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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/doctest.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/functions.rst12
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/functools.rst6
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/inspect.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/mmap.rst43
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/operator.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/stdtypes.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/sys.rst24
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/timeit.rst11
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diff --git a/Doc/library/atexit.rst b/Doc/library/atexit.rst
index f6c76de..abef2fe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/atexit.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/atexit.rst
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ passed along to the registered function when it is called::
# or:
atexit.register(goodbye, adjective='nice', name='Donny')
-Usage as a decorator::
+Usage as a :term:`decorator`::
import atexit
diff --git a/Doc/library/bdb.rst b/Doc/library/bdb.rst
index da5357b..a8a61f1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/bdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/bdb.rst
@@ -1,337 +1,337 @@
-:mod:`bdb` --- Debugger framework
-=================================
-
-.. module:: bdb
- :synopsis: Debugger framework.
-
-The :mod:`bdb` module handles basic debugger functions, like setting breakpoints
-or managing execution via the debugger.
-
-The following exception is defined:
-
-.. exception:: BdbQuit
-
- Exception raised by the :class:`Bdb` class for quitting the debugger.
-
-
-The :mod:`bdb` module also defines two classes:
-
-.. class:: Breakpoint(self, file, line[, temporary=0[, cond=None [, funcname=None]]])
-
- This class implements temporary breakpoints, ignore counts, disabling and
- (re-)enabling, and conditionals.
-
- Breakpoints are indexed by number through a list called :attr:`bpbynumber`
- and by ``(file, line)`` pairs through :attr:`bplist`. The former points to a
- single instance of class :class:`Breakpoint`. The latter points to a list of
- such instances since there may be more than one breakpoint per line.
-
- When creating a breakpoint, its associated filename should be in canonical
- form. If a *funcname* is defined, a breakpoint hit will be counted when the
- first line of that function is executed. A conditional breakpoint always
- counts a hit.
-
-:class:`Breakpoint` instances have the following methods:
-
-.. method:: Breakpoint.deleteMe()
-
- Delete the breakpoint from the list associated to a file/line. If it is the
- last breakpoint in that position, it also deletes the entry for the
- file/line.
-
-.. method:: Breakpoint.enable()
-
- Mark the breakpoint as enabled.
-
-.. method:: Breakpoint.disable()
-
- Mark the breakpoint as disabled.
-
-.. method:: Breakpoint.bpprint([out])
-
- Print all the information about the breakpoint:
-
- * The breakpoint number.
- * If it is temporary or not.
- * Its file,line position.
- * The condition that causes a break.
- * If it must be ignored the next N times.
- * The breakpoint hit count.
-
-
-.. class:: Bdb()
-
- The :class:`Bdb` acts as a generic Python debugger base class.
-
- This class takes care of the details of the trace facility; a derived class
- should implement user interaction. The standard debugger class
- (:class:`pdb.Pdb`) is an example.
-
-
-The following methods of :class:`Bdb` normally don't need to be overridden.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.canonic(filename)
-
- Auxiliary method for getting a filename in a canonical form, that is, as a
- case-normalized (on case-insensitive filesystems) absolute path, stripped
- of surrounding angle brackets.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.reset()
-
- Set the :attr:`botframe`, :attr:`stopframe`, :attr:`returnframe` and
- :attr:`quitting` attributes with values ready to start debugging.
-
-
-.. method:: Bdb.trace_dispatch(frame, event, arg)
-
- This function is installed as the trace function of debugged frames. Its
- return value is the new trace function (in most cases, that is, itself).
-
- The default implementation decides how to dispatch a frame, depending on the
- type of event (passed as a string) that is about to be executed. *event* can
- be one of the following:
-
- * ``"line"``: A new line of code is going to be executed.
- * ``"call"``: A function is about to be called, or another code block
- entered.
- * ``"return"``: A function or other code block is about to return.
- * ``"exception"``: An exception has occurred.
- * ``"c_call"``: A C function is about to be called.
- * ``"c_return"``: A C function has returned.
- * ``"c_exception"``: A C function has thrown an exception.
-
- For the Python events, specialized functions (see below) are called. For the
- C events, no action is taken.
-
- The *arg* parameter depends on the previous event.
