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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-10-10 22:00:03 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-10-10 22:00:03 (GMT)
commit2c4f554b7863ac47b8e10dd4a942bb7bc3e6b3e3 (patch)
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Fixed a large number of small problems, mostly noted by Detlef Lannert
<lannert@lannert.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de>.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libdis.tex19
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libimp.tex16
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex3
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libmimetools.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libnew.tex4
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libre.tex2
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libsite.tex2
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libuserdict.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex2
9 files changed, 30 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdis.tex b/Doc/lib/libdis.tex
index 2dd74bd..7fc831a 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libdis.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libdis.tex
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
Disassembler for Python byte code}
\declaremodule{standard}{dis}
-\modulesynopsis{Disassembler for Python byte code, as stored in code
- objects and \file{.pyc}/\file{.pyo} files.}
+\modulesynopsis{Disassembler for Python byte code.}
The \module{dis} module supports the analysis of Python byte code by
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ the following command can be used to get the disassembly of
19 RETURN_VALUE
\end{verbatim}
-The \module{dis} module defines the following functions:
+The \module{dis} module defines the following functions and constants:
\begin{funcdesc}{dis}{\optional{bytesource}}
Disassemble the \var{bytesource} object. \var{bytesource} can denote
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ for compatibility with earlier Python releases.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{datadesc}{opname}
-Sequence of a operation names, indexable using the byte code.
+Sequence of operation names, indexable using the byte code.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{cmp_op}
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ Sequence of byte codes that have a constant parameter.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{hasname}
-Sequence of byte codes that access a attribute by name.
+Sequence of byte codes that access an attribute by name.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{hasjrel}
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ Sequence of byte codes that have an absolute jump target.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{haslocal}
-Sequence of byte codes that access a a local variable.
+Sequence of byte codes that access a local variable.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{hascompare}
@@ -196,11 +195,11 @@ Implements \code{TOS = TOS1[TOS]}.
\end{opcodedesc}
\begin{opcodedesc}{BINARY_LSHIFT}{}
-Implements \code{TOS = TOS1 << TOS}.
+Implements \code{TOS = TOS1 <\code{}< TOS}.
\end{opcodedesc}
\begin{opcodedesc}{BINARY_RSHIFT}{}
-Implements \code{TOS = TOS1 >> TOS}.
+Implements \code{TOS = TOS1 >\code{}> TOS}.
\end{opcodedesc}
\begin{opcodedesc}{BINARY_AND}{}
@@ -245,11 +244,11 @@ Implements in-place \code{TOS = TOS1 - TOS}.
\end{opcodedesc}
\begin{opcodedesc}{INPLACE_LSHIFT}{}
-Implements in-place \code{TOS = TOS1 << TOS}.
+Implements in-place \code{TOS = TOS1 <\code{}< TOS}.
\end{opcodedesc}
\begin{opcodedesc}{INPLACE_RSHIFT}{}
-Implements in-place \code{TOS = TOS1 >> TOS}.
+Implements in-place \code{TOS = TOS1 >\code{}> TOS}.
\end{opcodedesc}
\begin{opcodedesc}{INPLACE_AND}{}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libimp.tex b/Doc/lib/libimp.tex
index 4c66736..10b6253 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libimp.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libimp.tex
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ Load a module that was previously found by \function{find_module()} (or by
an otherwise conducted search yielding compatible results). This
function does more than importing the module: if the module was
already imported, it is equivalent to a
-\function{reload()}\bifuncindex{reload}! The
-\var{name} argument indicates the full module name (including the
-package name, if this is a submodule of a package). The \var{file}
-argument is an open file, and \var{filename} is the corresponding
-file name; these can be \code{None} and \code{''}, respectively, when
-the module is not being loaded from a file. The \var{description}
-argument is a tuple as returned by \function{find_module()} describing
-what kind of module must be loaded.
+\function{reload()}\bifuncindex{reload}! The \var{name} argument
+indicates the full module name (including the package name, if this is
+a submodule of a package). The \var{file} argument is an open file,
+and \var{filename} is the corresponding file name; these can be
+\code{None} and \code{''}, respectively, when the module is not being
+loaded from a file. The \var{description} argument is a tuple, as
+would be returned by \function{get_suffixes()}, describing what kind
+of module must be loaded.
If the load is successful, the return value is the module object;
otherwise, an exception (usually \exception{ImportError}) is raised.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
index 8beab4c..082c061 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ object (see the \refmodule{rfc822} module). Depending on the mailbox
implementation the \var{fp} attribute of this object may be a true
file object or a class instance simulating a file object, taking care
of things like message boundaries if multiple mail messages are
-contained in a single file, etc.
