cpython

History

Tim Peters 0de88fc4b1 Change random.seed() so that it can get at the full range of possible internal states. Put the old .seed() (which could only get at about the square root of the # of possibilities) under the new name .whseed(), for bit-level compatibility with older versions. This occurred to me while reviewing effbot's book (he found himself stumbling over .seed() more than once there ...).		2001-02-01 04:59:18 +00:00
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RPM	distutils setup files for Tkinter	2000-10-16 15:36:25 +00:00
ACKS	SF bug #130306 : statcache.py full of thread problems.	2001-01-28 05:07:00 +00:00
AIX-NOTES	Rename Setup.in to Setup.dist, and assume that configure will create	2000-10-26 17:07:40 +00:00
BLURB	Drop Capitalized Important Words.	1997-11-25 15:40:06 +00:00
BLURB.LUTZ	…
BLURB.WINDOWS	A nice blurb that Mark Hammond wrote, aimed at Windows users.	1997-11-05 17:15:02 +00:00
HISTORY	Added release dates (in some cases detemined by looking at the mtime	2000-09-04 17:24:24 +00:00
HPUX-NOTES	Added note about libpython1.5.a.	1997-07-19 20:44:33 +00:00
HYPE	…
Makefile	…
Makefile.pre.in	Get rid of weird @SET_CXX@ macro occurrence.	2001-01-23 01:53:41 +00:00
NEWS	Change random.seed() so that it can get at the full range of possible	2001-02-01 04:59:18 +00:00
NEXT-NOTES	PS: use -O2, not -O3	1996-09-06 23:31:18 +00:00
PURIFY.README	Updated for Python 1.5, including my experiences with Purify on	1997-10-07 15:50:58 +00:00
Porting	mini-faq on porting python	1998-08-10 16:36:48 +00:00
README	Updated to include all files here.	2000-09-01 23:22:12 +00:00
RFD	…
cheatsheet	…
comparisons	A comparison with several other languages that also appears in the	1997-11-20 21:15:28 +00:00
editline-fix	Added editline fix	1996-09-12 17:29:33 +00:00
faq2html.py	/usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python	1996-11-27 19:52:01 +00:00
find_recursionlimit.py	script that reports a fairly safe recursionlimit for a specific platform	2000-08-31 19:24:17 +00:00
fixfuncptrs.sh	…
gdbinit	PyObject_Dump() -> _PyObject_Dump()	2001-01-24 04:18:13 +00:00
indent.pro	Some new files...	1994-09-14 14:06:46 +00:00
python-mode.el	(python-font-lock-keywords): Add highlighting of `as' as a keyword,	2000-12-27 17:41:47 +00:00
python.man	Document the -W option as best as I can.	2000-12-19 03:21:54 +00:00
renumber.py	/usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python	1996-11-27 19:52:01 +00:00
setuid-prog.c	correct bogus instructions 'ccoment out' -> 'uncomment'	1998-09-10 20:18:09 +00:00
unicode.txt	Updated according to the changes made to the "s#" parser marker	2000-09-21 21:21:59 +00:00
vgrindefs	New version from Neale... He promised it's the last.	1997-11-11 16:36:14 +00:00

README

Python Misc subdirectory
========================

This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere, in
particular the UNIX manual page, an Emacs mode for Python source code,
and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers).  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
----------------

ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX (all new!)
BLURB		A quick description of Python for newcomers
BLURB.LUTZ	A testimonial from a converted Tcl/Perl hacker :-)
BLURB.WINDOWS	First announcement of Python for Windows
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
HYPE		More hype about Python
Makefile	Used for administrative chores like cleaning up
Makefile.pre.in	Generic Makefile template for building extensions
NEWS		News for this release
NEXT-NOTES	Porting notes for NeXT
PURIFY.README	Information for Purify users
Porting		Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
README		The file you're reading now
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
comparisons	(Old) comparisons to some other languages
editline-fix	A news article on how to fix R$'s editline for Python
faq2html	FAQ to HTML converter by Ka-Ping Yee
find_recursionlimit.py  Script to find a value for sys.maxrecursionlimit
fixfuncptrs.sh	Shell script to fix function pointer initializers
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
renumber.py	Script to renumber the sections in the FAQ
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
unicode.txt	Marc-Andre Lemburg's specification of the Unicode API
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)