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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-01-04 19:17:34 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1995-01-04 19:17:34 (GMT) |
commit | 31cce9737477d924d9e1ea476920df72dab92495 (patch) | |
tree | 10314d7aa86f4b8eb8c87a8780d99aa075d45057 /Doc/lib | |
parent | e5f8b60429655e94fbfb84a039a2b939b1d8556c (diff) | |
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copyright.tex: Add 1995 to copyright message.
lib.tex: add libimp; remove bogus warning about lineii.
libmath.tex: document hypot().
libmd5.tex: rename md5.md5() to md5.new().
libposix.tex: document chown().
libposixfile.tex: openfile() instead of fileopen().
libsocket.tex: document gethostbyaddr().
libtypes.tex: add footnote explaining why readline() keeps the newline.
ref3.tex: correct typos, add back*quotes to index.
ref4.tex: don't use \verb inside footnote.
ref5.tex: explain repr() and str() and add them + back*quotes to index.
ref6.tex: correct typo, don't use \verb in footnote.
ref7.tex: don't use \verb in footnote.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/lib')
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/lib.tex | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libmath.tex | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libmd5.tex | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libposix.tex | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libsocket.tex | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libtypes.tex | 9 |
7 files changed, 41 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/lib.tex b/Doc/lib/lib.tex index 900cfac..d3901b2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/lib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/lib.tex @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ language. \input{libmods} % Built-in modules \input{libsys} \input{libbltin} % really __builtin__ +\input{libimp} \input{libmain} % really __main__ \input{libarray} \input{libmath} @@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ language. \input{libgdbm} \input{libgrp} \input{libposix} -\input{libposixfile} % XXX this uses lineii which partparse.py doesn't know +\input{libposixfile} \input{libppath} % really posixpath \input{libpwd} \input{libselect} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmath.tex b/Doc/lib/libmath.tex index c26e849..6c6a90f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmath.tex @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ They are: \code{floor(\varvars{x})}, \code{fmod(\varvars{x\, y})}, \code{frexp(\varvars{x})}, +\code{hypot(\varvars{x\, y})}, \code{ldexp(\varvars{x\, y})}, \code{log(\varvars{x})}, \code{log10(\varvars{x})}, @@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ pattern than their C equivalents: they take a single argument and return a pair of values, rather than returning their second return value through an `output parameter' (there is no such thing in Python). +The \code{hypot} function, which is not standard C, is not available +on all platforms. + The module also defines two mathematical constants: \iftexi \begin{datadesc}{pi} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmd5.tex b/Doc/lib/libmd5.tex index edaa727..3e22820 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmd5.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmd5.tex @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ example will be helpful: to obtain the digest of the string \code{'abc'}, use \ldots \bcode\begin{verbatim} ->>> from md5 import md5 ->>> m = md5() +>>> import md5 +>>> m = md5.new() >>> m.update('abc') >>> m.digest() '\220\001P\230<\322O\260\326\226?}(\341\177r' @@ -25,16 +25,22 @@ to obtain the digest of the string \code{'abc'}, use \ldots More condensed: \bcode\begin{verbatim} ->>> md5('abc').digest() +>>> md5.new('abc').digest() '\220\001P\230<\322O\260\326\226?}(\341\177r' \end{verbatim}\ecode \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module md5)} -\begin{funcdesc}{md5}{\optional{arg}} + +\begin{funcdesc}{new}{\optional{arg}} Create a new md5-object. If \var{arg} is present, an initial \code{update} method is called with \var{arg} as argument. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{md5}{\optional{arg}} +For backward compatibility reasons, this is an alternative name for the +\code{new} function. +\end{funcdesc} + An md5-object has the following methods: \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(md5 method)} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex index c22f1e0..987f746 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex @@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ Change the current working directory to \var{path}. Change the mode of \var{path} to the numeric \var{mode}. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{chown}{path\, uid, gid} +Change the owner and group id of \var{path} to the numeric \var{uid} +and \var{gid}. +(Not on MS-DOS.) +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{close}{fd} Close file descriptor \var{fd}. \end{funcdesc} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex index 346f576..050ba5a 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The posixfile module defines the following functions: builtin function. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{openfile}{fileobject} +\begin{funcdesc}{fileopen}{fileobject} Create a new posixfile object with the given standard file object. The resulting object has the same filename and mode as the original file object. diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index 60b9d15..1026ef1 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -79,7 +79,16 @@ is an IP address itself it is returned unchanged. Return a string containing the hostname of the machine where the Python interpreter is currently executing. If you want to know the current machine's IP address, use -\code{socket.gethostbyname( socket.gethostname() )} instead. +\code{socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())} instead. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{gethostbyaddr}{ip_address} +Return a triple \code{(hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist)} where +\code{hostname} is the primary host name responding to the given +\var{ip_address}, \code{aliaslist} is a (possibly empty) list of +alternative host names for the same address, and \code{ipaddrlist} is +a list of IP addresses for the same interface on the same +host (most likely containing only a single address). \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getservbyname}{servicename\, protocolname} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex index b5dadaf..1d5beb4 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex @@ -580,7 +580,14 @@ Files have the following methods: \begin{funcdesc}{readline}{} Read one entire line from the file. A trailing newline character is - kept in the string (but may be absent when a file ends with an + kept in the string% +\footnote{The advantage of leaving the newline on is that an empty string + can be returned to mean \EOF{} without being ambiguous. Another + advantage is that (in cases where it might matter, e.g. if you + want to make an exact copy of a file while scanning its lines) + you can tell whether the last line of a file ended in a newline + or not (yes this happens!).} + (but may be absent when a file ends with an incomplete line). An empty string is returned when \EOF{} is hit immediately. Note: unlike \code{stdio}'s \code{fgets()}, the returned string contains null characters (\code{'\e 0'}) if they occurred in the |