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authorÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2012-02-05 12:41:47 (GMT)
committerÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2012-02-05 12:41:47 (GMT)
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-rw-r--r--Doc/distutils/apiref.rst36
-rw-r--r--Doc/extending/embedding.rst9
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/archiving.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/bz2.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/gzip.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/json.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/shutil.rst10
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/tarfile.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/zipfile.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/zlib.rst4
10 files changed, 31 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index b3def22..e15dc76 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -449,7 +449,9 @@ This module provides the following functions.
Define a preprocessor macro for all compilations driven by this compiler object.
The optional parameter *value* should be a string; if it is not supplied, then
the macro will be defined without an explicit value and the exact outcome
- depends on the compiler used (XXX true? does ANSI say anything about this?)
+ depends on the compiler used.
+
+ .. XXX true? does ANSI say anything about this?
.. method:: CCompiler.undefine_macro(name)
@@ -603,7 +605,9 @@ This module provides the following functions.
*output_libname* should be a library name, not a filename; the filename will be
inferred from the library name. *output_dir* is the directory where the library
- file will be put. XXX defaults to what?
+ file will be put.
+
+ .. XXX defaults to what?
*debug* is a boolean; if true, debugging information will be included in the
library (note that on most platforms, it is the compile step where this matters:
@@ -723,30 +727,29 @@ This module provides the following functions.
Invokes :func:`distutils.util.execute` This method invokes a Python function
*func* with the given arguments *args*, after logging and taking into account
- the *dry_run* flag. XXX see also.
+ the *dry_run* flag.
.. method:: CCompiler.spawn(cmd)
Invokes :func:`distutils.util.spawn`. This invokes an external process to run
- the given command. XXX see also.
+ the given command.
.. method:: CCompiler.mkpath(name[, mode=511])
Invokes :func:`distutils.dir_util.mkpath`. This creates a directory and any
- missing ancestor directories. XXX see also.
+ missing ancestor directories.
.. method:: CCompiler.move_file(src, dst)
- Invokes :meth:`distutils.file_util.move_file`. Renames *src* to *dst*. XXX see
- also.
+ Invokes :meth:`distutils.file_util.move_file`. Renames *src* to *dst*.
.. method:: CCompiler.announce(msg[, level=1])
- Write a message using :func:`distutils.log.debug`. XXX see also.
+ Write a message using :func:`distutils.log.debug`.
.. method:: CCompiler.warn(msg)
@@ -874,8 +877,6 @@ tarballs or zipfiles.
prefix of all files and directories in the archive. *root_dir* and *base_dir*
both default to the current directory. Returns the name of the archive file.
- .. XXX This should be changed to support bz2 files.
-
.. function:: make_tarball(base_name, base_dir[, compress='gzip', verbose=0, dry_run=0])
@@ -887,8 +888,6 @@ tarballs or zipfiles.
possibly plus the appropriate compression extension (:file:`.gz`, :file:`.bz2`
or :file:`.Z`). Return the output filename.
- .. XXX This should be replaced with calls to the :mod:`tarfile` module.
-
.. function:: make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir[, verbose=0, dry_run=0])
@@ -1000,8 +999,6 @@ directories.
errors are ignored (apart from being reported to ``sys.stdout`` if *verbose* is
true).
-.. XXX Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module?
-
:mod:`distutils.file_util` --- Single file operations
=====================================================
@@ -1115,8 +1112,6 @@ other utility module.
* ``macosx-10.6-intel``
- .. % XXX isn't this also provided by some other non-distutils module?
-
.. function:: convert_path(pathname)
@@ -1321,8 +1316,6 @@ provides the following additional features:
the "negative alias" of :option:`--verbose`, then :option:`--quiet` on the
command line sets *verbose* to false.
-.. XXX Should be replaced with optparse
-
.. function:: fancy_getopt(options, negative_opt, object, args)
Wrapper function. *options* is a list of ``(long_option, short_option,
@@ -1338,9 +1331,6 @@ provides the following additional features:
Wraps *text* to less than *width* wide.
- .. XXX Should be replaced with :mod:`textwrap` (which is available in Python
- 2.3 and later).
-
.. class:: FancyGetopt([option_table=None])
@@ -1403,10 +1393,6 @@ filesystem and building lists of files.
:synopsis: A simple logging mechanism, 282-style
-.. XXX Should be replaced with standard :mod:`logging` module.
-
-
-
:mod:`distutils.spawn` --- Spawn a sub-process
==============================================
diff --git a/Doc/extending/embedding.rst b/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
index ec93a16..3143c99 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/embedding.rst
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ it.
To find out the required compiler and linker flags, you can execute the
:file:`python{X.Y}-config` script which is generated as part of the
-installation process (a generic :file:`python3-config` script is also
+installation process (a :file:`python3-config` script may also be
available). This script has several options, of which the following will
be directly useful to you:
@@ -294,9 +294,10 @@ be directly useful to you:
example.
