#2762: remove 2.x remnants and patch up some new documentation.

Doc/library/functions.rst

@@ -209,15 +209,15 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    case, expression statements that evaluate to something else than
    ``None`` will be printed).
 
-   The optional arguments *flags* and *dont_inherit* (which are new in Python 2.2)
-   control which future statements (see :pep:`236`) affect the compilation of
-   *source*.  If neither is present (or both are zero) the code is compiled with
-   those future statements that are in effect in the code that is calling compile.
-   If the *flags* argument is given and *dont_inherit* is not (or is zero) then the
+   The optional arguments *flags* and *dont_inherit* control which future
+   statements (see :pep:`236`) affect the compilation of *source*.  If neither
+   is present (or both are zero) the code is compiled with those future
+   statements that are in effect in the code that is calling compile.  If the
+   *flags* argument is given and *dont_inherit* is not (or is zero) then the
    future statements specified by the *flags* argument are used in addition to
    those that would be used anyway. If *dont_inherit* is a non-zero integer then
-   the *flags* argument is it -- the future statements in effect around the call to
-   compile are ignored.
+   the *flags* argument is it -- the future statements in effect around the call
+   to compile are ignored.
 
    Future statements are specified by bits which can be bitwise ORed together to
    specify multiple statements.  The bitfield required to specify a given feature
@@ -813,19 +813,14 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    modulo *z* (computed more efficiently than ``pow(x, y) % z``). The two-argument
    form ``pow(x, y)`` is equivalent to using the power operator: ``x**y``.
 
-   The arguments must have numeric types.  With mixed operand types, the coercion
-   rules for binary arithmetic operators apply.  For :class:`int` operands, the
-   result has the same type as the operands (after coercion) unless the second
-   argument is negative; in that case, all arguments are converted to float and a
-   float result is delivered.  For example, ``10**2`` returns ``100``, but
-   ``10**-2`` returns ``0.01``.  (This last feature was added in Python 2.2.  In
-   Python 2.1 and before, if both arguments were of integer types and the second
-   argument was negative, an exception was raised.) If the second argument is
+   The arguments must have numeric types.  With mixed operand types, the
+   coercion rules for binary arithmetic operators apply.  For :class:`int`
+   operands, the result has the same type as the operands (after coercion)
+   unless the second argument is negative; in that case, all arguments are
+   converted to float and a float result is delivered.  For example, ``10**2``
+   returns ``100``, but ``10**-2`` returns ``0.01``.  If the second argument is
    negative, the third argument must be omitted.  If *z* is present, *x* and *y*
-   must be of integer types, and *y* must be non-negative.  (This restriction was
-   added in Python 2.2.  In Python 2.1 and before, floating 3-argument ``pow()``
-   returned platform-dependent results depending on floating-point rounding
-   accidents.)
+   must be of integer types, and *y* must be non-negative.
 
 
 .. function:: print([object, ...][, sep=' '][, end='\n'][, file=sys.stdout])

Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst

@@ -334,12 +334,6 @@ Additional information on exceptions can be found in section :ref:`exceptions`,
 and information on using the :keyword:`raise` statement to generate exceptions
 may be found in section :ref:`raise`.
 
-.. seealso::
-
-   :pep:`3110` - Catching exceptions in Python 3000
-      Describes the differences in :keyword:`try` statements between Python 2.x
-      and 3.0.
-
 
 .. _with:
 .. _as:
@@ -390,11 +384,6 @@ The execution of the :keyword:`with` statement proceeds as follows:
    value from :meth:`__exit__` is ignored, and execution proceeds at the normal
    location for the kind of exit that was taken.
 
-
-   In Python 2.5, the :keyword:`with` statement is only allowed when the
-   ``with_statement`` feature has been enabled.  It is always enabled in
-   Python 2.6.
-
 .. seealso::
 
    :pep:`0343` - The "with" statement

Doc/reference/datamodel.rst

@@ -510,10 +510,6 @@ Callable types
       An instance method object combines a class, a class instance and any
       callable object (normally a user-defined function).
 
