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#14770: backport a couple of changes from 3.x.

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Ezio Melotti 2012-05-13 20:19:41 +03:00
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@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Is there a curses/termcap package for Python?
.. XXX curses *is* built by default, isn't it?
For Unix variants: The standard Python source distribution comes with a curses
For Unix variants the standard Python source distribution comes with a curses
module in the :source:`Modules` subdirectory, though it's not compiled by default.
(Note that this is not available in the Windows distribution -- there is no
curses module for Windows.)
@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class provides a featureful interface.
What kinds of global value mutation are thread-safe?
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A global interpreter lock (:term:`GIL`) is used internally to ensure that only
A :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL) is used internally to ensure that only
one thread runs in the Python VM at a time. In general, Python offers to switch
among threads only between bytecode instructions; how frequently it switches can
be set via :func:`sys.setcheckinterval`. Each bytecode instruction and
@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Can't we get rid of the Global Interpreter Lock?
.. XXX mention multiprocessing
.. XXX link to dbeazley's talk about GIL?
The Global Interpreter Lock (:term:`GIL`) is often seen as a hindrance to Python's
The :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL) is often seen as a hindrance to Python's
deployment on high-end multiprocessor server machines, because a multi-threaded
Python program effectively only uses one CPU, due to the insistence that
(almost) all Python code can only run while the GIL is held.
@ -675,16 +675,12 @@ Yes. Here's a simple example that uses httplib::
sys.stdout.write(httpobj.getfile().read())
Note that in general for percent-encoded POST operations, query strings must be
quoted using :func:`urllib.quote`. For example, to send
``name="Guy Steele, Jr."``::
quoted using :func:`urllib.urlencode`. For example, to send
``name=Guy Steele, Jr.``::
>>> from urllib import quote
>>> x = quote("Guy Steele, Jr.")
>>> x
'Guy%20Steele,%20Jr.'
>>> query_string = "name="+x
>>> query_string
'name=Guy%20Steele,%20Jr.'
>>> import urllib
>>> urllib.urlencode({'name': 'Guy Steele, Jr.'})
'name=Guy+Steele%2C+Jr.'
What module should I use to help with generating HTML?