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  r68162 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 16:06:00 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 3 lines

  Fix for issue 4472 is incompatible with Cygwin, this patch
  should fix that.
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  r68166 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-02 19:26:23 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  document PyMemberDef
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  r68171 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-02 21:25:14 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 3 lines

  #4811: fix markup glitches (mostly remains of the conversion),
  found by Gabriel Genellina.
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  r68176 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-01-02 22:00:35 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  Add various items
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  r68195 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 14:45:15 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Remove useless string literal.
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  r68196 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 15:29:53 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix indentation.
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  r68210 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 20:10:12 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Set eol-style correctly for mp_distributing.py.
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  r68232 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 22:52:16 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Grammar fix.
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Doc/ACKS.txt

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
    * Peter Funk
    * Lele Gaifax
    * Matthew Gallagher
+   * Gabriel Genellina
    * Ben Gertzfield
    * Nadim Ghaznavi
    * Jonathan Giddy

Doc/c-api/arg.rst

@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
    string may contain embedded null bytes.  Unicode objects pass back a pointer
    to the default encoded string version of the object if such a conversion is
    possible.  All other read-buffer compatible objects pass back a reference to
-   the raw internal data representation.  Since this format doesn't allow writable buffer compatible objects like byte
+   the raw internal data representation.  Since this format doesn't allow
-   arrays, ``s*`` is to be preferred.
+   writable buffer compatible objects like byte arrays, ``s*`` is to be
+   preferred.
 
    The type of the length argument (int or :ctype:`Py_ssize_t`) is controlled by
    defining the macro :cmacro:`PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN` before including

Doc/c-api/structures.rst

@@ -198,3 +198,64 @@ definition with the same method name.
    object and will co-exist with the slot.  This is helpful because calls to
    PyCFunctions are optimized more than wrapper object calls.
 
+
+.. ctype:: PyMemberDef
+
+   Structure which describes an attribute of a type which corresponds to a C
+   struct member.  Its fields are:
+
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | Field            | C Type      | Meaning                       |
+   +==================+=============+===============================+
+   | :attr:`name`     | char \*     | name of the member            |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | :attr:`type`     | int         | the type of the member in the |
+   |                  |             | C struct                      |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | :attr:`offset`   | Py_ssize_t  | the offset in bytes that the  |
+   |                  |             | member is located on the      |
+   |                  |             | type's object struct          |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | :attr:`flags`    | int         | flag bits indicating if the   |
+   |                  |             | field should be read-only or  |
+   |                  |             | writable                      |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | :attr:`doc`      | char \*     | points to the contents of the |
+   |                  |             | docstring                     |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+
+   :attr:`type` can be one of many ``T_`` macros corresponding to various C
+   types.  When the member is accessed in Python, it will be converted to the
+   equivalent Python type.
+
+   =============== ==================
+   Macro name      C type
+   =============== ==================
+   T_SHORT         short
+   T_INT           int
+   T_LONG          long
+   T_FLOAT         float
+   T_DOUBLE        double
+   T_STRING        char \*
+   T_OBJECT        PyObject \*
+   T_OBJECT_EX     PyObject \*
+   T_CHAR          char
+   T_BYTE          char
+   T_UNBYTE        unsigned char
+   T_UINT          unsigned int
+   T_USHORT        unsigned short
+   T_ULONG         unsigned long
+   T_BOOL          char
+   T_LONGLONG      long long
+   T_ULONGLONG     unsigned long long
+   T_PYSSIZET      Py_ssize_t
+   =============== ==================
+
+   :cmacro:`T_OBJECT` and :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX` differ in that
+   :cmacro:`T_OBJECT` returns ``None`` if the member is *NULL* and
+   :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX` raises an :exc:`AttributeError`.
+
+   :attr:`flags` can be 0 for write and read access or :cmacro:`READONLY` for
+   read-only access.  Using :cmacro:`T_STRING` for :attr:`type` implies
+   :cmacro:`READONLY`.  Only :cmacro:`T_OBJECT` and :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX`
+   members can be deleted.  (They are set to *NULL*).

