dc62aeca4c
Add a new looping idiom
2003-11-07 01:30:58 +00:00
8ed69e3389
SF #829941 , update tutorial, built-in types can be base classes since 2.2
2003-10-25 14:15:54 +00:00
f12f32421f
Don't make promises about about the visibility of the induction variable.
2003-10-21 18:42:21 +00:00
95cf84a4f3
Patch #821093 : Fix various typos.
2003-10-19 07:32:24 +00:00
984920bbad
Make the embedded hyperlinks work.
2003-09-28 19:03:36 +00:00
43b5e40795
* Fix markup.
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* Fix entry order:
- >>> before ...
- __slots__ in the S section (like __future__ is in the F section)
Need to test the repaired(?) link to Guido's webpage.
Still needs to have the module reference links made relative to
the module directory instead of the tut directory. That will
require Fred's magic touch.
2003-09-27 20:19:02 +00:00
d4a1419f53
Lots of markup corrections. Some are minor, but others are not: the
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contents of an \item should not be enclosed in a group!
2003-09-27 18:59:43 +00:00
5a25aa6c4a
Fix spelling and add markup.
2003-09-27 05:42:14 +00:00
40d4bc5934
Add a glossary to the tutorial. Also generate an index. At the moment this
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mostly only references glossary entries.
2003-09-24 16:53:02 +00:00
757dedc1a3
first cut at a glossary
2003-09-24 16:51:23 +00:00
16434b5e25
Fix whitespace in example
2003-09-24 03:58:56 +00:00
f5c87c4d99
- added many links into the library reference
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- removed use of the string module
- fixed some broken markup
2003-09-11 06:06:26 +00:00
626d472edd
- add several links into the library reference
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- update a couple of URLs to point to more recent portions of
python.org
2003-09-11 04:28:13 +00:00
57d71289a1
SF patch #797868 : Tutorial, sec. 5.1.4 could contain an extra example
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(Revised from the original patch contributed by Michal Pasternak.)
Also, make a couple minor fixups elsewhere.
2003-08-30 23:21:32 +00:00
c2a5cb2327
Fix typo.
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Thou shalt not count to two unless proceeding to the number three.
2003-08-23 03:49:08 +00:00
236ffba400
Adjust some horizontal indentation to be consistent with the style used
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throughout the documentation.
2003-08-16 06:30:47 +00:00
90b182c16c
Don't introduce map(None, ...) in the tutorial. In practice, zip() is
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usually preferred.
2003-08-14 22:57:46 +00:00
c7a26562f9
SF patch#786531 'the the' typo. Contributed by George Yoshida
2003-08-12 00:01:17 +00:00
0eec08794c
Explain argument unpacking
2003-08-08 23:32:46 +00:00
b233e54409
Nits.
2003-07-15 23:16:01 +00:00
6122d0267f
SF patch #726751 : Clarify docs for except target assignment
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Brett found that the tutorial didn't really explain what was happening
with exception targets. Hopefully, this sheds some light on the subject.
2003-07-12 01:05:37 +00:00
fa6cce1fdd
Minor fixups and added sections for iterators and generators.
2003-07-11 18:58:11 +00:00
dfda8d79ee
- explain about making Python scripts executable on Unix in more
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detail
- fix minor markup nit
2003-07-07 21:00:29 +00:00
8ee006097f
SF #751062 : Tutorial: remove string exceptions, add parnassus, #posts
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(Contributed by Gerritt Holl)
* Remove the last mentions of string exceptions
* Reference a third-party repository of programs
* Minor clarification of comp.lang.py posting volumes
2003-07-01 06:19:34 +00:00
ccd615c1a7
SF bug #762990 : Awful Grammar in Python Tutorial
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Fixed a nit.
2003-06-30 04:27:31 +00:00
32a5e878d7
minor wordsmithing
2003-06-29 16:01:51 +00:00
ded8e740df
Correct markup errors that prevented formatting.
2003-06-28 11:50:34 +00:00
7928f388c4
Explain source encodings. Fixes #683486 .
2003-06-28 08:11:55 +00:00
2664cbbeba
Remove heading from orphan section.
2003-06-20 14:27:27 +00:00
3a8fbe7eec
Include "instances of most classes" in a warning about mutable objects
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as default values of function/method parameters.
2003-06-18 17:14:29 +00:00
6bab183d4e
Markup nits.
2003-05-20 15:28:58 +00:00
a02469f969
More message updates and minor fixes.
2003-05-07 17:49:36 +00:00
a2f84ceda5
Update traceback message
2003-05-07 17:11:15 +00:00
45a9c93236
add missing parens - verified w/ interpreter - sorry to dismiss your comment
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Fred
2003-05-07 16:01:43 +00:00
b4f12424a5
replace most uses of `...` by repr(...), noting that `...` is discouraged,
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but convenient in interactive sessions.
2003-05-07 15:29:12 +00:00
03e929e7e0
Fix some markup nits.
2003-04-22 14:30:53 +00:00
a70b19147f
Adding new built-in function sum, with docs and tests.
2003-04-22 08:12:33 +00:00
60de2e837f
SF bug #699237 : Tutorial uses omitted slice indices before explaining them
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Moved up the explanation of slice default arguments.
2003-03-12 04:46:52 +00:00
46d3dc37e4
- New function sys.exc_clear() clears the current exception. This is
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rarely needed, but can sometimes be useful to release objects
referenced by the traceback held in sys.exc_info()[2]. (SF patch
#693195.) Thanks to Kevin Jacobs!
2003-03-01 03:20:41 +00:00
d0c7137c8b
Chapter titles that get split over multiple lines in the typeset
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formats can't have whitespace after the last non-blank character (bug
in LaTeX?); fix up a couple of instances of this.
Update an email address.
2002-10-28 19:28:22 +00:00
7fbd01262c
Clarify packages in tutorial. Closes SF bug #616211 .
2002-10-26 03:13:57 +00:00
55803bca98
Describe __path__ along with the rest of the package description.
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Closes SF bug #626554 .
2002-10-22 21:00:44 +00:00
36a4d8c20e
Remove mentionings of DOS.
2002-10-10 18:24:54 +00:00
44c42b9cf3
Added a tutorial note and example regarding the scope of loop variables
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in a list comprehension. Includes a justification and a comparision
to regular for-loops.
Closes SF bug 605047.
2002-09-06 18:06:04 +00:00
a6e16a86c4
Replace all cases of "while 1" with "while True".
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Though slightly slower, has better clarity and teaching value.
2002-08-21 04:54:00 +00:00
dd32a91cc0
This is my patch
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[ 587993 ] SET_LINENO killer
Remove SET_LINENO. Tracing is now supported by inspecting co_lnotab.
Many sundry changes to document and adapt to this change.
2002-08-15 14:59:02 +00:00
5c08a99b77
Remove a broken example of extreme backward compatibility; it is
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simply not relevant any more.
Closes SF bug #595032 .
2002-08-14 15:26:18 +00:00
ae7ef57cba
GvR pointed out that only enclosing function bodies are part of nested scopes.
2002-08-07 20:20:52 +00:00
861bb02448
Describe nested scopes in the tutorial. Closes SF bug 500704.
2002-08-07 16:09:48 +00:00
33fd5f7e02
Fix typo reported to python-docs.
2002-06-26 21:25:15 +00:00
Raymond Hettinger
Neal Norwitz
Martin v. Löwis
Fred Drake
Skip Montanaro
Neil Schemenauer
Alex Martelli
Guido van Rossum
Michael W. Hudson