15f06661c1
Added deprecation notices to atof(), atoi(), and atol(), recommending
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use of the float(), int(), and long() built-ins instead.
Fixed minor markup nit elsewhere (use of \optional).
2000-10-04 13:59:52 +00:00
c71c23e392
Added \versionchanged comment to os.popen() noting that it was unreliable
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in earlier versions of Python; this is useful information for people
interested in writing code that is portable across Python versions.
Suggested by Peter Funk <pf@artcom-gmbh.de>.
2000-10-04 13:57:27 +00:00
0b4e25d0c0
Use \obindex{...} instead of \indexii{...}{type} in many places; this is
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more consistent with other index entries in the documentation.
2000-10-04 04:21:19 +00:00
1319e3ecbc
Remove old note that os.popen() on Windows is unreliable; this is no
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longer true.
2000-10-03 17:14:27 +00:00
e35360ffd0
Jim Ahlstrom sent a few corrections to my changes. (Thanks!)
2000-10-03 15:16:31 +00:00
58a2dff7f4
Replace minimal \seetext references with better annotated \seerfc
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references, telling the reader more about what to expect at the other end
of the links.
2000-10-03 05:56:55 +00:00
296b8f5bd2
Add deprecation note since the XML support is shaping up.
2000-10-02 22:14:09 +00:00
427802470a
Substantially revised documentation for the zipfile module, partially based
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on revised text from Jim Ahlstrom <jim@interet.com>.
This closes SourceForge bug #115681 .
2000-10-02 20:56:30 +00:00
f6791f3d12
Minor usage fix.
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Add a note that some way of reliably detecting the use of KDE would be
really nice.
2000-10-02 03:42:43 +00:00
8d3312f4d1
Add documentation and warnings for the isCallable(), isMappingType(),
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isNumberType(), and isSequenceType() functions.
This closes SourceForge bug #115789 .
2000-10-02 03:36:18 +00:00
d15a9427e8
Fixed spelling of module; closes bug 115712.
2000-09-30 17:04:40 +00:00
58295dedf7
Replace to XXX notes to add references with real references.
2000-09-30 00:11:45 +00:00
4ce4f2eedd
os.startfile() documentation, based on text from Tim Peters.
2000-09-29 04:15:19 +00:00
8a9db99760
Updated documentation relating to the various flavors of popen[234]()
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for Windows & Unix.
2000-09-28 20:27:51 +00:00
44774c9429
Add regex and regsub to the list of undocumented obsolete modules.
2000-09-28 05:31:39 +00:00
33dde92ecf
Update the documentation for ConfigParser to match the recent changes.
2000-09-27 22:48:44 +00:00
7f577e7fd4
regex and regsub are obsolete and Evil, so don't include them in the club.
2000-09-25 18:26:21 +00:00
e53793bf4c
Updates from Fredrik Lundh <effbot@telia.com> about Unicode-related
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behavior.
2000-09-25 17:52:40 +00:00
ef5781b8c8
Add obsolescence note to the module descriptions that get added to the
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list of module synopses at the front of the chapter; based on a comment
from Aahz <aahz@panix.com>.
2000-09-25 17:23:04 +00:00
d79c33a47b
Minor cleanups, wrap long lines.
2000-09-25 14:14:30 +00:00
7be3115860
Added explanation of the use of the first program argument passed to the
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exec*() family of functions.
2000-09-23 05:22:07 +00:00
7fbc85c5c5
Rename the public interface from "pyexpat" to "xml.parsers.expat".
2000-09-23 04:47:56 +00:00
c32741d1ab
Added warnings about platform vagaries to the strptime() documentation.
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This closes SourceForge bug #115146 .
2000-09-23 04:36:14 +00:00
544de1effb
- Add DEBUG_SAVEALL option. When enabled all garbage objects found by the
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collector will be saved in gc.garbage. This is useful for debugging a
program that creates reference cycles.
- Fix else statements in gcmodule.c to conform to Python coding standards.
2000-09-22 15:22:38 +00:00
ed773ef78d
Include the new text on reporting bugs in a few useful places.
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This closes SourceForge bug #114792 .