Doc/distutils/apiref.rst

@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ the full reference.
    +------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+
    | *define_macros*        | list of macros to define; each | (string, string) tuple or |
    |                        | macro is defined using a       | (name, ``None``)          |
-   |                        | 2-tuple, where 'value' is      |                           |
+   |                        | 2-tuple ``(name, value)``,     |                           |
+   |                        | where *value* is               |                           |
    |                        | either the string to define it |                           |
    |                        | to or ``None`` to define it    |                           |
    |                        | without a particular value     |                           |

Doc/howto/functional.rst

@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ And here's an example of changing the counter:
     9
     >>> next(it)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
-      File ``t.py'', line 15, in ?
+      File "t.py", line 15, in ?
         it.next()
     StopIteration
 

Doc/howto/urllib2.rst

@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ than the URL you pass to .add_password() will also match. ::
     password_mgr = urllib.request.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
 
     # Add the username and password.
-    # If we knew the realm, we could use it instead of ``None``.
+    # If we knew the realm, we could use it instead of None.
     top_level_url = "http://example.com/foo/"
     password_mgr.add_password(None, top_level_url, username, password)
 

Doc/install/index.rst

@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ value of ``sys.path``.   ::
    $ python
    Python 2.2 (#11, Oct  3 2002, 13:31:27)
    [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-112)] on linux2
-   Type ``help'', ``copyright'', ``credits'' or ``license'' for more information.
+   Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import sys
    >>> sys.path
    ['', '/usr/local/lib/python2.3', '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/plat-linux2',

Doc/library/email.mime.rst

@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ Here are the classes:
 
 .. currentmodule:: email.mime.multipart
 
-.. class:: MIMEMultipart([subtype[, boundary[, _subparts[, _params]]]])
+.. class:: MIMEMultipart([_subtype[, boundary[, _subparts[, _params]]]])
 
    Module: :mod:`email.mime.multipart`
 
    A subclass of :class:`MIMEBase`, this is an intermediate base class for MIME
    messages that are :mimetype:`multipart`.  Optional *_subtype* defaults to
    :mimetype:`mixed`, but can be used to specify the subtype of the message.  A
-   :mailheader:`Content-Type` header of :mimetype:`multipart/`*_subtype* will be
+   :mailheader:`Content-Type` header of :mimetype:`multipart/_subtype` will be
    added to the message object.  A :mailheader:`MIME-Version` header will also be
    added.
 

Doc/library/gzip.rst

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 This module provides a simple interface to compress and decompress files just
 like the GNU programs :program:`gzip` and :program:`gunzip` would.
 
-The data compression is provided by the :mod:``zlib`` module.
+The data compression is provided by the :mod:`zlib` module.
 
 The :mod:`gzip` module provides the :class:`GzipFile` class which is modeled
 after Python's File Object. The :class:`GzipFile` class reads and writes

Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst

@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ accessed using the following methods:
 The :class:`Cookie` class also defines the following method:
 
 
-.. method:: Cookie.is_expired([now=:const:`None`])
+.. method:: Cookie.is_expired([now=None])
 
    True if cookie has passed the time at which the server requested it should
    expire.  If *now* is given (in seconds since the epoch), return whether the

Doc/library/json.rst

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Basic Usage
    *default(obj)* is a function that should return a serializable version of
    *obj* or raise :exc:`TypeError`.  The default simply raises :exc:`TypeError`.
 
-   To use a custom :class:`JSONEncoder`` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
+   To use a custom :class:`JSONEncoder` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
    :meth:`default` method to serialize additional types), specify it with the
    *cls* kwarg.
 

Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst

@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ their parent process exits.  The manager classes are defined in the
 
       Returns a :class:`Server` object which represents the actual server under
       the control of the Manager. The :class:`Server` object supports the
-      :meth:`serve_forever` method::
+      :meth:`serve_forever` method:
 
       >>> from multiprocessing.managers import BaseManager
       >>> m = BaseManager(address=('', 50000), authkey='abc'))
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ their parent process exits.  The manager classes are defined in the
 
    .. method:: connect()
 
-      Connect a local manager object to a remote manager process::
+      Connect a local manager object to a remote manager process:
 
       >>> from multiprocessing.managers import BaseManager
       >>> m = BaseManager(address='127.0.0.1', authkey='abc))
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ Customized managers
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
 To create one's own manager, one creates a subclass of :class:`BaseManager` and
-use the :meth:`~BaseManager.resgister` classmethod to register new types or
+use the :meth:`~BaseManager.register` classmethod to register new types or
 callables with the manager class.  For example::
 
    from multiprocessing.managers import BaseManager
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ Address Formats
 
 * An ``'AF_PIPE'`` address is a string of the form
    :samp:`r'\\\\.\\pipe\\{PipeName}'`.  To use :func:`Client` to connect to a named
-   pipe on a remote computer called ServerName* one should use an address of the
+   pipe on a remote computer called *ServerName* one should use an address of the
    form :samp:`r'\\\\{ServerName}\\pipe\\{PipeName}'`` instead.
 
 Note that any string beginning with two backslashes is assumed by default to be

Doc/library/numbers.rst

@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ The numeric tower
    :func:`round`, :func:`math.floor`, :func:`math.ceil`, :func:`divmod`, ``//``,
    ``%``, ``<``, ``<=``, ``>``, and ``>=``.
 
-   Real also provides defaults for :func:`complex`, :attr:`Complex.real`,
+   Real also provides defaults for :func:`complex`, :attr:`~Complex.real`,
-   :attr:`Complex.imag`, and :meth:`Complex.conjugate`.
+   :attr:`~Complex.imag`, and :meth:`~Complex.conjugate`.
 
 
 .. class:: Rational
 
    Subtypes :class:`Real` and adds
-   :attr:`Rational.numerator` and :attr:`Rational.denominator` properties, which
+   :attr:`~Rational.numerator` and :attr:`~Rational.denominator` properties, which
    should be in lowest terms. With these, it provides a default for
    :func:`float`.
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ The numeric tower
 .. class:: Integral
 
    Subtypes :class:`Rational` and adds a conversion to :class:`int`.
-   Provides defaults for :func:`float`, :attr:`Rational.numerator`, and
+   Provides defaults for :func:`float`, :attr:`~Rational.numerator`, and
-   :attr:`Rational.denominator`, and bit-string operations: ``<<``,
+   :attr:`~Rational.denominator`, and bit-string operations: ``<<``,
    ``>>``, ``&``, ``^``, ``|``, ``~``.
 
 

Doc/library/parser.rst

@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ on the same line as the definition of the code block, as in ::
 while the long form uses an indented block and allows nested definitions::
 
    def make_power(exp):
-       "Make a function that raises an argument to the exponent `exp'."
+       "Make a function that raises an argument to the exponent `exp`."
        def raiser(x, y=exp):
            return x ** y
        return raiser

Doc/library/smtplib.rst

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ An :class:`SMTP` instance has the following methods:
    previous ``EHLO`` or ``HELO`` command this session.  It tries ESMTP ``EHLO``
    first.
 
-   :exc:SMTPHeloError
+   :exc:`SMTPHeloError`
      The server didn't reply properly to the ``HELO`` greeting.
 
 .. method:: SMTP.has_extn(name)

Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst

@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ described in those functions, as well as provide an additional method:
       'http://www.Python.org/doc/'
 
 
-The following classes provide the implementations of the parse results::
+The following classes provide the implementations of the parse results:
 
 .. class:: BaseResult
 

Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Positional and keyword arguments can be arbitrarily combined::
                                                           other='Georg'))
    The story of Bill, Manfred, and Georg.
 
