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  r62386 | christian.heimes | 2008-04-19 04:23:57 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Added kill, terminate and send_signal to subprocess.Popen
  The bits and pieces for the Windows side were already in place. The POSIX side is trivial (as usual) and uses os.kill().
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  r62387 | georg.brandl | 2008-04-19 10:23:59 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix-up docs for revision 62386.
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  r62389 | georg.brandl | 2008-04-19 18:57:43 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  #2369: clarify that copyfile() doesn't take a target directory.
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  r62390 | georg.brandl | 2008-04-19 18:58:28 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  #2634: clarify meaning of env parameter to spawn/exec*e.
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  r62391 | georg.brandl | 2008-04-19 18:58:49 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  #2633: clarify meaning of env parameter.
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  r62392 | georg.brandl | 2008-04-19 18:59:16 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  #2631: clarify IMPORT_NAME semantics.
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  r62393 | georg.brandl | 2008-04-19 19:00:14 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  :func: et al. should *not* include the parens.
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  r62396 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-19 20:51:48 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 5 lines

  Additional tests for math.pow, and extra special-case
  handling code in math.pow, in the hope of making all
  tests pass on the alpha Tru64 buildbot.
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  r62400 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-19 21:41:52 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 3 lines

  Additional special-case handling for math.pow.
  Windows/VS2008 doesn't like (-1)**(+-inf).
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  r62401 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-04-19 21:47:34 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Complete documentation for errors argument of io's open and TextIOWrapper
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  r62402 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-19 22:31:16 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Document updates to math and cmath modules.
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  r62407 | georg.brandl | 2008-04-19 23:28:38 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines

  Update template for newest Sphinx.
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  r62409 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-19 23:35:35 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 5 lines

  Correct documentation for math.pow;
  0**nan is nan, not 0.  (But nan**0 and 1**nan are 1.)

  Also fix minor typo: 'quite NaN' -> 'quiet NaN'
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  r62410 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-19 23:49:22 +0200 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 4 lines

  Move asinh documentation to the proper place.
  Remove meaningless 'in radians' from inverse
  hyperbolic functions.
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  r62412 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-20 03:22:30 +0200 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 5 lines

  Report additional diagnostic information in
  test_math, to help track down debian-alpha
  buildbot failure.
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  r62413 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-20 03:39:24 +0200 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 3 lines

  FreeBSD doesn't follow C99 for modf(inf); so add explicit
  special-value handling to math.modf code.
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  r62414 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-20 06:13:13 +0200 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 5 lines

  Yet more explicit special case handling to make
  math.pow behave on alpha Tru64.  All IEEE 754
  special values are now handled directly; only
  the finite**finite case is handled by libm.
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  r62418 | mark.dickinson | 2008-04-20 18:13:17 +0200 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 7 lines

  Issue 2662: Initialize special value tables dynamically (i.e. when
  cmath module is loaded) instead of statically. This fixes compile-time
  problems on platforms where HUGE_VAL is an extern variable rather than
  a constant.

  Thanks Hirokazu Yamamoto for the patch.
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  r62419 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-20 18:54:02 +0200 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 1 line

  Move description of math module changes; various edits to description of cmath changes
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10 files changed, 169 insertions, 57 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index c9f9114..27f5ed3 100644
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
 # typographically correct entities.
 html_use_smartypants = True
 
-# Content template for the index page, filename relative to this file.
-html_index = 'indexcontent.html'
-
 # Custom sidebar templates, filenames relative to this file.
 html_sidebars = {
     'index': 'indexsidebar.html',
@@ -86,6 +83,7 @@ html_sidebars = {
 # Additional templates that should be rendered to pages.
 html_additional_pages = {
     'download': 'download.html',
+    'index': 'indexcontent.html',
 }
 
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
diff --git a/Doc/documenting/markup.rst b/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
index f3a8237..7cf89b0 100644
--- a/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
+++ b/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ a matching identifier is found:
 .. describe:: func
 
    The name of a Python function; dotted names may be used.  The role text
-   should include trailing parentheses to enhance readability.  The parentheses
-   are stripped when searching for identifiers.
+   should not include trailing parentheses to enhance readability.  The
+   parentheses are stripped when searching for identifiers.
 
 .. describe:: data
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ a matching identifier is found:
 .. describe:: meth
 
    The name of a method of an object.  The role text should include the type
-   name, method name and the trailing parentheses.  A dotted name may be used.
+   name and the method name.  A dotted name may be used.
 
 .. describe:: attr
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/dis.rst b/Doc/library/dis.rst
index 3af9250..125a80f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dis.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dis.rst
@@ -528,9 +528,11 @@ the more significant byte last.
 