-      .. versionchanged:: 2.6
-         For 3.0 forward-compatibility, :attr:`im_func` is also available as
-         :attr:`__func__`, and :attr:`im_self` as :attr:`__self__`.
-
       .. index::
          single: __func__ (method attribute)
          single: __self__ (method attribute)

Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst

@@ -270,16 +270,20 @@ Identifiers and keywords
 .. index:: identifier, name
 
 Identifiers (also referred to as *names*) are described by the following lexical
-definitions:
+definitions.
 
 The syntax of identifiers in Python is based on the Unicode standard annex
-UAX-31, with elaboration and changes as defined below.
+UAX-31, with elaboration and changes as defined below; see also :pep:`3131` for
+further details.
 
 Within the ASCII range (U+0001..U+007F), the valid characters for identifiers
-are the same as in Python 2.5; Python 3.0 introduces additional
-characters from outside the ASCII range (see :pep:`3131`).  For other
-characters, the classification uses the version of the Unicode Character
-Database as included in the :mod:`unicodedata` module.
+are the same as in Python 2.x: the uppercase and lowercase letters ``A`` through
+``Z``, the underscore ``_`` and, except for the first character, the digits
+``0`` through ``9``.
+
+Python 3.0 introduces additional characters from outside the ASCII range (see
+:pep:`3131`).  For these characters, the classification uses the version of the
+Unicode Character Database as included in the :mod:`unicodedata` module.
 
 Identifiers are unlimited in length.  Case is significant.
 
@@ -308,7 +312,6 @@ A non-normative HTML file listing all valid identifier characters for Unicode
 4.1 can be found at
 http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/home/loewis/table-3131.html.
 
-See :pep:`3131` for further details.
 
 .. _keywords:
 

Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst

@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ The :keyword:`raise` statement
    pair: raising; exception
 
 .. productionlist::
-   raise_stmt: "raise" [`expression` ["," `expression` ["," `expression`]]]
+   raise_stmt: "raise" [`expression` ["from" `expression`]]
 
 If no expressions are present, :keyword:`raise` re-raises the last exception
 that was active in the current scope.  If no exception is active in the current
@@ -498,8 +498,10 @@ The :dfn:`type` of the exception is the exception instance's class, the
 .. index:: object: traceback
 
 A traceback object is normally created automatically when an exception is raised
-and attached to it as the :attr:`__traceback__` attribute; however, you can set
-your own traceback using the :meth:`with_traceback` exception method, like so::
+and attached to it as the :attr:`__traceback__` attribute, which is writable.
+You can create an exception and set your own traceback in one step using the
+:meth:`with_traceback` exception method (which returns the same exception
+instance, with its traceback set to its argument), like so::
 
    raise RuntimeError("foo occurred").with_traceback(tracebackobj)
 
@@ -510,12 +512,6 @@ The "from" clause is used for exception chaining, which is not documented yet.
 Additional information on exceptions can be found in section :ref:`exceptions`,
 and information about handling exceptions is in section :ref:`try`.
 
-.. seealso::
-
-   :pep:`3109` - Raising exceptions in Python 3000
-      Describes the differences in :keyword:`raise` statements between Python
-      2.x and 3.0.
-
 
 .. _break:
 

Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst

@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ Exception Stuff
 * PEP 3109: Raising exceptions.  You must now use ``raise Exception(args)``
   instead of ``raise Exception, args``.
 
-* PEP 3110: Catching exceptions.
+* PEP 3110: Catching exceptions.  You must now use ``except SomeException as
+  identifier:`` instead of ``except Exception, identifier:``
 
 * PEP 3134: Exception chaining.  (The :attr:`__context__` feature from the PEP
   hasn't been implemented yet in 3.0a2.)