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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-05 21:42:51 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-05 21:42:51 (GMT)
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#2762: remove 2.x remnants and patch up some new documentation.
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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/functions.rst35
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst11
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/datamodel.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst17
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst16
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst3
6 files changed, 33 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 3339c34..266611d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -209,15 +209,15 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
case, expression statements that evaluate to something else than
``None`` will be printed).
- The optional arguments *flags* and *dont_inherit* (which are new in Python 2.2)
- control which future statements (see :pep:`236`) affect the compilation of
- *source*. If neither is present (or both are zero) the code is compiled with
- those future statements that are in effect in the code that is calling compile.
- If the *flags* argument is given and *dont_inherit* is not (or is zero) then the
+ The optional arguments *flags* and *dont_inherit* control which future
+ statements (see :pep:`236`) affect the compilation of *source*. If neither
+ is present (or both are zero) the code is compiled with those future
+ statements that are in effect in the code that is calling compile. If the
+ *flags* argument is given and *dont_inherit* is not (or is zero) then the
future statements specified by the *flags* argument are used in addition to
those that would be used anyway. If *dont_inherit* is a non-zero integer then
- the *flags* argument is it -- the future statements in effect around the call to
- compile are ignored.
+ the *flags* argument is it -- the future statements in effect around the call
+ to compile are ignored.
Future statements are specified by bits which can be bitwise ORed together to
specify multiple statements. The bitfield required to specify a given feature
@@ -813,19 +813,14 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
modulo *z* (computed more efficiently than ``pow(x, y) % z``). The two-argument
form ``pow(x, y)`` is equivalent to using the power operator: ``x**y``.
- The arguments must have numeric types. With mixed operand types, the coercion
- rules for binary arithmetic operators apply. For :class:`int` operands, the
- result has the same type as the operands (after coercion) unless the second
- argument is negative; in that case, all arguments are converted to float and a
- float result is delivered. For example, ``10**2`` returns ``100``, but
- ``10**-2`` returns ``0.01``. (This last feature was added in Python 2.2. In
- Python 2.1 and before, if both arguments were of integer types and the second
- argument was negative, an exception was raised.) If the second argument is
- negative, the third argument must be omitted. If *z* is present, *x* and *y*
- must be of integer types, and *y* must be non-negative. (This restriction was
- added in Python 2.2. In Python 2.1 and before, floating 3-argument ``pow()``
- returned platform-dependent results depending on floating-point rounding
- accidents.)
+ The arguments must have numeric types. With mixed operand types, the
+ coercion rules for binary arithmetic operators apply. For :class:`int`
+ operands, the result has the same type as the operands (after coercion)
+ unless the second argument is negative; in that case, all arguments are
+ converted to float and a float result is delivered. For example, ``10**2``
+ returns ``100``, but ``10**-2`` returns ``0.01``. If the second argument is
+ negative, the third argument must be omitted. If *z* is present, *x* and *y*
+ must be of integer types, and *y* must be non-negative.
.. function:: print([object, ...][, sep=' '][, end='\n'][, file=sys.stdout])
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index c81c75f..ed770cb 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -334,12 +334,6 @@ Additional information on exceptions can be found in section :ref:`exceptions`,
and information on using the :keyword:`raise` statement to generate exceptions
may be found in section :ref:`raise`.
-.. seealso::
-
- :pep:`3110` - Catching exceptions in Python 3000
- Describes the differences in :keyword:`try` statements between Python 2.x
- and 3.0.
-
.. _with:
.. _as:
@@ -390,11 +384,6 @@ The execution of the :keyword:`with` statement proceeds as follows:
value from :meth:`__exit__` is ignored, and execution proceeds at the normal
location for the kind of exit that was taken.
-
- In Python 2.5, the :keyword:`with` statement is only allowed when the
- ``with_statement`` feature has been enabled. It is always enabled in
- Python 2.6.
-
.. seealso::
:pep:`0343` - The "with" statement
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index f7d5283..74b2efb 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -510,10 +510,6 @@ Callable types
An instance method object combines a class, a class instance and any
callable object (normally a user-defined function).
- .. versionchanged:: 2.6
- For 3.0 forward-compatibility, :attr:`im_func` is also available as
- :attr:`__func__`, and :attr:`im_self` as :attr:`__self__`.
-
.. index::
single: __func__ (method attribute)
single: __self__ (method attribute)
diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
index 2a9fd79..5748b9e 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
@@ -270,16 +270,20 @@ Identifiers and keywords
.. index:: identifier, name
Identifiers (also referred to as *names*) are described by the following lexical
-definitions:
+definitions.
The syntax of identifiers in Python is based on the Unicode standard annex
-UAX-31, with elaboration and changes as defined below.
+UAX-31, with elaboration and changes as defined below; see also :pep:`3131` for
+further details.
Within the ASCII range (U+0001..U+007F), the valid characters for identifiers
-are the same as in Python 2.5; Python 3.0 introduces additional
-characters from outside the ASCII range (see :pep:`3131`). For other
-characters, the classification uses the version of the Unicode Character
-Database as included in the :mod:`unicodedata` module.
+are the same as in Python 2.x: the uppercase and lowercase letters ``A`` through
+``Z``, the underscore ``_`` and, except for the first character, the digits
+``0`` through ``9``.
+
+Python 3.0 introduces additional characters from outside the ASCII range (see
+:pep:`3131`). For these characters, the classification uses the version of the
+Unicode Character Database as included in the :mod:`unicodedata` module.
Identifiers are unlimited in length. Case is significant.
@@ -308,7 +312,6 @@ A non-normative HTML file listing all valid identifier characters for Unicode
4.1 can be found at
http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/home/loewis/table-3131.html.
-See :pep:`3131` for further details.
.. _keywords:
diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
index a9d534e..0b90703 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ The :keyword:`raise` statement
pair: raising; exception
.. productionlist::
- raise_stmt: "raise" [`expression` ["," `expression` ["," `expression`]]]
+ raise_stmt: "raise" [`expression` ["from" `expression`]]
If no expressions are present, :keyword:`raise` re-raises the last exception
that was active in the current scope. If no exception is active in the current
@@ -498,24 +498,20 @@ The :dfn:`type` of the exception is the exception instance's class, the
.. index:: object: traceback
A traceback object is normally created automatically when an exception is raised
-and attached to it as the :attr:`__traceback__` attribute; however, you can set
-your own traceback using the :meth:`with_traceback` exception method, like so::
+and attached to it as the :attr:`__traceback__` attribute, which is writable.
+You can create an exception and set your own traceback in one step using the
+:meth:`with_traceback` exception method (which returns the same exception
+instance, with its traceback set to its argument), like so::
raise RuntimeError("foo occurred").with_traceback(tracebackobj)
-.. XXX document exception chaining
+.. XXX document exception chaining
The "from" clause is used for exception chaining, which is not documented yet.
Additional information on exceptions can be found in section :ref:`exceptions`,
and information about handling exceptions is in section :ref:`try`.
-.. seealso::
-
- :pep:`3109` - Raising exceptions in Python 3000
- Describes the differences in :keyword:`raise` statements between Python
- 2.x and 3.0.
-
.. _break:
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 11b56cc..7611891 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ Exception Stuff
* PEP 3109: Raising exceptions. You must now use ``raise Exception(args)``
instead of ``raise Exception, args``.
-* PEP 3110: Catching exceptions.
+* PEP 3110: Catching exceptions. You must now use ``except SomeException as
+ identifier:`` instead of ``except Exception, identifier:``
* PEP 3134: Exception chaining. (The :attr:`__context__` feature from the PEP
hasn't been implemented yet in 3.0a2.)