b1b6a11b28
AttributeList --> NamedNodeMap
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Since there is no such thing as an AttributeList, don't say "attributes"
is one.
2001-01-24 16:17:15 +00:00
0110d3b2ad
new unicodedata functions (name, lookup)
2001-01-24 08:10:07 +00:00
eda28445c0
documented (new) optional doseq parameter to urlencode.
2001-01-24 06:36:06 +00:00
1ae43c4341
Add names of people who've pointed out broken links and images
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Bump version number
2001-01-24 01:11:26 +00:00
d975196d57
Fredrik pointed out that the database shrank more than 55K
2001-01-24 00:52:56 +00:00
26e94a8822
Jeremy didn't write PEP 205, Fred did!
2001-01-23 15:21:05 +00:00
f79cb2db3e
Expose the autoraise capability. Improve the documentation.
2001-01-23 13:49:44 +00:00
aeb5532ca0
Oops...finish a mangled sentence.
2001-01-23 13:22:28 +00:00
f7f185116a
Rewrite webbrowser.py to fix various bugs following Ka-Ping Yee's
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complaints. The new version moves most of its initialization to
package load time; it's simpler, faster, smaller, and adds support for
Mozilla and Links. Interpretation of the BROWSER variable now works
and is documented. The open_new entry point and methods are marked
"deprecated; may be removed in 2.1".
2001-01-23 13:16:32 +00:00
f33c118869
Add introductory note about this article's draft status
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Grammatical and typographic fixes from David Goodger
Expanded notes about PEP 229
Removed user-visible XXXes; they're in comments now
2001-01-23 02:48:26 +00:00
da6daee439
A variety of updates of out-of-date information.
2001-01-22 21:38:09 +00:00
bc3974c03b
When generating the source package, copy in the LICENSE file from the main
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source directory.
2001-01-22 21:34:20 +00:00
9c3b9b76c1
Never mind ignoring a copied LICENSE file; let's do this another way.
2001-01-22 21:31:38 +00:00
e94b9f9d3c
Ignore the generated LICENSE file needed for the documentation source
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package.
2001-01-22 21:07:36 +00:00
3a045e8993
Change the main targets to generate HTML instead of PostScript.
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Update the comments at the beginning of the file.
2001-01-22 20:47:26 +00:00
dc40ac0fe0
Added link to the "Python Codecs" project at SourceForge.
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Changed markup of the list of values for the list of meaningful "errors"
values.
2001-01-22 20:17:54 +00:00
91834c6c7e
Added dictionary.popitem() and the improved XML modules.
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Reorder the smaller items, roughly in decreasing order of visibility to
the Python coder
Finished an incomplete sentence.
Moved the unwritten sections down to the bottom.
Bumped version number and added acknowledgements
2001-01-22 19:51:13 +00:00
0f564eaceb
Change some wording to make this work with PDF generation -- using a PDF
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hyperlink at the start of the paragraph confused pdflatex; it saw the
link start while still in vertical mode, which is not allowed. Including
text before the link forces horizontal mode.
2001-01-22 19:06:20 +00:00
bcb09fa33f
Worked around bug SF #125880 : changed the text of three sections that
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really nasty TeX source to "bleed" into the PDF "bookmarks".
2001-01-22 18:38:00 +00:00
5f0decf0d3
Clean up the docs for the "random" module according to comments from Tim
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Peters.
This closes SF bug #125919 .
2001-01-22 18:18:30 +00:00
f228fd10d9
Add reference to PEP 232.
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Use correct flag name Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES
Mention that numeric methods can return Py_NotImplemented (NAS)
Mention optional arguments in time modules (TW)
Various minor rewrites and additional attributions
2001-01-22 17:52:19 +00:00
31ab298df6
Remove the dollar sign from the formatting of environment variables --
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too Unix-specific, and not really needed. (Already fixed the HTML
formatting, but forgot to mention it in the checkin for python.perl 1.94.)
2001-01-22 17:50:42 +00:00
0a8690a0ad
Make "PythonLabs" bold.
