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authorÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-07-29 16:10:12 (GMT)
committerÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-07-29 16:10:12 (GMT)
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Merge from 3.2 (#9254, #8982, #9788)
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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/argparse.rst17
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/atexit.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/functions.rst13
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index a2bceae..8a1005e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Parsing arguments
:class:`ArgumentParser` parses args through the
:meth:`~ArgumentParser.parse_args` method. This will inspect the command line,
convert each arg to the appropriate type and then invoke the appropriate action.
-In most cases, this means a simple namespace object will be built up from
+In most cases, this means a simple :class:`Namespace` object will be built up from
attributes parsed out of the command line::
>>> parser.parse_args(['--sum', '7', '-1', '42'])
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ the Action API. The easiest way to do this is to extend
* ``parser`` - The ArgumentParser object which contains this action.
-* ``namespace`` - The namespace object that will be returned by
+* ``namespace`` - The :class:`Namespace` object that will be returned by
:meth:`~ArgumentParser.parse_args`. Most actions add an attribute to this
object.
@@ -1352,11 +1352,14 @@ interactive prompt::
The Namespace object
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-By default, :meth:`~ArgumentParser.parse_args` will return a new object of type
-:class:`Namespace` where the necessary attributes have been set. This class is
-deliberately simple, just an :class:`object` subclass with a readable string
-representation. If you prefer to have dict-like view of the attributes, you
-can use the standard Python idiom via :func:`vars`::
+.. class:: Namespace
+
+ Simple class used by default by :meth:`~ArgumentParser.parse_args` to create
+ an object holding attributes and return it.
+
+This class is deliberately simple, just an :class:`object` subclass with a
+readable string representation. If you prefer to have dict-like view of the
+attributes, you can use the standard Python idiom, :func:`vars`::
>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
>>> parser.add_argument('--foo')
diff --git a/Doc/library/atexit.rst b/Doc/library/atexit.rst
index db99eec..8d79a1d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/atexit.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/atexit.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
The :mod:`atexit` module defines functions to register and unregister cleanup
functions. Functions thus registered are automatically executed upon normal
-interpreter termination.
+interpreter termination. The order in which the functions are called is not
+defined; if you have cleanup operations that depend on each other, you should
+wrap them in a function and register that one. This keeps :mod:`atexit` simple.
Note: the functions registered via this module are not called when the program
is killed by a signal not handled by Python, when a Python fatal internal error
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index b766a2e..edff106 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
.. note::
This is an advanced function that is not needed in everyday Python
- programming.
+ programming, unlike :func:`importlib.import_module`.
This function is invoked by the :keyword:`import` statement. It can be
replaced (by importing the :mod:`builtins` module and assigning to
@@ -1437,15 +1437,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
names.
If you simply want to import a module (potentially within a package) by name,
- you can call :func:`__import__` and then look it up in :data:`sys.modules`::
-
- >>> import sys
- >>> name = 'foo.bar.baz'
- >>> __import__(name)
- <module 'foo' from ...>
- >>> baz = sys.modules[name]
- >>> baz
- <module 'foo.bar.baz' from ...>
+ use :func:`importlib.import_module`.
+
.. rubric:: Footnotes