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  r68633 | thomas.heller | 2009-01-16 12:53:44 -0600 (Fri, 16 Jan 2009) | 3 lines

  Change an example in the docs to avoid a mistake when the code is copy
  pasted and changed afterwards.
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  r68648 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-16 22:28:57 -0600 (Fri, 16 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  use enumerate
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  r68667 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2009-01-17 14:18:59 -0600 (Sat, 17 Jan 2009) | 3 lines

  #4077: No need to append \n when calling Py_FatalError
  + fix a declaration to make it match the one in pythonrun.h
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  r68706 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-17 19:28:46 -0600 (Sat, 17 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  fix grammar
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  r68718 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 04:42:35 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  #4976: union() and intersection() take multiple args, but talk about "the other".
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  r68720 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 04:45:22 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  #4974: fix redundant mention of lists and tuples.
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  r68721 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 04:48:16 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  #4914: trunc is in math.
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  r68724 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 07:24:10 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  #4979: correct result range for some random functions.
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  r68725 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 07:47:26 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  #4857: fix augmented assignment target spec.
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  r68726 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 08:41:52 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  #4923: clarify what was added.
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  r68727 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-18 12:25:30 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  #4986: augassigns are not expressions.
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  r68739 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-18 15:11:38 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  fix test that wasn't working as expected #4990
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4 files changed, 32 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index f2ff1b6..47f9819 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -2406,10 +2406,10 @@ other data types containing pointer type fields.
                          ("hreftype", HREFTYPE)]
 
          class TYPEDESC(Structure):
+             _anonymous_ = ("u",)
              _fields_ = [("u", _U),
                          ("vt", VARTYPE)]
 
-             _anonymous_ = ("u",)
 
       The ``TYPEDESC`` structure describes a COM data type, the ``vt`` field
       specifies which one of the union fields is valid.  Since the ``u`` field
diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index c37ceb9..e25d042 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -1494,10 +1494,6 @@ For :class:`date` objects, the format codes for hours, minutes, seconds, and
 microseconds should not be used, as :class:`date` objects have no such
 values.  If they're used anyway, ``0`` is substituted for them.
 
-:class:`time` and :class:`datetime` objects support a ``%f`` format code
-which expands to the number of microseconds in the object, zero-padded on
-the left to six places.
-
 For a naive object, the ``%z`` and ``%Z`` format codes are replaced by empty
 strings.
 
@@ -1616,7 +1612,9 @@ Notes:
 (1)
    When used with the :func:`strptime` function, the ``%f`` directive
    accepts from one to six digits and zero pads on the right.  ``%f`` is
-   an extension to the set of format characters in the C standard.
+   an extension to the set of format characters in the C standard (but
+   implemented separately in datetime objects, and therefore always
+   available).
 
 (2)
    When used with the :func:`strptime` function, the ``%p`` directive only affects
diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 82d2555..5dcf764 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -149,13 +149,13 @@ be found in any statistics text.
 
 .. function:: uniform(a, b)
 
-   Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``a <= N < b`` for
-   ``a <= b`` and ``b <= N < a`` for ``b < a``.
+   Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``a <= N <= b`` for
+   ``a <= b`` and ``b <= N <= a`` for ``b < a``.
 
 
 .. function:: triangular(low, high, mode)
 
-   Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N < high`` and
+   Return a random floating point number *N* such that ``low <= N <= high`` and
    with the specified *mode* between those bounds.  The *low* and *high* bounds
    default to zero and one.  The *mode* argument defaults to the midpoint
    between the bounds, giving a symmetric distribution.
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ be found in any statistics text.
 
 .. function:: betavariate(alpha, beta)
 
-   Beta distribution.  Conditions on the parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta >
-   0``. Returned values range between 0 and 1.
+   Beta distribution.  Conditions on the parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and
+   ``beta > 0``. Returned values range between 0 and 1.
 
 
 .. function:: expovariate(lambd)
@@ -178,14 +178,15 @@ be found in any statistics text.
 
 .. function:: gammavariate(alpha, beta)
 
-   Gamma distribution.  (*Not* the gamma function!)  Conditions on the parameters
-   are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta > 0``.
+   Gamma distribution.  (*Not* the gamma function!)  Conditions on the
+   parameters are ``alpha > 0`` and ``beta > 0``.
 
 
 .. function:: gauss(mu, sigma)
 
-   Gaussian distribution.  *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard deviation.
-   This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function defined below.
+   Gaussian distribution.  *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard
+   deviation.  This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function
+   defined below.
 
 
 .. function:: lognormvariate(mu, sigma)
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index f67459b..f2bc7af 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -343,19 +343,19 @@ Notes:
 All :class:`numbers.Real` types (:class:`int` and
 :class:`float`) also include the following operations:
 
-+--------------------+--------------------------------+--------+
-| Operation          | Result                         | Notes  |
-+====================+================================+========+
-| ``trunc(x)``       | *x* truncated to Integral      |        |
-+--------------------+--------------------------------+--------+
-| ``round(x[, n])``  | *x* rounded to n digits,       |        |
-|                    | rounding half to even. If n is |        |
-|                    | omitted, it defaults to 0.     |        |
-+--------------------+--------------------------------+--------+
-| ``math.floor(x)``  | the greatest Integral <= *x*   |        |
-+--------------------+--------------------------------+--------+
-| ``math.ceil(x)``   | the least Integral >= *x*      |        |
-+--------------------+--------------------------------+--------+
++--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
+| Operation          | Result                             | Notes  |
++====================+====================================+========+
+| ``math.trunc(x)``  | *x* truncated to Integral          |        |
++--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
+| ``round(x[, n])``  | *x* rounded to n digits,           |        |
+|                    | rounding half to even. If n is     |        |
+|                    | omitted, it defaults to 0.         |        |
++--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
+| ``math.floor(x)``  | the greatest integral float <= *x* |        |
++--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
+| ``math.ceil(x)``   | the least integral float >= *x*    |        |
++--------------------+------------------------------------+--------+
 
 For additional numeric operations see the :mod:`math` and :mod:`cmath`
 modules.
@@ -595,10 +595,10 @@ Sequence Types --- :class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray`, :class:`lis
 ==================================================================================================================
 
 There are six sequence types: strings, byte sequences (:class:`bytes` objects),
-byte arrays (:class:`bytearray` objects), lists, tuples, and range objects.
+byte arrays (:class:`bytearray` objects), lists, tuples, and range objects.  For
+other containers see the built in :class:`dict` and :class:`set` classes, and
+the :mod:`collections` module.
 
-For other containers see the built-in :class:`dict`, :class:`list`,
-:class:`set`, and :class:`tuple` classes, and the :mod:`collections` module.
 
 .. index::
    object: sequence
@@ -1623,12 +1623,12 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:
    .. method:: union(other, ...)
                set | other | ...
 
-      Return a new set with elements from both sets.
+      Return a new set with elements from the set and all others.
 
    .. method:: intersection(other, ...)
                set & other & ...
 
-      Return a new set with elements common to both sets.
+      Return a new set with elements common to the set and all others.
 
    .. method:: difference(other, ...)
                set - other - ...