2001-01-22 17:48:23 +00:00
c8e8281fb6
Updated note about collection of cyclic garbage, based on comments from
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Chris Ryland.
2001-01-22 17:46:18 +00:00
ef8cd7ca99
Minor markup adjustment.
2001-01-22 17:42:32 +00:00
afc7ce118e
Fix \seepep handling -- correct URL to the online PEP repository on SF is
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now generated. (SF bug #129692.)
Patch from Anthon van der Neut <anthon@mnt.org>:
Work around the removal of content-less paired tags used for name
anchors in some places. (SF bug #116008.)
Move some class attributes from an artificial SPAN element to otherwise
"useful" elements that are being generated anyway. Added the class
"versionnote", used for \deprecated, \versionadded, \versionchanged.
2001-01-22 17:33:24 +00:00
b216ab632f
Fill out various transcripts and XXX bits, thanks to the WMATA.
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The only missing section is the Nested Scopes section, which has to wait
to see if a patch is actually committed. (Plus any other notable changes
that get made or backed out between now and 2.1final, of course...)
2001-01-22 16:15:44 +00:00
90cecee894
Beginning of a "What's New in Python 2.1" article
2001-01-22 04:02:09 +00:00
fe385251f4
Make the 'time' argument to the timemodule functions strftime, asctime,
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ctime, gmtime and localtime optional, defaulting to 'the current time' in
all cases. Adjust docs, add news item. Also convert all argument-handling to
METH_VARARGS. Closes SF patch #103265 .
2001-01-19 23:16:56 +00:00
5566c1ce36
Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
2001-01-19 22:48:33 +00:00
0fe5af9b4d
Clarify comments about returning None using a return without an expression;
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this is not hard to explain!
Closes SF bug #129345 .
2001-01-19 22:34:59 +00:00
6f77667a64
Backed out the unistr() builtin.
2001-01-19 21:36:19 +00:00
bc0b260a77
Minor markup cleaning, and one required fix in the unistr() description.
2001-01-18 18:09:07 +00:00
ab782dd6cc
Document rich comparisons.
2001-01-18 15:17:06 +00:00
9483bed6d9
correct typo - closes bug #129205
2001-01-18 10:44:08 +00:00
3a9582fbe5
Fix the example (it didn't seem to reflect reality).
2001-01-18 07:50:17 +00:00
a544ea2354
Undoing the whitespace patches which sneaked into the earlier patch.
2001-01-17 18:04:31 +00:00
ad7c98e264
This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
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except that it always returns Unicode objects.
A new C API PyObject_Unicode() is also provided.
This closes patch #101664 .
Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg. Copyright assigned to Guido van Rossum.
2001-01-17 17:09:53 +00:00
90badd1286
Add a missing newline in an example; caught by Chris Ryland
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<cpr@emsoftware.com>.
2001-01-17 05:12:13 +00:00
20ab9e9c0a
Document xreadlines() method. (Forgot to check this in before!)
2001-01-17 01:18:00 +00:00
25be1931a0
Fix a few small markup/consistency nits.
2001-01-16 20:52:41 +00:00
bd1a489759
push_source() and pop_source() entry points for shlex instances.
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These basically just make available to the user what userhook()
does to the source stack. Documentation included.
2001-01-16 14:18:55 +00:00
83ad5015cb
effbot caught a typo!
2001-01-15 20:51:40 +00:00
773d9f09be
Document function attributes for both the function type and the method
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type. The method documentation also includes a new brief discussion
of `bound' vs. `unbound' and why setting an attr on a bound method is
a TypeError. Includes Skip's suggested text.
2001-01-15 20:28:50 +00:00
a770e866d6
Fixing author's email address.
2001-01-15 17:08:45 +00:00
97d3b93c2f
Document changed default to passive mode.
2001-01-15 16:37:05 +00:00
77b20f099e
Document filterwarnings(..., append=<bool>).
2001-01-14 14:10:18 +00:00
34bafcc079
Fix a variety of minor nits and typos caught by Chris Ryland
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<cpr@emsoftware.com>.