 .. opcode:: IMPORT_NAME (namei)
 
-   Imports the module ``co_names[namei]``.  The module object is pushed onto the
-   stack.  The current namespace is not affected: for a proper import statement, a
-   subsequent ``STORE_FAST`` instruction modifies the namespace.
+   Imports the module ``co_names[namei]``.  TOS and TOS1 are popped and provide
+   the *fromlist* and *level* arguments of :func:`__import__`.  The module
+   object is pushed onto the stack.  The current namespace is not affected:
+   for a proper import statement, a subsequent ``STORE_FAST`` instruction
+   modifies the namespace.
 
 
 .. opcode:: IMPORT_FROM (namei)
diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index 4fb79b9..6280adc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -101,13 +101,15 @@ Module Interface
    :mod:`codecs` module for the list of supported encodings.
 
    *errors* is an optional string that specifies how encoding and decoding
-   errors are to be handled---this argument should not be used in binary mode.
-   Pass ``'strict'`` to raise a :exc:`ValueError` exception if there is an
-   encoding error (the default of ``None`` has the same effect), or pass
-   ``'ignore'`` to ignore errors.  (Note that ignoring encoding errors can lead
-   to data loss.)  ``'replace'`` causes a replacement marker (such as ``'?'``)
-   to be inserted where there is malformed data.  For all possible values, see
-   :func:`codecs.register`.
+   errors are to be handled.  Pass ``'strict'`` to raise a :exc:`ValueError`
+   exception if there is an encoding error (the default of ``None`` has the same
+   effect), or pass ``'ignore'`` to ignore errors.  (Note that ignoring encoding
+   errors can lead to data loss.)  ``'replace'`` causes a replacement marker
+   (such as ``'?'``) to be inserted where there is malformed data.  When
+   writing, ``'xmlcharrefreplace'`` (replace with the appropriate XML character
+   reference) or ``'backslashreplace'`` (replace with backslashed escape
+   sequences) can be used.  Any other error handling name that has been
+   registered with :func:`codecs.register_error` is also valid.
 
    *newline* controls how universal newlines works (it only applies to text
    mode).  It can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, and ``'\r\n'``.  It
@@ -581,8 +583,11 @@ Text I/O
    exception if there is an encoding error (the default of ``None`` has the same
    effect), or pass ``'ignore'`` to ignore errors.  (Note that ignoring encoding
    errors can lead to data loss.)  ``'replace'`` causes a replacement marker
-   (such as ``'?'``) to be inserted where there is malformed data.  For all
-   possible values see :func:`codecs.register`.
+   (such as ``'?'``) to be inserted where there is malformed data.  When
+   writing, ``'xmlcharrefreplace'`` (replace with the appropriate XML character
+   reference) or ``'backslashreplace'`` (replace with backslashed escape
+   sequences) can be used.  Any other error handling name that has been
+   registered with :func:`codecs.register_error` is also valid.
 
    *newline* can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, or ``'\r\n'``.  It
    controls the handling of line endings.  If it is ``None``, universal newlines
diff --git a/Doc/library/math.rst b/Doc/library/math.rst
index 024897f..e906af2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/math.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/math.rst
@@ -143,11 +143,15 @@ Power and logarithmic functions:
 
 .. function:: pow(x, y)
 
-   Return ``x**y``. ``1.0**y`` returns *1.0*, even for ``1.0**nan``. ``0**y``
-   returns *0.* for all positive *y*, *0* and *NAN*.
+   Return ``x`` raised to the power ``y``.  Exceptional cases follow
+   Annex 'F' of the C99 standard as far as possible.  In particular,
+   ``pow(1.0, x)`` and ``pow(x, 0.0)`` always return ``1.0``, even
+   when ``x`` is a zero or a NaN.  If both ``x`` and ``y`` are finite,
+   ``x`` is negative, and ``y`` is not an integer then ``pow(x, y)``
+   is undefined, and raises :exc:`ValueError`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.6
-      The outcome of ``1**nan`` and ``0**nan`` was undefined.
+      The outcome of ``1**nan`` and ``nan**0`` was undefined.
 
 
 .. function:: sqrt(x)
@@ -198,13 +202,6 @@ Trigonometric functions:
    Return the sine of *x* radians.
 
 
-.. function:: asinh(x)
-
-   Return the inverse hyperbolic sine of *x*, in radians.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 2.6
-
-
 .. function:: tan(x)
 
    Return the tangent of *x* radians.
@@ -224,18 +221,32 @@ Angular conversion:
 Hyperbolic functions:
 
 
-.. function:: cosh(x)
+.. function:: acosh(x)
 
-   Return the hyperbolic cosine of *x*.
+   Return the inverse hyperbolic cosine of *x*.
 