If this procedure doesn't work for you (it is not guaranteed to work for
-all Unix-like platforms; however, we welcome bug reports at
-http://bugs.python.org), you will have to read your system's documentation
-about dynamic linking and/or examine Python's Makefile and compilation
+all Unix-like platforms; however, we welcome :ref:`bug reports <reporting-bugs>`)
+you will have to read your system's documentation about dynamic linking and/or
+examine Python's :file:`Makefile` (use :func:`sysconfig.get_makefile_filename`
+to find its location) and compilation
options. In this case, the :mod:`sysconfig` module is a useful tool to
programmatically extract the configuration values that you will want to
combine together::
diff --git a/Doc/library/archiving.rst b/Doc/library/archiving.rst
index f2d08ad..75d137c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/archiving.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/archiving.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Data Compression and Archiving
The modules described in this chapter support data compression with the zlib,
gzip, and bzip2 algorithms, and the creation of ZIP- and tar-format archives.
+See also :ref:`archiving-operations` provided by the :mod:`shutil` module.
.. toctree::
diff --git a/Doc/library/bz2.rst b/Doc/library/bz2.rst
index 0a4804c..d13f6e0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/bz2.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/bz2.rst
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ This module provides a comprehensive interface for the bz2 compression library.
It implements a complete file interface, one-shot (de)compression functions, and
types for sequential (de)compression.
-For other archive formats, see the :mod:`gzip`, :mod:`zipfile`, and
-:mod:`tarfile` modules.
-
Here is a summary of the features offered by the bz2 module:
* :class:`BZ2File` class implements a complete file interface, including
diff --git a/Doc/library/gzip.rst b/Doc/library/gzip.rst
index 48a8694..8aca2dd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/gzip.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/gzip.rst
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ Note that additional file formats which can be decompressed by the
:program:`gzip` and :program:`gunzip` programs, such as those produced by
:program:`compress` and :program:`pack`, are not supported by this module.
-For other archive formats, see the :mod:`bz2`, :mod:`zipfile`, and
-:mod:`tarfile` modules.
-
The module defines the following items:
diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index 4ee17f2..a791259 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ Basic Usage
:class:`bytes` objects. Therefore, ``fp.write()`` must support :class:`str`
input.
+ If *ensure_ascii* is ``True`` (the default), the output is guaranteed to
+ have all incoming non-ASCII characters escaped. If *ensure_ascii* is
+ ``False``, these characters will be output as-is.
+
If *check_circular* is ``False`` (default: ``True``), then the circular
reference check for container types will be skipped and a circular reference
will result in an :exc:`OverflowError` (or worse).
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 8b4aabb..3b44774 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the
are not copied.
+.. _file-operations:
+
Directory and files operations
------------------------------
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ Directory and files operations
(*srcname*, *dstname*, *exception*).
-.. _shutil-example:
+.. _shutil-copytree-example:
copytree example
::::::::::::::::
@@ -248,6 +250,9 @@ Another example that uses the *ignore* argument to add a logging call::
Archiving operations
--------------------
+High-level utilities to create and read compressed and archived files are also
+provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
+
.. function:: make_archive(base_name, format, [root_dir, [base_dir, [verbose, [dry_run, [owner, [group, [logger]]]]]]])
Create an archive file (such as zip or tar) and return its name.
@@ -375,6 +380,7 @@ Archiving operations
.. versionadded:: 3.2
+.. _shutil-archiving-example:
Archiving example
:::::::::::::::::
@@ -400,5 +406,3 @@ The resulting archive contains::
-rw------- tarek/staff 1675 2008-06-09 13:26:54 ./id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- tarek/staff 397 2008-06-09 13:26:54 ./id_rsa.pub
-rw-r--r-- tarek/staff 37192 2010-02-06 18:23:10 ./known_hosts
-
-
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index b56058b..46e4900 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
The :mod:`tarfile` module makes it possible to read and write tar
archives, including those using gzip or bz2 compression.
-(:file:`.zip` files can be read and written using the :mod:`zipfile` module.)
+Use the :mod:`zipfile` module to read or write :file:`.zip` files, or the
+higher-level functions in :ref:`shutil <archiving-operations>`.
Some facts and figures:
diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
index 6f84bcc..bcec134 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ decryption of encrypted files in ZIP archives, but it currently cannot
create an encrypted file. Decryption is extremely slow as it is
implemented in native Python rather than C.
-For other archive formats, see the :mod:`bz2`, :mod:`gzip`, and
-:mod:`tarfile` modules.
-
The module defines the following items:
.. exception:: BadZipFile
diff --git a/Doc/library/zlib.rst b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
index a7b8343..897d919 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zlib.rst
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ order. This documentation doesn't attempt to cover all of the permutations;
consult the zlib manual at http://www.zlib.net/manual.html for authoritative
information.
-For reading and writing ``.gz`` files see the :mod:`gzip` module. For
-other archive formats, see the :mod:`bz2`, :mod:`zipfile`, and
-:mod:`tarfile` modules.
+For reading and writing ``.gz`` files see the :mod:`gzip` module.
The available exception and functions in this module are: