   Under this patch, anyone currently using
   PYTHONVERBOSE=yes will get the same output as before.

   PYTHONVERBNOSE=2 will generate more verbosity than
   before.

   The only unusual case that the following three are
   still all equivalent:
   PYTHONVERBOSE=yespleas
   PYTHONVERBOSE=1
   PYTHONVERBOSE=0
2001-10-12 22:17:56 +00:00
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RPM Update a beopen.com e-mail 2001-08-13 15:14:13 +00:00
ACKS Jason Lowe 2001-10-12 21:54:29 +00:00
AIX-NOTES Rename Setup.in to Setup.dist, and assume that configure will create 2000-10-26 17:07:40 +00:00
BeOS-NOTES Completely revamped BeOS notes, by Donn Cave (SF patch 411834). 2001-04-10 21:51:29 +00:00
BeOS-setup.py This is for BeOS users who want to build all the modules. It's 2001-04-10 21:50:09 +00:00
HISTORY Added release dates (in some cases detemined by looking at the mtime 2000-09-04 17:24:24 +00:00
HPUX-NOTES Added note about libpython1.5.a. 1997-07-19 20:44:33 +00:00
Makefile.pre.in Separate CFLAGS and CPPFLAGS. CFLAGS should not contain preprocessor 2001-06-02 06:16:02 +00:00
NEWS Add item about new "Edit with IDLE" menu entry created by Windows installer. 2001-10-09 22:39:40 +00:00
PURIFY.README Updated for Python 1.5, including my experiences with Purify on 1997-10-07 15:50:58 +00:00
Porting Patch #411138: Rename config.h to pyconfig.h. Closes bug #231774. 2001-07-26 13:41:06 +00:00
README Removed NEXT-NOTES, the NeXT is no longer supported. 2001-08-19 21:18:04 +00:00
RFD Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
cheatsheet Update cheatsheet to 2.0 from Brunning/Gruet's quick reference 2001-08-06 17:43:49 +00:00
find_recursionlimit.py script that reports a fairly safe recursionlimit for a specific platform 2000-08-31 19:24:17 +00:00
gdbinit PyObject_Dump() -> _PyObject_Dump() 2001-01-24 04:18:13 +00:00
indent.pro Some new files... 1994-09-14 14:06:46 +00:00
python-mode.el (py-version): Hopefully fixed my XEmacs settings so this doesn't get 2001-07-06 20:27:29 +00:00
python.man SF patch #467455 : Enhanced environment variables, by Toby Dickenson. 2001-10-12 22:17:56 +00:00
setuid-prog.c correct bogus instructions 'ccoment out' -> 'uncomment' 1998-09-10 20:18:09 +00:00
unicode.txt Replace the text with a link to the PEP-ified version. 2001-06-27 17:14:04 +00:00
vgrindefs Add 'yield' as a keyword 2001-08-06 17:42:53 +00:00

README

Python Misc subdirectory
========================

This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere, in
particular the UNIX manual page, an Emacs mode for Python source code,
and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers).  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
----------------

ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX (all new!)
BLURB		A quick description of Python for newcomers
BLURB.LUTZ	A testimonial from a converted Tcl/Perl hacker :-)
BLURB.WINDOWS	First announcement of Python for Windows
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
HYPE		More hype about Python
Makefile	Used for administrative chores like cleaning up
Makefile.pre.in	Generic Makefile template for building extensions
NEWS		News for this release
PURIFY.README	Information for Purify users
Porting		Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
README		The file you're reading now
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
comparisons	(Old) comparisons to some other languages
editline-fix	A news article on how to fix R$'s editline for Python
faq2html	FAQ to HTML converter by Ka-Ping Yee
find_recursionlimit.py  Script to find a value for sys.maxrecursionlimit
fixfuncptrs.sh	Shell script to fix function pointer initializers
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
renumber.py	Script to renumber the sections in the FAQ
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
unicode.txt	Marc-Andre Lemburg's specification of the Unicode API
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)