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
 
-.. function:: acosh(x)
 
-   Return the inverse hyperbolic cosine of *x*, in radians.
+.. function:: asinh(x)
+
+   Return the inverse hyperbolic sine of *x*.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.6
 
 
+.. function:: atanh(x)
+
+   Return the inverse hyperbolic tangent of *x*.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
+.. function:: cosh(x)
+
+   Return the hyperbolic cosine of *x*.
+
+
 .. function:: sinh(x)
 
    Return the hyperbolic sine of *x*.
@@ -246,12 +257,6 @@ Hyperbolic functions:
    Return the hyperbolic tangent of *x*.
 
 
-.. function:: atanh(x)
-
-   Return the inverse hyperbolic tangent of *x*, in radians.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 2.6
-
 
 The module also defines two mathematical constants:
 
@@ -279,7 +284,7 @@ The module also defines two mathematical constants:
    :exc:`OverflowError` isn't defined, and in cases where ``math.log(0)`` raises
    :exc:`OverflowError`, ``math.log(0L)`` may raise :exc:`ValueError` instead.
 
-   All functions return a quite *NaN* if at least one of the args is *NaN*.
+   All functions return a quiet *NaN* if at least one of the args is *NaN*.
    Signaling *NaN*s raise an exception. The exception type still depends on the
    platform and libm implementation. It's usually :exc:`ValueError` for *EDOM*
    and :exc:`OverflowError` for errno *ERANGE*.
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index ec35c3b..bf0fe19 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1254,7 +1254,8 @@ to be ignored.
 
    For :func:`execle`, :func:`execlpe`, :func:`execve`, and :func:`execvpe` (note
    that these all end in "e"), the *env* parameter must be a mapping which is
-   used to define the environment variables for the new process; the :func:`execl`,
+   used to define the environment variables for the new process (these are used
+   instead of the current process' environment); the functions :func:`execl`,
    :func:`execlp`, :func:`execv`, and :func:`execvp` all cause the new process to
    inherit the environment of the current process. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
    Windows.
@@ -1484,7 +1485,8 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
    For :func:`spawnle`, :func:`spawnlpe`, :func:`spawnve`, and :func:`spawnvpe`
    (note that these all end in "e"), the *env* parameter must be a mapping
-   which is used to define the environment variables for the new process; the
+   which is used to define the environment variables for the new process (they are
+   used instead of the current process' environment); the functions
    :func:`spawnl`, :func:`spawnlp`, :func:`spawnv`, and :func:`spawnvp` all cause
    the new process to inherit the environment of the current process.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index db4a259..2300fe9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the
    are not copied.
 
 
-.. function:: copyfile(src, dst)
-
-   Copy the contents (no metadata) of the file named *src* to a file named *dst*.
-   The destination location must be writable; otherwise,  an :exc:`IOError` exception
-   will be raised. If *dst* already exists, it will be replaced.   Special files
-   such as character or block devices and pipes cannot be copied with this
-   function.  *src* and *dst* are path names given as strings.
-
-
 .. function:: copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst[, length])
 
    Copy the contents of the file-like object *fsrc* to the file-like object *fdst*.
@@ -48,6 +39,17 @@ copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the
    be copied.
 
 
+.. function:: copyfile(src, dst)
+
+   Copy the contents (no metadata) of the file named *src* to a file named *dst*.
+   *dst* must be the complete target file name; look at :func:`copy` for a copy that
+   accepts a target directory path.
+   The destination location must be writable; otherwise,  an :exc:`IOError` exception
+   will be raised. If *dst* already exists, it will be replaced.   Special files
+   such as character or block devices and pipes cannot be copied with this
+   function.  *src* and *dst* are path names given as strings.
+
+
 .. function:: copymode(src, dst)
 
    Copy the permission bits from *src* to *dst*.  The file contents, owner, and
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index c876efe..2344bcb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`:
    searching the executable, so you can't specify the program's path relative to
    *cwd*.
 
-   If *env* is not ``None``, it defines the environment variables for the new
-   process.
+   If *env* is not ``None``, it must be a mapping that defines the environment
+   variables for the new process; these are used instead of inheriting the current
+   process' environment, which is the default behavior.
 
    If *universal_newlines* is :const:`True`, the file objects stdout and stderr are
    opened as text files, but lines may be terminated by any of ``'\n'``, the Unix
@@ -202,6 +203,35 @@ Instances of the :class:`Popen` class have the following methods:
       size is large or unlimited.
 