2001-01-14 02:57:14 +00:00
1beb3d204f
Added note that this module was added in Python 2.1.
2001-01-12 22:57:32 +00:00
ca7e1ee01a
Updated descriptions to incorporate additional information from Tim Peters.
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This mostly closes SF bug #128251 .
2001-01-11 22:49:49 +00:00
a177c40daf
Document \code{import} in pth files.
2001-01-11 22:07:25 +00:00
49c9ac30a4
Fixed minor markup nits for consistency with the rest of the library
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reference.
2001-01-11 16:02:08 +00:00
ab78beca2f
Added pointer on POP3 variations.
2001-01-11 10:22:34 +00:00
f68f2fec7d
Implementation of PEP-0217.
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This closes the PEP, and patch 103170
2001-01-11 05:41:27 +00:00
5ac97957f7
Corrections and additions to the documentation for POP3 and IMAP library
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support, based on my fetchmail experience.
2001-01-11 04:19:52 +00:00
8321026ff4
SourceForge patch #103140 , checked in at fdrake's invitation. Minor fixes and
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additions to library docs.#
2001-01-10 19:34:52 +00:00
fe338ca540
Fix a typo, remove one copy of a duplicated name.
2001-01-10 05:33:38 +00:00
675e1d0a0d
Remove bogus "echo" command.
2001-01-09 22:50:13 +00:00
3c48ef7de8
Added documentation for the xreadlines module & related changes. The
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documentation was written by Jeff Epler (thanks!).
2001-01-09 22:47:46 +00:00
42181dba8e
Added a --global-module-index option to specify a (possibly relative) URL
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to the Global Module Index for a set of documents. This is used to include
a reference to the global index from the per-document module indexes, so
that it is just a little easier to find.
(Someone suggested this, but I do not remember who. Please let me know if
it was you -- thanks!)
2001-01-09 22:02:10 +00:00
c49480ed51
Miscellaneous updates.
2001-01-09 21:40:52 +00:00
347a62505c
Steve Holden <sholden@holdenweb.com>:
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Clarify the handling of characters following backslashes in raw strings.
2001-01-09 21:38:16 +00:00
d5f0198dec
Added names.
2001-01-09 20:55:09 +00:00
986eafdc2b
Added missing word; fixed minor nits.
2001-01-09 20:54:15 +00:00
37f1b34b62
Added entry for fpectl module documentation.
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Moved the mutex docs to be adjacent to the sched docs, since these are
meant to be used together (if they are used at all!).
2001-01-09 20:52:49 +00:00
fa214cca61
Added entry for fpectl module documentation.
2001-01-09 20:50:02 +00:00
a5e7ad99d5
Documentation for the fpectl module, from Lee Busby. (Thanks!)
2001-01-09 20:38:54 +00:00
45b1d6a831
Explain that long options are matched based on a unique prefix rather than
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requiring the whole option to be typed out.
This closes SF bug #126863 .
2001-01-08 16:05:51 +00:00
81473b12b7
The Python/C API deals in PyObject*, not PyDictObject*.
2001-01-08 05:53:53 +00:00
e1d4715a6f
Update explanation of the set_location() method to indicate that in
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BTree databases, the key need not be in the database. Also, tell about
the exception if the key is not in the DB for other DB types.
This closes SF bug #127377 .
2001-01-05 06:44:19 +00:00
b31d36cf01
Fix the bugfix for SF bug #127151 -- make sure we map "previous_page" to
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"previous" and "next_page" to "next". This way the proper icons are found.
2001-01-04 15:16:01 +00:00
445f832060
__rcmp__() description: Changed to indicate that this is no longer
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supported as of Python 2.1. We still need to
have an entry for this since it is reasonable
for users to want to understand existing code.
This closes SF bug #122715 .
2001-01-04 15:11:48 +00:00
4e18f07613
Based on comments from Guido, do not describe bisect() and insert() as
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being "for backward compatibility." Also revert to using bisect() in the
example, since Guido thinks that is the best recommendation for typical
usage.
