cpython

History

Tim Peters 11b2306960 Enable os.fsync() for Windows, mapping it to MS's _commit() there. The docs here are best-guess: the MS docs I could find weren't clear, and some even claimed _commit() has no effect on Win32 systems (which is easily shown to be false just by trying it).		2003-04-23 02:39:17 +00:00
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RPM	2.3b1 patches	2003-02-24 17:55:37 +00:00
ACKS	- Several methods of nntplib.NNTP have grown an optional file argument	2003-04-19 18:04:57 +00:00
AIX-NOTES	Add some notes that got python to work on the snake farm	2003-02-02 17:10:04 +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	SF patch 568629 by Oren Tirosh: types made callable.	2002-06-14 20:41:17 +00:00
HISTORY	migrate news about 2.1 and earlier releases from NEWS to HISTORY in	2002-09-17 20:55:31 +00:00
NEWS	Enable os.fsync() for Windows, mapping it to MS's _commit() there. The	2003-04-23 02:39:17 +00:00
NEWS.help	Updated (2.3 OK now)	2003-01-03 03:29:58 +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	Note the existence of SpecialBuilds.txt.	2002-07-11 01:01:49 +00:00
RFD	Initial revision	1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
SpecialBuilds.txt	_Py_PrintReferenceAddresses(): also print the type name. In real use	2003-04-18 00:45:59 +00:00
cheatsheet	Part 3 of Py2.3 update	2003-01-26 03:29:15 +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
pymemcompat.h	Fix grammatically inept comment.	2002-08-22 13:36:11 +00:00
python-mode.el	py-pdbtrack-grub-for-buffer(): Rectified some logic errors i	2003-03-03 17:09:44 +00:00
python.man	Document that -u puts stdin, stdout, and stderr in binary mode.	2002-08-09 13:37:31 +00:00
setuid-prog.c	correct bogus instructions 'ccoment out' -> 'uncomment'	1998-09-10 20:18:09 +00:00
vgrindefs	Add 'yield' as a keyword	2001-08-06 17:42:53 +00:00

README

Python Misc subdirectory
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This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX
BeOS-NOTES	Notes for building on BeOS
BeOS-setup.py	setup.py replacement for BeOS, see BeOS-NOTES
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
find_recursionlimit.py  Script to find a value for sys.maxrecursionlimit
gdbinit		Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS		News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting		Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
PURIFY.README	Information for Purify users
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
README		The file you're reading now
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
RPM		(Old) tools to build RPMs
SpecialBuilds.txt     Describes extra symbols you can set for debug builds
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)