+contained in a single file, etc. If no more messages are available,
+this method returns \code{None}.
\end{methoddesc}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmimetools.tex b/Doc/lib/libmimetools.tex
index fdf292c..f0e8e4a 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmimetools.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmimetools.tex
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ open file \var{output}. The block size is currently fixed at 8192.
\end{seealso}
-\subsection{Additional Methods of Message objects}
-\nodename{mimetools.Message Methods}
+\subsection{Additional Methods of Message Objects
+ \label{mimetools-message-objects}}
The \class{Message} class defines the following methods in
addition to the \class{rfc822.Message} methods:
\begin{methoddesc}{getplist}{}
Return the parameter list of the \code{content-type} header. This is
-a list if strings. For parameters of the form
+a list of strings. For parameters of the form
\samp{\var{key}=\var{value}}, \var{key} is converted to lower case but
\var{value} is not. For example, if the message contains the header
\samp{Content-type: text/html; spam=1; Spam=2; Spam} then
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnew.tex b/Doc/lib/libnew.tex
index df7adfb..e96415c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libnew.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libnew.tex
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ callable, and \var{instance} must be an instance object or
\code{None}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{function}{code, globals\optional{, name\optional{argdefs}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{function}{code, globals\optional{, name\optional{, argdefs}}}
Returns a (Python) function with the given code and globals. If
\var{name} is given, it must be a string or \code{None}. If it is a
string, the function will have the given name, otherwise the function
name will be taken from \code{\var{code}.co_name}. If
-\var{argdefs} is given, it must be a tuple and will be used to the
+\var{argdefs} is given, it must be a tuple and will be used to
determine the default values of parameters.
\end{funcdesc}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
index 37b4ee8..9e027e7 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ parentheses, and indicates the start and end of a group; the contents
of a group can be retrieved after a match has been performed, and can
be matched later in the string with the \regexp{\e \var{number}} special
sequence, described below. To match the literals \character{(} or
-\character{')}, use \regexp{\e(} or \regexp{\e)}, or enclose them
+\character{)}, use \regexp{\e(} or \regexp{\e)}, or enclose them
inside a character class: \regexp{[(] [)]}.
\item[\code{(?...)}] This is an extension notation (a \character{?}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsite.tex b/Doc/lib/libsite.tex
index b895a73..b370db6 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsite.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsite.tex
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ the tail part, it uses the empty string (on Macintosh or Windows) or
it uses first \file{lib/python\shortversion/site-packages} and then
\file{lib/site-python} (on \UNIX{}). For each of the distinct
head-tail combinations, it sees if it refers to an existing directory,
-and if so, adds to \code{sys.path}, and also inspected for path
+and if so, adds to \code{sys.path}, and also inspects the path for
configuration files.
\indexii{site-python}{directory}
\indexii{site-packages}{directory}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libuserdict.tex b/Doc/lib/libuserdict.tex
index 50d52fa..0285380 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libuserdict.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libuserdict.tex
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ can add new behaviors to dictionaries.
The \module{UserDict} module defines the \class{UserDict} class:
\begin{classdesc}{UserDict}{\optional{initialdata}}
-Return a class instance that simulates a dictionary. The instance's
+Class that simulates a dictionary. The instance's
contents are kept in a regular dictionary, which is accessible via the
\member{data} attribute of \class{UserDict} instances. If
\var{initialdata} is provided, \member{data} is initialized with its
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ can add new behaviors to lists.
The \module{UserList} module defines the \class{UserList} class:
\begin{classdesc}{UserList}{\optional{list}}
-Return a class instance that simulates a list. The instance's
+Class that simulates a list. The instance's
contents are kept in a regular list, which is accessible via the
\member{data} attribute of \class{UserList} instances. The instance's
contents are initially set to a copy of \var{list}, defaulting to the
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ to real string or Unicode objects; this is especially the case for
The \module{UserString} module defines the following classes:
\begin{classdesc}{UserString}{\optional{sequence}}
-Return a class instance that simulates a string or a Unicode string
+Class that simulates a string or a Unicode string
object. The instance's content is kept in a regular string or Unicode
string object, which is accessible via the \member{data} attribute of
\class{UserString} instances. The instance's contents are initially
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex b/Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex
index f60cecf..e80201b 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libxmllib.tex
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ the tag name was \code{'http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40 html'}, and
the tag \code{<html:a href='http://frob.com'>} inside the above
mentioned element is treated as if the tag name were
\code{'http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40 a'} and the attribute name as
-if it were \code{'http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40 src'}.
+if it were \code{'http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40 href'}.
An older draft of the XML Namespaces proposal is also recognized, but
triggers a warning.