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authorBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2005-02-13 22:50:04 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2005-02-13 22:50:04 (GMT)
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Update references specifying "Macintosh" to mean OS X semantics and not Mac OS
9. Applies patch #1095802. Thanks Jack Jansen.
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-rw-r--r--Doc/api/init.tex7
-rw-r--r--Doc/api/utilities.tex2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/api/init.tex b/Doc/api/init.tex
index e8d3583..96a13d3 100644
--- a/Doc/api/init.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/init.tex
@@ -239,9 +239,8 @@
program name (set by \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} above) and some
environment variables. The returned string consists of a series of
directory names separated by a platform dependent delimiter
- character. The delimiter character is \character{:} on \UNIX,
- \character{;} on Windows, and \character{\e n} (the \ASCII{}
- newline character) on Macintosh. The returned string points into
+ character. The delimiter character is \character{:} on \UNIX and Mac OS X,
+ \character{;} on Windows. The returned string points into
static storage; the caller should not modify its value. The value
is available to Python code as the list
\code{sys.path}\withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{path}}, which
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@
this is formed from the ``official'' name of the operating system,
converted to lower case, followed by the major revision number;
e.g., for Solaris 2.x, which is also known as SunOS 5.x, the value
- is \code{'sunos5'}. On Macintosh, it is \code{'mac'}. On Windows,
+ is \code{'sunos5'}. On Mac OS X, it is \code{'darwin'}. On Windows,
it is \code{'win'}. The returned string points into static storage;
the caller should not modify its value. The value is available to
Python code as \code{sys.platform}.
diff --git a/Doc/api/utilities.tex b/Doc/api/utilities.tex
index 590df6c..397643e 100644
--- a/Doc/api/utilities.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/utilities.tex
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ values from C values.
Return true when the interpreter runs out of stack space. This is a
reliable check, but is only available when \constant{USE_STACKCHECK}
is defined (currently on Windows using the Microsoft Visual \Cpp{}
- compiler and on the Macintosh). \constant{USE_CHECKSTACK} will be
+ compiler). \constant{USE_CHECKSTACK} will be
defined automatically; you should never change the definition in
your own code.
\end{cfuncdesc}