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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-01-12 12:25:42 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-01-12 12:25:42 (GMT)
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@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ nother to make an entry in this file, unless it was a serious bug
Known BUGS in 1.1.1 and 1.2
---------------------------
-(-) C-level coerce() doesn't call __coerce__ when it should (and
-similar for __cmp__)
+(-) a file with unmatched triple quotes causes a loop in the scanner
(-) tkinter seems to leave an exception around sometime which breaks
unmarshalling code objects [hard to reproduce, have added a trap to
-catch it]
+marshal.c to catch it]
(-) destroying all modules may destroy __builtin__ (or other modules)
while destructors of other modules may still need it [hard to fix --
@@ -28,16 +27,14 @@ DECREF can cause recursive calls to methods of the object being
modified. Other files too. [Only partially fixed -- listobject.c is
still suspect.]
-(-) if __getattr__ prints something, calling repr(x) from cmd line
-forgets a newline
-
(-) doneimport() should be called *before* the Py_AtExit code is
called [problem: what if other threads are still active?]
-Environmental bugs
-------------------
+Known portability problems
+--------------------------
-(-) tkinter doesn't seem to see any declaration of malloc on sunos 4.1.3
+(-) tkinter doesn't seem to see any declaration of malloc on sunos
+4.1.3?
(-) arraymodule doesn't compile under Ultrix (FPROTO macro)
@@ -49,8 +46,8 @@ Environmental bugs
(-) regen calls h2py which isn't defined by default
-(-) make libinstall (or similar) references to machdep directory but
-doesn't create it
+(-) make sharedinstall references to machdep directory but doesn't
+create it
(-) HP doesn't compile out of the box (needs LIBS=-ldld or
LIBS=/usr/lib/libdld.sl) [hard to test without a HP machine handy]
@@ -59,6 +56,12 @@ LIBS=/usr/lib/libdld.sl) [hard to test without a HP machine handy]
BUGS present in 1.1.1 and fixed in 1.2
--------------------------------------
+(*) if __getattr__ or __repr__ prints something, calling repr(x) from
+cmd line forgets a newline
+
+(*) C-level coerce() doesn't call __coerce__ when it should (and
+similar for __cmp__)
+
(*) struct module aligns doubles wrongly when compiled with -DDEBUG on
sparc