-
- For more information on trace functions, see :ref:`debugger-hooks`. For more
- information on code and frame objects, refer to :ref:`types`.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.dispatch_line(frame)
-
- If the debugger should stop on the current line, invoke the :meth:`user_line`
- method (which should be overridden in subclasses). Raise a :exc:`BdbQuit`
- exception if the :attr:`Bdb.quitting` flag is set (which can be set from
- :meth:`user_line`). Return a reference to the :meth:`trace_dispatch` method
- for further tracing in that scope.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.dispatch_call(frame, arg)
-
- If the debugger should stop on this function call, invoke the
- :meth:`user_call` method (which should be overridden in subclasses). Raise a
- :exc:`BdbQuit` exception if the :attr:`Bdb.quitting` flag is set (which can
- be set from :meth:`user_call`). Return a reference to the
- :meth:`trace_dispatch` method for further tracing in that scope.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.dispatch_return(frame, arg)
-
- If the debugger should stop on this function return, invoke the
- :meth:`user_return` method (which should be overridden in subclasses). Raise
- a :exc:`BdbQuit` exception if the :attr:`Bdb.quitting` flag is set (which can
- be set from :meth:`user_return`). Return a reference to the
- :meth:`trace_dispatch` method for further tracing in that scope.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.dispatch_exception(frame, arg)
-
- If the debugger should stop at this exception, invokes the
- :meth:`user_exception` method (which should be overridden in subclasses).
- Raise a :exc:`BdbQuit` exception if the :attr:`Bdb.quitting` flag is set
- (which can be set from :meth:`user_exception`). Return a reference to the
- :meth:`trace_dispatch` method for further tracing in that scope.
-
-Normally derived classes don't override the following methods, but they may if
-they want to redefine the definition of stopping and breakpoints.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.stop_here(frame)
-
- This method checks if the *frame* is somewhere below :attr:`botframe` in the
- call stack. :attr:`botframe` is the frame in which debugging started.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.break_here(frame)
-
- This method checks if there is a breakpoint in the filename and line
- belonging to *frame* or, at least, in the current function. If the
- breakpoint is a temporary one, this method deletes it.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.break_anywhere(frame)
-
- This method checks if there is a breakpoint in the filename of the current
- frame.
-
-Derived classes should override these methods to gain control over debugger
-operation.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.user_call(frame, argument_list)
-
- This method is called from :meth:`dispatch_call` when there is the
- possibility that a break might be necessary anywhere inside the called
- function.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.user_line(frame)
-
- This method is called from :meth:`dispatch_line` when either
- :meth:`stop_here` or :meth:`break_here` yields True.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.user_return(frame, return_value)
-
- This method is called from :meth:`dispatch_return` when :meth:`stop_here`
- yields True.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.user_exception(frame, exc_info)
-
- This method is called from :meth:`dispatch_exception` when :meth:`stop_here`
- yields True.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.do_clear(arg)
-
- Handle how a breakpoint must be removed when it is a temporary one.
-
- This method must be implemented by derived classes.
-
-
-Derived classes and clients can call the following methods to affect the
-stepping state.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.set_step()
-
- Stop after one line of code.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.set_next(frame)
-
- Stop on the next line in or below the given frame.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.set_return(frame)
-
- Stop when returning from the given frame.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.set_trace([frame])
-
- Start debugging from *frame*. If *frame* is not specified, debugging starts
- from caller's frame.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.set_continue()
-
- Stop only at breakpoints or when finished. If there are no breakpoints, set
- the system trace function to None.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.set_quit()
-
- Set the :attr:`quitting` attribute to True. This raises :exc:`BdbQuit` in
- the next call to one of the :meth:`dispatch_\*` methods.
-
-
-Derived classes and clients can call the following methods to manipulate
-breakpoints. These methods return a string containing an error message if
-something went wrong, or ``None`` if all is well.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.set_break(filename, lineno[, temporary=0[, cond[, funcname]]])
-
- Set a new breakpoint. If the *lineno* line doesn't exist for the *filename*
- passed as argument, return an error message. The *filename* should be in
- canonical form, as described in the :meth:`canonic` method.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.clear_break(filename, lineno)
-
- Delete the breakpoints in *filename* and *lineno*. If none were set, an
- error message is returned.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.clear_bpbynumber(arg)
-
- Delete the breakpoint which has the index *arg* in the
- :attr:`Breakpoint.bpbynumber`. If `arg` is not numeric or out of range,
- return an error message.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.clear_all_file_breaks(filename)
-
- Delete all breakpoints in *filename*. If none were set, an error message is
- returned.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.clear_all_breaks()
-
- Delete all existing breakpoints.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.get_break(filename, lineno)
-
- Check if there is a breakpoint for *lineno* of *filename*.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.get_breaks(filename, lineno)
-
- Return all breakpoints for *lineno* in *filename*, or an empty list if none
- are set.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.get_file_breaks(filename)
-
- Return all breakpoints in *filename*, or an empty list if none are set.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.get_all_breaks()
-
- Return all breakpoints that are set.
-
-
-Derived classes and clients can call the following methods to get a data
-structure representing a stack trace.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.get_stack(f, t)
-
- Get a list of records for a frame and all higher (calling) and lower frames,
- and the size of the higher part.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.format_stack_entry(frame_lineno, [lprefix=': '])
-
- Return a string with information about a stack entry, identified by a
- ``(frame, lineno)`` tuple:
-
- * The canonical form of the filename which contains the frame.
- * The function name, or ``"<lambda>"``.
- * The input arguments.
- * The return value.
- * The line of code (if it exists).
-
-
-The following two methods can be called by clients to use a debugger to debug a
-statement, given as a string.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.run(cmd, [globals, [locals]])
-
- Debug a statement executed via the :func:`exec` function. *globals*
- defaults to :attr:`__main__.__dict__`, *locals* defaults to *globals*.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.runeval(expr, [globals, [locals]])
-
- Debug an expression executed via the :func:`eval` function. *globals* and
- *locals* have the same meaning as in :meth:`run`.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.runctx(cmd, globals, locals)
-
- For backwards compatibility. Calls the :meth:`run` method.
-
-.. method:: Bdb.runcall(func, *args, **kwds)
-
- Debug a single function call, and return its result.
-
-
-Finally, the module defines the following functions:
-
-.. function:: checkfuncname(b, frame)
-
- Check whether we should break here, depending on the way the breakpoint *b*
- was set.
-
- If it was set via line number, it checks if ``b.line`` is the same as the one
- in the frame also passed as argument. If the breakpoint was set via function
- name, we have to check we are in the right frame (the right function) and if
- we are in its first executable line.
-
-.. function:: effective(file, line, frame)
-
- Determine if there is an effective (active) breakpoint at this line of code.
- Return breakpoint number or 0 if none.
-
- Called only if we know there is a breakpoint at this location. Returns the
- breakpoint that was triggered and a flag that indicates if it is ok to delete
- a temporary breakpoint.
-
-.. function:: set_trace()
-
- Starts debugging with a :class:`Bdb` instance from caller's frame.
+:mod:`bdb` --- Debugger framework
+=================================
+
+.. module:: bdb
+ :synopsis: Debugger framework.
+
+The :mod:`bdb` module handles basic debugger functions, like setting breakpoints
+or managing execution via the debugger.
+
+The following exception is defined:
+
+.. exception:: BdbQuit
+
+ Exception raised by the :class:`Bdb` class for quitting the debugger.
+
+
+The :mod:`bdb` module also defines two classes:
+
+.. class:: Breakpoint(self, file, line[, temporary=0[, cond=None [, funcname=None]]])
+
+ This class implements temporary breakpoints, ignore counts, disabling and
+ (re-)enabling, and conditionals.
+
+ Breakpoints are indexed by number through a list called :attr:`bpbynumber`
+ and by ``(file, line)`` pairs through :attr:`bplist`. The former points to a
+ single instance of class :class:`Breakpoint`. The latter points to a list of
+ such instances since there may be more than one breakpoint per line.
+
+ When creating a breakpoint, its associated filename should be in canonical
+ form. If a *funcname* is defined, a breakpoint hit will be counted when the
+ first line of that function is executed. A conditional breakpoint always
+ counts a hit.
+
+:class:`Breakpoint` instances have the following methods:
+
+.. method:: Breakpoint.deleteMe()
+
+ Delete the breakpoint from the list associated to a file/line. If it is the
+ last breakpoint in that position, it also deletes the entry for the
+ file/line.
+
+.. method:: Breakpoint.enable()
+
+ Mark the breakpoint as enabled.
+
+.. method:: Breakpoint.disable()
+
+ Mark the breakpoint as disabled.
+
+.. method:: Breakpoint.bpprint([out])
+
+ Print all the information about the breakpoint:
+
+ * The breakpoint number.
+ * If it is temporary or not.
+ * Its file,line position.
+ * The condition that causes a break.
+ * If it must be ignored the next N times.
+ * The breakpoint hit count.
+
+
+.. class:: Bdb()
+
+ The :class:`Bdb` acts as a generic Python debugger base class.
+
+ This class takes care of the details of the trace facility; a derived class
+ should implement user interaction. The standard debugger class
+ (:class:`pdb.Pdb`) is an example.
+
+
+The following methods of :class:`Bdb` normally don't need to be overridden.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.canonic(filename)
+
+ Auxiliary method for getting a filename in a canonical form, that is, as a
+ case-normalized (on case-insensitive filesystems) absolute path, stripped
+ of surrounding angle brackets.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.reset()
+
+ Set the :attr:`botframe`, :attr:`stopframe`, :attr:`returnframe` and
+ :attr:`quitting` attributes with values ready to start debugging.
+
+
+.. method:: Bdb.trace_dispatch(frame, event, arg)
+
+ This function is installed as the trace function of debugged frames. Its
+ return value is the new trace function (in most cases, that is, itself).