2000-09-21 21:35:22 +00:00
1bf4e93180
Convert the longest two tables from tableii to longtableii so they do not
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make too big a mess. One actually did not fit on a single page at all!
2000-09-21 16:04:08 +00:00
fffe5dbc47
Fixed a number of small problems reported by Detlef Lannert
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<lannert@uni-duesseldorf.de>.
2000-09-21 05:25:30 +00:00
51f53df4c8
Clarify that the softspace attribute is used by print for state management,
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not as a user-controlled parameter.
2000-09-20 04:48:20 +00:00
f5aa4ef07c
Add entries for the xml.sax documentation.
2000-09-20 02:54:58 +00:00
e10ef74bb8
First cut at documentation for the xml.sax package (not including any
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sub-modules).
2000-09-20 02:52:20 +00:00
752ba39a0b
Clarify a number of issues about the file-like object API based on
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discussion on python-dev.
2000-09-19 15:18:51 +00:00
480abc2751
Document the "printable" and "punctuation" constants added to the string
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module.
2000-09-18 16:48:13 +00:00
1675375a7c
Add missing \declaremodule for zipfile.
2000-09-18 16:21:11 +00:00
1de8098ca6
Repaired some glitches in the MD5 and SHA docs; copied the descriptions of
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the MD5 methods into the SHA docs (substituting "sha" for "md5", of course,
and changing the stuff that depended on digest size accordingly).
Fred, don't trust me!
2000-09-18 15:34:57 +00:00
5316ef4bbb
Added documentation for new functions.
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Deprecated sequenceIncludes().
Based on patch by Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>,
this closes SourceForge patch #101390 .
2000-09-17 16:10:25 +00:00
6e1fecc28a
Update URL to unicode.org's FTP site using an HTTP URL to the same
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document.
2000-09-16 13:46:42 +00:00
315b9e0ac1
Update *both* uses of the URL to the zlib home page, and use the version
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advertised as the canonical form.
2000-09-16 06:18:26 +00:00
ab2f9f766f
Update link to the zlib homepage.
2000-09-16 05:07:03 +00:00
f29107447a
Update the link to Andrew Kuchling's crypto code.
2000-09-16 05:02:24 +00:00
91fc9319fa
Update link to the FIPS PUB 180-1 (PDF is available, but not PostScript).
2000-09-16 04:59:33 +00:00
78fc0b57df
Fixed legit gripe from c.l.py that math.fmod docs aren't confusing enough.
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FRED, please check my monkey-see-monkey-do Tex fiddling!
2000-09-16 03:54:24 +00:00
7c25f3df85
Add some comments on the available implementations that this module can
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use.
Change the list of flag values for open() to a table.
Markup consistency nits.
2000-09-15 21:31:31 +00:00
6634b14f3b
add cross reference to mimetools module
2000-09-15 18:20:20 +00:00
6e5184fe6a
Update comments in the second paragraph, discussing versioning issues
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related to the BSD DB library. Based on comments from Mark Summerfield
<summer@netcraft.com>.
2000-09-15 15:19:35 +00:00
81c1735809
Add item to the list of limitations that points out the lack of support
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for authenticated proxies. This is noted elsewhere, but this makes it
easier to find.
Fix typo where it was already mentioned.
This closes SourceForge bug #110619 .
2000-09-15 04:12:56 +00:00
4dfad57235
Add a reference to the sha module, noting that SHA is considered more
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secure. Suggested by Erno Kuusela <erno@iki.fi>.
2000-09-14 21:47:32 +00:00
b9fd468ded
Convert "See also" section to use \seetitle.
2000-09-14 21:46:22 +00:00
6ba0a3c30a
Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>:
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Minor fix in documentation of code module.
(Clarifies output destination for default implementation of the write()
method.)
2000-09-14 20:42:53 +00:00
7a666b83c8
Remove reference to the stdwin-based windowed debugger, since stdwin
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is gone.
Make a module reference into a hyperlink.
2000-09-14 20:32:17 +00:00
d5d0435617
Use \shortversion in a number of places.
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This partially addresses SourceForge bug #114318 .
2000-09-14 20:24:17 +00:00
Fred Drake
Martin v. Löwis
Neil Schemenauer
Tim Peters
Skip Montanaro