cpython/Misc
Guido van Rossum 00ebd46dfc SF patch #474175 (Jay T Miller): file.readinto arg parsing bug
The C-code in fileobject.readinto(buffer) which parses
    the arguments assumes that size_t is interchangeable
    with int:

	    size_t ntodo, ndone, nnow;

	    if (f->f_fp == NULL)
		    return err_closed();
	    if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "w#", &ptr, &ntodo))
		    return NULL;

    This causes a problem on Alpha / Tru64 / OSF1 v5.1
    where size_t is a long and sizeof(long) != sizeof(int).

    The patch I'm proposing declares ntodo as an int.  An
    alternative might be to redefine w# to expect size_t.

[We can't change w# because there are probably third party modules
relying on it. GvR]
2001-10-23 21:25:24 +00:00
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RPM Update a beopen.com e-mail 2001-08-13 15:14:13 +00:00
ACKS SF patch #474175 (Jay T Miller): file.readinto arg parsing bug 2001-10-23 21:25:24 +00:00
AIX-NOTES
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
HPUX-NOTES
Makefile.pre.in Separate CFLAGS and CPPFLAGS. CFLAGS should not contain preprocessor 2001-06-02 06:16:02 +00:00
NEWS Doc and NEWS changes due to Jeremy adding traceback objects to gc. 2001-10-23 01:59:54 +00:00
PURIFY.README
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
cheatsheet Update cheatsheet to 2.0 from Brunning/Gruet's quick reference 2001-08-06 17:43:49 +00:00
find_recursionlimit.py
gdbinit
indent.pro
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
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)