+
+ The default implementation decides how to dispatch a frame, depending on the
+ type of event (passed as a string) that is about to be executed. *event* can
+ be one of the following:
+
+ * ``"line"``: A new line of code is going to be executed.
+ * ``"call"``: A function is about to be called, or another code block
+ entered.
+ * ``"return"``: A function or other code block is about to return.
+ * ``"exception"``: An exception has occurred.
+ * ``"c_call"``: A C function is about to be called.
+ * ``"c_return"``: A C function has returned.
+ * ``"c_exception"``: A C function has thrown an exception.
+
+ For the Python events, specialized functions (see below) are called. For the
+ C events, no action is taken.
+
+ The *arg* parameter depends on the previous event.
+
+ For more information on trace functions, see :ref:`debugger-hooks`. For more
+ information on code and frame objects, refer to :ref:`types`.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.dispatch_line(frame)
+
+ If the debugger should stop on the current line, invoke the :meth:`user_line`
+ method (which should be overridden in subclasses). Raise a :exc:`BdbQuit`
+ exception if the :attr:`Bdb.quitting` flag is set (which can be set from
+ :meth:`user_line`). Return a reference to the :meth:`trace_dispatch` method
+ for further tracing in that scope.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.dispatch_call(frame, arg)
+
+ If the debugger should stop on this function call, invoke the
+ :meth:`user_call` method (which should be overridden in subclasses). Raise a
+ :exc:`BdbQuit` exception if the :attr:`Bdb.quitting` flag is set (which can
+ be set from :meth:`user_call`). Return a reference to the
+ :meth:`trace_dispatch` method for further tracing in that scope.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.dispatch_return(frame, arg)
+
+ If the debugger should stop on this function return, invoke the
+ :meth:`user_return` method (which should be overridden in subclasses). Raise
+ a :exc:`BdbQuit` exception if the :attr:`Bdb.quitting` flag is set (which can
+ be set from :meth:`user_return`). Return a reference to the
+ :meth:`trace_dispatch` method for further tracing in that scope.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.dispatch_exception(frame, arg)
+
+ If the debugger should stop at this exception, invokes the
+ :meth:`user_exception` method (which should be overridden in subclasses).
+ Raise a :exc:`BdbQuit` exception if the :attr:`Bdb.quitting` flag is set
+ (which can be set from :meth:`user_exception`). Return a reference to the
+ :meth:`trace_dispatch` method for further tracing in that scope.
+
+Normally derived classes don't override the following methods, but they may if
+they want to redefine the definition of stopping and breakpoints.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.stop_here(frame)
+
+ This method checks if the *frame* is somewhere below :attr:`botframe` in the
+ call stack. :attr:`botframe` is the frame in which debugging started.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.break_here(frame)
+
+ This method checks if there is a breakpoint in the filename and line
+ belonging to *frame* or, at least, in the current function. If the
+ breakpoint is a temporary one, this method deletes it.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.break_anywhere(frame)
+
+ This method checks if there is a breakpoint in the filename of the current
+ frame.
+
+Derived classes should override these methods to gain control over debugger
+operation.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.user_call(frame, argument_list)
+
+ This method is called from :meth:`dispatch_call` when there is the
+ possibility that a break might be necessary anywhere inside the called
+ function.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.user_line(frame)
+
+ This method is called from :meth:`dispatch_line` when either
+ :meth:`stop_here` or :meth:`break_here` yields True.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.user_return(frame, return_value)
+
+ This method is called from :meth:`dispatch_return` when :meth:`stop_here`
+ yields True.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.user_exception(frame, exc_info)
+
+ This method is called from :meth:`dispatch_exception` when :meth:`stop_here`
+ yields True.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.do_clear(arg)
+
+ Handle how a breakpoint must be removed when it is a temporary one.
+
+ This method must be implemented by derived classes.
+
+
+Derived classes and clients can call the following methods to affect the
+stepping state.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.set_step()
+
+ Stop after one line of code.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.set_next(frame)
+
+ Stop on the next line in or below the given frame.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.set_return(frame)
+
+ Stop when returning from the given frame.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.set_trace([frame])
+
+ Start debugging from *frame*. If *frame* is not specified, debugging starts
+ from caller's frame.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.set_continue()
+
+ Stop only at breakpoints or when finished. If there are no breakpoints, set
+ the system trace function to None.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.set_quit()
+
+ Set the :attr:`quitting` attribute to True. This raises :exc:`BdbQuit` in
+ the next call to one of the :meth:`dispatch_\*` methods.
