6fffa5e865
- markup fix
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- add clarifying words
2006-05-20 15:36:19 +00:00
2de7a35e9a
one more place to avoid extra markup
2006-05-03 02:27:40 +00:00
f25fa6ddb9
avoid ugly markup based on the unfortunate conversions of ">>" and "<<" to
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guillemets; no need for magic here
2006-05-03 02:04:40 +00:00
1a9fac0937
Yield is now allowed in try-finally, so update docs accordingly
2006-03-25 00:46:43 +00:00
5a49fae1ab
SF patch #1421726
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fixed typo in language reference
2006-02-02 21:58:55 +00:00
c0d11250af
Make close brace a paren to match open.
2005-10-04 03:43:43 +00:00
19f6b86955
Armin caught this mistake in bug #973103 .
2005-10-04 03:37:29 +00:00
bee0d467a1
Correct docs for empty raise when no exception is active.
2005-10-03 16:39:51 +00:00
b6e1c11004
note that the return and yield statements cannot be used at the top level in
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exec statements; people coming from certain other languages seem to be
confused by this on a regular basis
2005-09-07 05:17:07 +00:00
b56b494bea
SF bug #1190451 : 6.9 First sentence is confusing
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* Fixed incorrect wording: expression->exception
* Noted the specific exception reported by "raise" when the is nothing
to re-raise.
* Eliminated several instances of "e.g." as recommended in the style guide.
2005-04-28 07:18:47 +00:00
68804315e0
SF Patch #1093896 : miscellaneous doc typos
2005-01-01 00:28:46 +00:00
f4a70f35b0
Patch #1080684 : typo repair. Thanks George Yoshida!
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- Doc/lib/libbase64.tex
s/algorith/algorithm
- Doc/lib/libpickle.tex
s/interchangable/interchangeable
- Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
s/{_cmp__}/{__cmp__}
leading underscore needs to be double, not single.
- Doc/ref/ref6.tex
0/1 => False/True
2004-12-12 16:52:40 +00:00
2269d86598
Fix SF bug #1061770 : Manual typesets bit-shift operators as guillemet
2004-11-11 06:14:05 +00:00
1a4ddaecc7
SF patch #1007189 , multi-line imports, for instance:
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"from blah import (foo, bar
baz, bongo)"
2004-08-31 10:07:13 +00:00
70fcdb8be0
Document general mappings for the locals argument for exec and execfile().
2004-08-03 05:17:58 +00:00
7a700b873b
clean up indexing for None, NotImplemented
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closes SF bug #820344
2004-01-01 05:43:53 +00:00
f0dfc7ac5c
Fix a bunch of typos in documentation, docstrings and comments.
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(From SF patch #810751 )
2003-10-20 14:01:56 +00:00
d51ce7de97
Indexing is a mess; try to get the link targets closer to the relevant
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text. There needs to be a better way.
2003-07-15 22:03:00 +00:00
b3be52eaf4
Try to clean up some indexing relevant to the import statement.
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Pertains to SF bug #518989 .
2003-07-15 21:37:58 +00:00
96a8233b64
SF patch #751038 fixing SF bug#750092: exec doesn't need newline
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Patch contributed by Steven Taschuk.
2003-06-18 01:32:24 +00:00
847207acff
SF bug #719367 , string exceptions are deprecated
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Remove references to string based exceptions in the doc.
2003-05-29 02:17:23 +00:00
8bea5dc879
Move future statement here from appendix a.
2003-05-21 21:43:00 +00:00
007fadd59d
Fix symbol in grammar; this should fix some hyperlinking in the HTML
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version.
2003-03-31 14:53:03 +00:00
8bd62afca9
Fix typo reported to python-docs.
2003-01-25 03:47:35 +00:00
e701dcbabd
SF patch #634866 : Alex Martelli's corrections to the ref manual.
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Backport candidate. All but one or two of these changes
are applicable to 2.2.2.