-An optional ``':``` and format specifier can follow the field name. This also
+An optional ``':'`` and format specifier can follow the field name. This also
 greater control over how the value is formatted.  The following example
 truncates the Pi to three places after the decimal.
 

Doc/using/cmdline.rst

@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ These environment variables influence Python's behavior.
    compiled form). Extension modules cannot be imported from zipfiles.
 
    The default search path is installation dependent, but generally begins with
-   :file:`{prefix}/lib/python{version}`` (see :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` above).  It
+   :file:`{prefix}/lib/python{version}` (see :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` above).  It
    is *always* appended to :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`.
 
    An additional directory will be inserted in the search path in front of

Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst

@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ Running the above function's tests with :const:`doctest.REPORT_UDIFF` specified,
 you get the following output::
 
    **********************************************************************
-   File ``t.py'', line 15, in g
+   File "t.py", line 15, in g
    Failed example:
        g(4)
    Differences (unified diff with -expected +actual):

Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst

@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ And here's an example of changing the counter::
    9
    >>> print it.next()
    Traceback (most recent call last):
-     File ``t.py'', line 15, in ?
+     File "t.py", line 15, in ?
        print it.next()
    StopIteration
 

Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst

@@ -103,7 +103,23 @@ changes, sorted alphabetically by module name. Consult the
 :file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more complete list of
 changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
 
-* To be written.
+* A new function in the :mod:`subprocess` module,
+  :func:`check_output`, runs a command with a specified set of arguments
+  and returns the command's output as a string if the command runs without
+  error, or raises a :exc:`CalledProcessError` exception otherwise.
+
+  ::
+
+    >>> subprocess.check_output(['df', '-h', '.'])
+    'Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on\n
+    /dev/disk0s2    52G    49G   3.0G    94%    /\n'
+
+    >>> subprocess.check_output(['df', '-h', '/bogus'])
+      ...
+    subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['df', '-h', '/bogus']' returned non-zero exit status 1
+
+  (Contributed by Gregory P. Smith.)
+
 
 .. ======================================================================
 .. whole new modules get described in subsections here
@@ -116,13 +132,22 @@ Build and C API Changes
 
 Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
 
-* To be written.
+* If you use the :file:`.gdbinit` file provided with Python,
+  the "pyo" macro in the 2.7 version will now work when the thread being
+  debugged doesn't hold the GIL; the macro will now acquire it before printing.
+  (Contributed by haypo XXX; :issue:`3632`.)
 
 .. ======================================================================
 
 Port-Specific Changes: Windows
 -----------------------------------
 
+* The :mod:`msvcrt` module now contains some constants from
+  the :file:`crtassem.h` header file:
+  :data:`CRT_ASSEMBLY_VERSION`,
+  :data:`VC_ASSEMBLY_PUBLICKEYTOKEN`,
+  and :data:`LIBRARIES_ASSEMBLY_NAME_PREFIX`.
+  (Added by Martin von Loewis (XXX check); :issue:`4365`.)
 
 .. ======================================================================
 

Makefile.pre.in

@@ -777,8 +777,8 @@ altbininstall:	$(BUILDPYTHON)
 	done
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(BUILDPYTHON) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/python$(VERSION)$(EXE)
 	if test -f $(LDLIBRARY); then \
-		if test "$(SO)" = .dll; then \
+		if test -n "$(DLLLIBRARY)" ; then \
-			$(INSTALL_SHARED) $(LDLIBRARY) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); \
+			$(INSTALL_SHARED) $(DLLLIBRARY) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); \
 		else \
 			$(INSTALL_SHARED) $(LDLIBRARY) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$(INSTSONAME); \
 			if test $(LDLIBRARY) != $(INSTSONAME); then \

Parser/asdl.py

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class ASDLParser(spark.GenericParser, object):
         return Product(fields)
 
     def p_sum_0(self, constructor):
-        " sum ::= constructor """
+        " sum ::= constructor "
         return [constructor[0]]
 
     def p_sum_1(self, info):