+
+
+Derived classes and clients can call the following methods to manipulate
+breakpoints. These methods return a string containing an error message if
+something went wrong, or ``None`` if all is well.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.set_break(filename, lineno[, temporary=0[, cond[, funcname]]])
+
+ Set a new breakpoint. If the *lineno* line doesn't exist for the *filename*
+ passed as argument, return an error message. The *filename* should be in
+ canonical form, as described in the :meth:`canonic` method.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.clear_break(filename, lineno)
+
+ Delete the breakpoints in *filename* and *lineno*. If none were set, an
+ error message is returned.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.clear_bpbynumber(arg)
+
+ Delete the breakpoint which has the index *arg* in the
+ :attr:`Breakpoint.bpbynumber`. If `arg` is not numeric or out of range,
+ return an error message.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.clear_all_file_breaks(filename)
+
+ Delete all breakpoints in *filename*. If none were set, an error message is
+ returned.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.clear_all_breaks()
+
+ Delete all existing breakpoints.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.get_break(filename, lineno)
+
+ Check if there is a breakpoint for *lineno* of *filename*.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.get_breaks(filename, lineno)
+
+ Return all breakpoints for *lineno* in *filename*, or an empty list if none
+ are set.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.get_file_breaks(filename)
+
+ Return all breakpoints in *filename*, or an empty list if none are set.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.get_all_breaks()
+
+ Return all breakpoints that are set.
+
+
+Derived classes and clients can call the following methods to get a data
+structure representing a stack trace.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.get_stack(f, t)
+
+ Get a list of records for a frame and all higher (calling) and lower frames,
+ and the size of the higher part.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.format_stack_entry(frame_lineno, [lprefix=': '])
+
+ Return a string with information about a stack entry, identified by a
+ ``(frame, lineno)`` tuple:
+
+ * The canonical form of the filename which contains the frame.
+ * The function name, or ``"<lambda>"``.
+ * The input arguments.
+ * The return value.
+ * The line of code (if it exists).
+
+
+The following two methods can be called by clients to use a debugger to debug a
+:term:`statement`, given as a string.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.run(cmd, [globals, [locals]])
+
+ Debug a statement executed via the :keyword:`exec` statement. *globals*
+ defaults to :attr:`__main__.__dict__`, *locals* defaults to *globals*.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.runeval(expr, [globals, [locals]])
+
+ Debug an expression executed via the :func:`eval` function. *globals* and
+ *locals* have the same meaning as in :meth:`run`.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.runctx(cmd, globals, locals)
+
+ For backwards compatibility. Calls the :meth:`run` method.
+
+.. method:: Bdb.runcall(func, *args, **kwds)
+
+ Debug a single function call, and return its result.
+
+
+Finally, the module defines the following functions:
+
+.. function:: checkfuncname(b, frame)
+
+ Check whether we should break here, depending on the way the breakpoint *b*
+ was set.
+
+ If it was set via line number, it checks if ``b.line`` is the same as the one
+ in the frame also passed as argument. If the breakpoint was set via function
+ name, we have to check we are in the right frame (the right function) and if
+ we are in its first executable line.
+
+.. function:: effective(file, line, frame)
+
+ Determine if there is an effective (active) breakpoint at this line of code.
+ Return breakpoint number or 0 if none.
+
+ Called only if we know there is a breakpoint at this location. Returns the
+ breakpoint that was triggered and a flag that indicates if it is ok to delete
+ a temporary breakpoint.
+
+.. function:: set_trace()
+
+ Starts debugging with a :class:`Bdb` instance from caller's frame.
diff --git a/Doc/library/codeop.rst b/Doc/library/codeop.rst
index 419e873..35430b4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/codeop.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/codeop.rst
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ To do just the former:
:exc:`OverflowError` or :exc:`ValueError` if there is an invalid literal.
The *symbol* argument determines whether *source* is compiled as a statement
- (``'single'``, the default) or as an expression (``'eval'``). Any other value
- will cause :exc:`ValueError` to be raised.
+ (``'single'``, the default) or as an :term:`expression` (``'eval'``). Any
+ other value will cause :exc:`ValueError` to be raised.
.. warning::
diff --git a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
index 6a4fd3d..cab2e8c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Functions provided:
.. function:: contextmanager(func)
- This function is a decorator that can be used to define a factory function for
- :keyword:`with` statement context managers, without needing to create a class or
- separate :meth:`__enter__` and :meth:`__exit__` methods.
+ This function is a :term:`decorator` that can be used to define a factory
+ function for :keyword:`with` statement context managers, without needing to
+ create a class or separate :meth:`__enter__` and :meth:`__exit__` methods.
A simple example (this is not recommended as a real way of generating HTML!)::
diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index 721d7c0..99a2921 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -1070,7 +1070,8 @@ capabilities, then you should use the advanced API.