2003-01-19 13:08:18 +00:00
13dd9d9978
Patch #662454 : import a.b as c is ok, fixes #660811 .
2003-01-16 11:30:08 +00:00
1772f17666
SF bug #661848 and #631055 : Clarify use of __all__.
2003-01-06 12:54:54 +00:00
27cae1f7c5
Revise the __all__ index entry a touch.
2002-12-07 16:00:00 +00:00
f9229d98ae
Add __all__ to Reference Manual index.
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Closes SF 643227.
2002-12-07 09:39:15 +00:00
e7097e0b1c
Added cross-references to related material on exceptions.
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Closes SF bug #217195 .
2002-10-18 15:18:18 +00:00
04e7e0c60f
Close bug 417930 by clarifying augmented assignment docs
2002-06-25 13:36:41 +00:00
81932e234b
Try to improve the explanation of the "raise" statement and how its arguments
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are interpreted.
This closes SF bug #532467 .
2002-06-20 20:55:29 +00:00
495afea36e
Typo.
2002-06-17 12:51:57 +00:00
f3255c8540
Reword explanation of global statement since an undeclared global is a
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free variable and is subject to those rules.
2002-04-01 21:25:32 +00:00
f0c1f1badb
Note the sole case in which the ban on "from ... import *" within a
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function is enforced.
2002-04-01 21:19:44 +00:00
15b68976da
Remove the following restriction:
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Names bound by import statements may not occur in global
statements in the same scope.
Why not?
2002-04-01 21:18:02 +00:00
d09ed68aeb
Note that it is illegal to delete a cell variable.
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Note that deleteing an unbound local will raise a NameError.
2002-04-01 21:15:14 +00:00
5381588073
Revise the markup related to the grammar productions to increase the
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level of predictability. This is not really "good" markup, but is arguably
better than we had before.
This closes SF bug #523117 .
2002-03-15 23:21:37 +00:00
08d752cf28
Update to use the notice environment so a multi-paragraph note can be
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appropriately marked.
2001-12-14 22:55:14 +00:00
8d0645cb84
Add a note about yield requiring a __future__ directive.
2001-12-12 06:06:43 +00:00
3a8e59ebe1
Clean up a sad sentence in the yield description.
2001-12-11 21:58:35 +00:00
e31e9cebc0
Document generators and the yield statement, avoiding implementation details.
2001-12-11 21:10:08 +00:00
c2f496a138
Add a note to the description of the interaction between the softspace
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attribute of file objects, the print statement, and other file operations.
This closes SF bug #484857 .
Fix minor markup nits.
2001-12-05 05:46:25 +00:00
08fd51509c
When describing "import *", add a level of indirection between "*" and the
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set of names imported (the "public names"), adding a definition of "public
names" that describes the use of __all__.
This closes SF bug #473986 .
Flesh out the vague reference to __import__().
2001-10-24 19:50:31 +00:00
cb4638a278
Change the grammar productions to use the new productionlist environment;
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this supports a hyperlinked version of the grammar that can make tracking
down details and definitions a little easier.
2001-07-06 22:49:53 +00:00
be9d10edbb
Remove some bogus trailing whitespace.
2001-06-23 06:16:52 +00:00
93852ef3c8
Fix minor markup nits.
2001-06-23 06:06:52 +00:00
2829f1cf99
Fix a very minor (but annoying when looking for things!) markup nit.
2001-06-23 05:27:20 +00:00
62effc1127
Work around the conversion of ">>" and "<<" to guillemets. Reported by Ping.
2001-04-13 15:55:25 +00:00
2c84fc8a7d
Note that assignments to __debug__ are illegal
2001-03-23 14:34:06 +00:00
George Yoshida
Fred Drake
Phillip J. Eby
Fredrik Lundh
Neal Norwitz
Raymond Hettinger
Johannes Gijsbers
Anthony Baxter
Walter Dörwald
Jeremy Hylton
Martin v. Löwis
Michael W. Hudson