2001-01-04 14:18:55 +00:00
288927f426
Markup nit: Command line options should be marked with \programopt.
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Other minor markup nits fixed.
Make reference to PyErr_Warn() a hyperlink.
2001-01-04 05:59:37 +00:00
316ef7c574
Markup nit: Command line options should be marked with \programopt.
2001-01-04 05:56:34 +00:00
b162d188f6
Fix typo spotted by Detlef Lannert <lannert@users.sourceforge.net>.
2001-01-04 05:48:08 +00:00
19ae78302e
Added information about the interaction of opening a file in append mode
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and seek() in the description of seek().
This closes SF bug #126850 .
2001-01-04 05:16:39 +00:00
22e9a5eaec
Markup nit: OK and ERR should be marked \constant in running text.
2001-01-04 05:14:45 +00:00
2a72712efe
Update documentation to include the new functions, and use the more
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explicitly-named bisect_right() in the example code.
This closes SF bug #127055 .
2001-01-04 05:12:52 +00:00
9c15fa7a0f
Description of long(): A string parameter is no longer required to be
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*decimal*.
This closes SF bug #127273 .
2001-01-04 05:09:16 +00:00
48c2eb9165
Document the NotImplemented object.
2001-01-04 01:25:50 +00:00
d18722b99d
Do not cache <img> tags for navigation icons as agressively; this fixes
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bug #127151 .
2001-01-02 22:08:48 +00:00
2cba0f641f
Improve description of else clause of the try/except/else statement.
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This closes (again!) bug #127098 .
2001-01-02 19:22:48 +00:00
cc97f8c609
Fix up an awkward sentence, pointed out by Chris Ryland <cpr@emsoftware.com>.
2001-01-01 20:33:06 +00:00
8e2b6b5cc7
Change documentation of 'else' clause of 'try/except' to make clear that it
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doesn't get triggered by 'return', 'break' or 'continue'. If the
'try-inside-continue' patch does not get accepted before next release, the
'or continue' should be removed ;P
Closes SF patch #103045 and SF bug #127098 .
2000-12-31 22:52:59 +00:00
be0630282e
Fix doubled word
2000-12-26 16:14:32 +00:00
8694cc42ab
Remove redundant reference to tab (since it = 'horizontal tab')
2000-12-26 16:09:37 +00:00
e6bf85845f
Document ERR and OK
2000-12-26 15:58:27 +00:00
1dea760ca1
Make sure subsections are formatted into HTML pages with reasonable names.
2000-12-25 06:19:08 +00:00
f08cbb1771
Added information on the ExternalEntityParserCreate() method.
2000-12-23 22:19:05 +00:00
5caee408b8
Add 'see also' link to curses.panel
2000-12-22 22:06:43 +00:00
676634beda
Added documentation for the panel wrapper module
2000-12-22 21:57:42 +00:00
e412e7a3a0
Fix lots of small markup nits.
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Wrapped some long lines.
2000-12-21 17:04:31 +00:00
68a6f5a0a2
Document the window.overlay() and .overwrite() methods
2000-12-21 16:25:44 +00:00
68abe832b9
Fix typo
2000-12-19 14:09:21 +00:00
5db5ba1ee3
Document the warnings module.
2000-12-19 06:01:23 +00:00
dea764d7f1
Updated string literals description to encompass Unicode literals and the
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additional escape sequences defined for Unicode.
This closes bug #117158 .
2000-12-19 04:52:03 +00:00
1367b83797
Document warning categories.
2000-12-19 04:27:54 +00:00
035f7e88c8
Clarify __repr__ and __str__.
2000-12-19 04:18:13 +00:00
5b56765fe7
Added documentation on the ErrorHandler interface.
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This closes bug #126034 .
2000-12-19 04:07:54 +00:00
Fred Drake
Fredrik Lundh
Skip Montanaro
Andrew M. Kuchling
Eric S. Raymond
Thomas Wouters
Marc-André Lemburg
Guido van Rossum
Ka-Ping Yee
Barry Warsaw
Martin v. Löwis
Moshe Zadka
Neil Schemenauer