The advanced API revolves around two container classes, which are used to store
the interactive examples extracted from doctest cases:
-* :class:`Example`: A single python statement, paired with its expected output.
+* :class:`Example`: A single python :term:`statement`, paired with its expected
+ output.
* :class:`DocTest`: A collection of :class:`Example`\ s, typically extracted
from a single docstring or text file.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 5d0d8a5..37c53a5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
@classmethod
def f(cls, arg1, arg2, ...): ...
- The ``@classmethod`` form is a function decorator -- see the description of
- function definitions in :ref:`function` for details.
+ The ``@classmethod`` form is a function :term:`decorator` -- see the description
+ of function definitions in :ref:`function` for details.
It can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on an instance (such
as ``C().f()``). The instance is ignored except for its class. If a class
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
If given, *doc* will be the docstring of the property attribute. Otherwise, the
property will copy *fget*'s docstring (if it exists). This makes it possible to
- create read-only properties easily using :func:`property` as a decorator::
+ create read-only properties easily using :func:`property` as a :term:`decorator`::
class Parrot(object):
def __init__(self):
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. index:: single: Numerical Python
- Return a slice object representing the set of indices specified by
+ Return a :term:`slice` object representing the set of indices specified by
``range(start, stop, step)``. The *start* and *step* arguments default to
``None``. Slice objects have read-only data attributes :attr:`start`,
:attr:`stop` and :attr:`step` which merely return the argument values (or their
@@ -952,8 +952,8 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
@staticmethod
def f(arg1, arg2, ...): ...
- The ``@staticmethod`` form is a function decorator -- see the description of
- function definitions in :ref:`function` for details.
+ The ``@staticmethod`` form is a function :term:`decorator` -- see the
+ description of function definitions in :ref:`function` for details.
It can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on an instance (such
as ``C().f()``). The instance is ignored except for its class.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst
index a3d3729..1c8fa5b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
*WRAPPER_UPDATES* (which updates the wrapper function's *__dict__*, i.e. the
instance dictionary).
- The main intended use for this function is in decorator functions which wrap the
- decorated function and return the wrapper. If the wrapper function is not
- updated, the metadata of the returned function will reflect the wrapper
+ The main intended use for this function is in :term:`decorator` functions which
+ wrap the decorated function and return the wrapper. If the wrapper function is
+ not updated, the metadata of the returned function will reflect the wrapper
definition rather than the original function definition, which is typically less
than helpful.
diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 988b737..5cdec20 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ attributes:
.. function:: isfunction(object)
- Return true if the object is a Python function or unnamed (lambda) function.
+ Return true if the object is a Python function or unnamed (:term:`lambda`) function.
.. function:: istraceback(object)
diff --git a/Doc/library/mmap.rst b/Doc/library/mmap.rst
index 26748c4..715610e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mmap.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mmap.rst
@@ -84,6 +84,49 @@ To map anonymous memory, -1 should be passed as the fileno along with the length
*offset* may be specified as a non-negative integer offset. mmap references will
be relative to the offset from the beginning of the file. *offset* defaults to 0.
*offset* must be a multiple of the PAGESIZE or ALLOCATIONGRANULARITY.
+
+ This example shows a simple way of using :func:`mmap`::
+
+ import mmap
+
+ # write a simple example file
+ with open("hello.txt", "w") as f:
+ f.write("Hello Python!\n")
+
+ with open("hello.txt", "r+") as f:
+ # memory-map the file, size 0 means whole file
+ map = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0)
+ # read content via standard file methods
+ print map.readline() # prints "Hello Python!"
+ # read content via slice notation
+ print map[:5] # prints "Hello"
+ # update content using slice notation;
+ # note that new content must have same size
+ map[6:] = " world!\n"
+ # ... and read again using standard file methods
+ map.seek(0)
+ print map.readline() # prints "Hello world!"
+ # close the map
+ map.close()
+
+
+ The next example demonstrates how to create an anonymous map and exchange
+ data between the parent and child processes::
+
+ import mmap
+ import os
+
+ map = mmap.mmap(-1, 13)
+ map.write("Hello world!")
+
+ pid = os.fork()
+
+ if pid == 0: # In a child process
+ map.seek(0)
+ print map.readline()
+
+ map.close()
+
Memory-mapped file objects support the following methods:
diff --git a/Doc/library/operator.rst b/Doc/library/operator.rst
index cb89a7f..15f46eb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/operator.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/operator.rst
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ Operations which work with sequences include:
Many operations have an "in-place" version. The following functions provide a
more primitive access to in-place operators than the usual syntax does; for
-example, the statement ``x += y`` is equivalent to ``x = operator.iadd(x, y)``.
-Another way to put it is to say that ``z = operator.iadd(x, y)`` is equivalent
-to the compound statement ``z = x; z += y``.
