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  r74328 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 17:06:25 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Fix base keyword arg name for int() and long().
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  r74332 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:23:21 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Fix punctuation and one copy-paste error.
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  r74333 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:43:55 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  #6658: fix two typos.
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  r74365 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-13 09:48:05 +0200 (Do, 13 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  #6679: Remove mention that sub supports no flags.
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3 files changed, 15 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index a999e63..198ff7b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    to provide elaborate line editing and history features.
 
 
-.. function:: int([number | string[, radix]])
+.. function:: int([number | string[, base]])
 
    Convert a number or string to an integer.  If no arguments are given, return
    ``0``.  If a number is given, return ``number.__int__()``.  Conversion of
@@ -522,10 +522,10 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    a base-radix integer literal optionally preceded by '+' or '-' (with no space
    in between) and optionally surrounded by whitespace.  A base-n literal
    consists of the digits 0 to n-1, with 'a' to 'z' (or 'A' to 'Z') having
-   values 10 to 35.  The default radix is 10. The allowed values are 0 and 2-36.
+   values 10 to 35.  The default *base* is 10. The allowed values are 0 and 2-36.
    Base-2, -8, and -16 literals can be optionally prefixed with ``0b``/``0B``,
-   ``0o``/``0O``, or ``0x``/``0X``, as with integer literals in code.  Radix 0
-   means to interpret exactly as a code literal, so that the actual radix is 2,
+   ``0o``/``0O``, or ``0x``/``0X``, as with integer literals in code.  Base 0
+   means to interpret exactly as a code literal, so that the actual base is 2,
    8, 10, or 16, and so that ``int('010', 0)`` is not legal, while
    ``int('010')`` is, as well as ``int('010', 8)``.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index cdb9951..ea6563b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -656,9 +656,7 @@ form.
       >>> re.sub(r'\sAND\s', ' & ', 'Baked Beans And Spam', flags=re.IGNORECASE)
       'Baked Beans & Spam'
 
-   The pattern may be a string or an RE object; if you need to specify regular
-   expression flags, you must use a RE object, or use embedded modifiers in a
-   pattern; for example, ``sub("(?i)b+", "x", "bbbb BBBB")`` returns ``'x x'``.
+   The pattern may be a string or an RE object.
 
    The optional argument *count* is the maximum number of pattern occurrences to be
    replaced; *count* must be a non-negative integer.  If omitted or zero, all
diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index eea442b..2b2c890 100644
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
 
 .. attribute:: kevent.filter
 
-   Name of the kernel filter
+   Name of the kernel filter.
 
    +---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
    | Constant                  | Meaning                                     |
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
    |                           | there is data available to read             |
    +---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
    | :const:`KQ_FILTER_WRITE`  | Takes a descriptor and returns whenever     |
-   |                           | there is data available to read             |
+   |                           | there is data available to write            |
    +---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
    | :const:`KQ_FILTER_AIO`    | AIO requests                                |
    +---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
 
 .. attribute:: kevent.flags
 
-   Filter action
+   Filter action.
 
    +---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
    | Constant                  | Meaning                                     |
@@ -366,10 +366,9 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
 
 .. attribute:: kevent.fflags
 
-   Filter specific flags
-
+   Filter specific flags.
 
-   :const:`KQ_FILTER_READ` and  :const:`KQ_FILTER_WRITE` filter flags
+   :const:`KQ_FILTER_READ` and  :const:`KQ_FILTER_WRITE` filter flags:
 
    +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    | Constant                   | Meaning                                    |
@@ -377,8 +376,7 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
    | :const:`KQ_NOTE_LOWAT`     | low water mark of a socket buffer          |
    +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
 
-
-   :const:`KQ_FILTER_VNODE` filter flags
+   :const:`KQ_FILTER_VNODE` filter flags:
 
    +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    | Constant                   | Meaning                                    |
@@ -398,8 +396,7 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
    | :const:`KQ_NOTE_REVOKE`    | access to the file was revoked             |
    +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
 
-
-   :const:`KQ_FILTER_PROC` filter flags
+   :const:`KQ_FILTER_PROC` filter flags:
 
    +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    | Constant                   | Meaning                                    |
@@ -422,7 +419,7 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
    | :const:`KQ_NOTE_TRACKERR`  | unable to attach to a child                |
    +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
 
-   :const:`KQ_FILTER_NETDEV` filter flags [not available on Mac OS X]
+   :const:`KQ_FILTER_NETDEV` filter flags (not available on Mac OS X):
 
    +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
    | Constant                   | Meaning                                    |
@@ -437,9 +434,9 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
 
 .. attribute:: kevent.data
 
-   Filter specific data
+   Filter specific data.
 
 
 .. attribute:: kevent.udata
 
-   User defined value
+   User defined value.