-
+example, the :term:`statement` ``x += y`` is equivalent to
+``x = operator.iadd(x, y)``. Another way to put it is to say that
+``z = operator.iadd(x, y)`` is equivalent to the compound statement
+``z = x; z += y``.
.. function:: iadd(a, b)
__iadd__(a, b)
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index e94560b..56d4851 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2149,8 +2149,8 @@ decimal arithmetic context. The specific types are not treated specially beyond
their implementation of the context management protocol. See the
:mod:`contextlib` module for some examples.
-Python's :term:`generator`\s and the ``contextlib.contextfactory`` decorator provide a
-convenient way to implement these protocols. If a generator function is
+Python's :term:`generator`\s and the ``contextlib.contextfactory`` :term:`decorator`
+provide a convenient way to implement these protocols. If a generator function is
decorated with the ``contextlib.contextfactory`` decorator, it will return a
context manager implementing the necessary :meth:`__enter__` and
:meth:`__exit__` methods, rather than the iterator produced by an undecorated
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 3b9112a..97f94aa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ always available.
If *value* is not ``None``, this function prints it to ``sys.stdout``, and saves
it in ``builtins._``.
- ``sys.displayhook`` is called on the result of evaluating an expression entered
- in an interactive Python session. The display of these values can be customized
- by assigning another one-argument function to ``sys.displayhook``.
+ ``sys.displayhook`` is called on the result of evaluating an :term:`expression`
+ entered in an interactive Python session. The display of these values can be
+ customized by assigning another one-argument function to ``sys.displayhook``.
.. function:: excepthook(type, value, traceback)
@@ -536,14 +536,16 @@ always available.
stderr
File objects corresponding to the interpreter's standard input, output and error
- streams. ``stdin`` is used for all interpreter input except for scripts.
- ``stdout`` is used for the output of :func:`print` and expression statements.
- The interpreter's own prompts and (almost all of) its error messages go to
- ``stderr``. ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` needn't be built-in file objects: any
- object is acceptable as long as it has a :meth:`write` method that takes a
- string argument. (Changing these objects doesn't affect the standard I/O
- streams of processes executed by :func:`os.popen`, :func:`os.system` or the
- :func:`exec\*` family of functions in the :mod:`os` module.)
+ streams. ``stdin`` is used for all interpreter input except for scripts but
+ including calls to :func:`input`. ``stdout`` is used for
+ the output of :func:`print` and :term:`expression` statements and for the
+ prompts of :func:`input`. The interpreter's own prompts
+ and (almost all of) its error messages go to ``stderr``. ``stdout`` and
+ ``stderr`` needn't be built-in file objects: any object is acceptable as long
+ as it has a :meth:`write` method that takes a string argument. (Changing these
+ objects doesn't affect the standard I/O streams of processes executed by
+ :func:`os.popen`, :func:`os.system` or the :func:`exec\*` family of functions in
+ the :mod:`os` module.)
.. data:: __stdin__
diff --git a/Doc/library/timeit.rst b/Doc/library/timeit.rst
index 3387c7f..6a8a94d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/timeit.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/timeit.rst
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@ The module defines the following public class:
.. note::
- By default, :meth:`timeit` temporarily turns off garbage collection during the
- timing. The advantage of this approach is that it makes independent timings
- more comparable. This disadvantage is that GC may be an important component of
- the performance of the function being measured. If so, GC can be re-enabled as
- the first statement in the *setup* string. For example::
+ By default, :meth:`timeit` temporarily turns off :term:`garbage collection`
+ during the timing. The advantage of this approach is that it makes
+ independent timings more comparable. This disadvantage is that GC may be
+ an important component of the performance of the function being measured.
+ If so, GC can be re-enabled as the first statement in the *setup* string.
+ For example::
timeit.Timer('for i in range(10): oct(i)', 'gc.enable()').timeit()
diff --git a/Doc/library/weakref.rst b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
index 9a1e076..fdfbae0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/weakref.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
@@ -20,22 +20,22 @@ In the following, the term :dfn:`referent` means the object which is referred to
by a weak reference.
A weak reference to an object is not enough to keep the object alive: when the
-only remaining references to a referent are weak references, garbage collection
-is free to destroy the referent and reuse its memory for something else. A
-primary use for weak references is to implement caches or mappings holding large
-objects, where it's desired that a large object not be kept alive solely because
-it appears in a cache or mapping. For example, if you have a number of large
-binary image objects, you may wish to associate a name with each. If you used a
-Python dictionary to map names to images, or images to names, the image objects
-would remain alive just because they appeared as values or keys in the
-dictionaries. The :class:`WeakKeyDictionary`, :class:`WeakValueDictionary`
-and :class:`WeakSet` classes supplied by the :mod:`weakref` module are an
-alternative, using weak references to construct mappings that don't keep objects
-alive solely because they appear in the container objects.
-If, for example, an image object is a value in a :class:`WeakValueDictionary`,
-then when the last remaining references to that image object are the weak
-references held by weak mappings, garbage collection can reclaim the object,
-and its corresponding entries in weak mappings are simply deleted.
+only remaining references to a referent are weak references,
+:term:`garbage collection` is free to destroy the referent and reuse its memory
+for something else. A primary use for weak references is to implement caches or
+mappings holding large objects, where it's desired that a large object not be
+kept alive solely because it appears in a cache or mapping. For example, if you
+have a number of large binary image objects, you may wish to associate a name
+with each. If you used a Python dictionary to map names to images, or images to
+names, the image objects would remain alive just because they appeared as values
+or keys in the dictionaries. The :class:`WeakKeyDictionary` and
+:class:`WeakValueDictionary` classes supplied by the :mod:`weakref` module are
+an alternative, using weak references to construct mappings that don't keep
+objects alive solely because they appear in the mapping objects. If, for
+example, an image object is a value in a :class:`WeakValueDictionary`, then when
+the last remaining references to that image object are the weak references held
+by weak mappings, garbage collection can reclaim the object, and its
+corresponding entries in weak mappings are simply deleted.
:class:`WeakKeyDictionary` and :class:`WeakValueDictionary` use weak references
in their implementation, setting up callback functions on the weak references
diff --git a/Doc/library/windows.rst b/Doc/library/windows.rst
index a231bc2..b09dd8b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/windows.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.. _mswin-specific-services:
****************************
MS Windows Specific Services
diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
index 81a9316..172a2a0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ convert it from and to XML.
A C implementation of this API is available as :mod:`xml.etree.cElementTree`.
+See http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm for tutorials and links to other
+docs. Fredrik Lundh's page is also the location of the development version of the
+xml.etree.ElementTree.
.. _elementtree-functions:
@@ -355,6 +358,33 @@ ElementTree Objects
object opened for writing. *encoding* is the output encoding (default is
US-ASCII).
+This is the XML file that is going to be manipulated::
+
+ <html>
+ <head>
+ <title>Example page</title>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+ <p>Moved to <a href="http://example.org/">example.org</a>
+ or <a href="http://example.com/">example.com</a>.</p>
+ </body>
+ </html>
+
+Example of changing the attribute "target" of every link in first paragraph::
+
+ >>> from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree
+ >>> tree = ElementTree()
+ >>> tree.parse("index.xhtml")
+ <Element html at b7d3f1ec>
+ >>> p = tree.find("body/p") # Finds first occurrence of tag p in body
+ >>> p
+ <Element p at 8416e0c>
+ >>> links = p.getiterator("a") # Returns list of all links
+ >>> links
+ [<Element a at b7d4f9ec>, <Element a at b7d4fb0c>]
+ >>> for i in links: # Iterates through all found links
+ ... i.attrib["target"] = "blank"
+ >>> tree.write("output.xhtml")
.. _elementtree-qname-objects:
@@ -440,3 +470,41 @@ XMLTreeBuilder Objects
Feeds data to the parser. *data* is encoded data.
+:meth:`XMLTreeBuilder.feed` calls *target*\'s :meth:`start` method
+for each opening tag, its :meth:`end` method for each closing tag,
+and data is processed by method :meth:`data`. :meth:`XMLTreeBuilder.close`
+calls *target*\'s method :meth:`close`.
+:class:`XMLTreeBuilder` can be used not only for building a tree structure.
+This is an example of counting the maximum depth of an XML file::
+
+ >>> from xml.etree.ElementTree import XMLTreeBuilder
+ >>> class MaxDepth: # The target object of the parser
+ ... maxDepth = 0
+ ... depth = 0
+ ... def start(self, tag, attrib): # Called for each opening tag.
+ ... self.depth += 1
+ ... if self.depth > self.maxDepth:
+ ... self.maxDepth = self.depth
+ ... def end(self, tag): # Called for each closing tag.
+ ... self.depth -= 1
+ ... def data(self, data):
+ ... pass # We do not need to do anything with data.
+ ... def close(self): # Called when all data has been parsed.
+ ... return self.maxDepth
+ ...
+ >>> target = MaxDepth()
+ >>> parser = XMLTreeBuilder(target=target)
+ >>> exampleXml = """
+ ... <a>
+ ... <b>
+ ... </b>
+ ... <b>
+ ... <c>
+ ... <d>
+ ... </d>
+ ... </c>
+ ... </b>
+ ... </a>"""
+ >>> parser.feed(exampleXml)
+ >>> parser.close()
+ 4