 
+.. method:: Popen.send_signal(signal)
+
+   Sends the signal *signal* to the child.
+
+   .. note::
+
+      On Windows only SIGTERM is supported so far. It's an alias for
+      :meth:`terminate`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
+.. method:: Popen.terminate()
+
+   Stop the child. On Posix OSs the method sends SIGTERM to the
+   child. On Windows the Win32 API function TerminateProcess is called
+   to stop the child.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
+.. method:: Popen.kill()
+
+   Kills the child. On Posix OSs the function sends SIGKILL to the child.
+   On Windows :meth:`kill` is an alias for :meth:`terminate`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
 The following attributes are also available:
 
 .. attribute:: Popen.stdin
diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html
index 218f346..67a9eaf 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html
+++ b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{% extends "defindex.html" %}
+{% block tables %}
   <p><strong>Parts of the documentation:</strong></p>
   <table class="contentstable" align="center"><tr>
     <td width="50%">
@@ -54,3 +56,4 @@
       <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("copyright") }}">Copyright</a></p>
     </td></tr>
   </table>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index fa51221..eb5d4b2 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -1292,11 +1292,42 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
   :func:`isnan`, return true if their floating-point argument is
   infinite or Not A Number.  (:issue:`1640`)
 
-  The ``math.copysign(x, y)`` function
-  copies the sign bit of an IEEE 754 number, returning the absolute
-  value of *x* combined with the sign bit of *y*.  For example,
-  ``math.copysign(1, -0.0)`` returns -1.0.  (Contributed by Christian
-  Heimes.)
+* The :mod:`math` module has seven new functions, and the existing
+  functions have been improved to give more consistent behaviour
+  across platforms, especially with respect to handling of
+  floating-point exceptions and IEEE 754 special values.
+  The new functions are: 
+
+  * :func:`isinf` and :func:`isnan` determine whether a given float is
+    a (positive or negative) infinity or a NaN (Not a Number),
+    respectively. 
+
+  * ``copysign(x, y)`` copies the sign bit of an IEEE 754 number,
+    returning the absolute value of *x* combined with the sign bit of
+    *y*.  For example, ``math.copysign(1, -0.0)`` returns -1.0.
+    (Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
+
+  * The inverse hyperbolic functions :func:`acosh`, :func:`asinh` and
+    :func:`atanh`.
+
+  * The function :func:`log1p`, returning the natural logarithm of
+    *1+x* (base *e*).
+
+  There's also a new :func:`trunc` function as a result of the
+  backport of `PEP 3141's type hierarchy for numbers <#pep-3141>`__.
+
+  The existing math functions have been modified to follow the
+  recommendations of the C99 standard with respect to special values
+  whenever possible.  For example, ``sqrt(-1.)`` should now give a
+  :exc:`ValueError` across (nearly) all platforms, while
+  ``sqrt(float('NaN'))`` should return a NaN on all IEEE 754
+  platforms.  Where Annex 'F' of the C99 standard recommends signaling
+  'divide-by-zero' or 'invalid', Python will raise :exc:`ValueError`.
+  Where Annex 'F' of the C99 standard recommends signaling 'overflow',
+  Python will raise :exc:`OverflowError`.  (See :issue:`711019`,
+  :issue:`1640`.)
+
+  (Contributed by Christian Heimes and Mark Dickinson.)
 
 * Changes to the :class:`Exception` interface
   as dictated by :pep:`352` continue to be made.  For 2.6, 
@@ -1415,6 +1446,40 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
   available, instead of restricting itself to protocol 1.
   (Contributed by W. Barnes; :issue:`1551443`.)
 
+* The :mod:`cmath` module underwent an extensive set of revisions,
+  thanks to Mark Dickinson and Christian Heimes, that added some new
+  features and greatly improved the accuracy of the computations.
+
+  Five new functions were added: 
+
+  * :func:`polar` converts a complex number to polar form, returning
+    the modulus and argument of that complex number. 
+
+  * :func:`rect` does the opposite, turning a (modulus, argument) pair
+    back into the corresponding complex number.
+
+  * :func:`phase` returns the phase or argument of a complex number.  
+
+  * :func:`isnan` returns True if either
+    the real or imaginary part of its argument is a NaN.  
+
+  * :func:`isinf` returns True if either the real or imaginary part of
+    its argument is infinite.
+
+  The revisions also improved the numerical soundness of the
+  :mod:`cmath` module.  For all functions, the real and imaginary
+  parts of the results are accurate to within a few units of least
+  precision (ulps) whenever possible.  See :issue:`1381` for the
+  details.  The branch cuts for :func:`asinh`, :func:`atanh`: and
+  :func:`atan` have also been corrected.
+
+  The tests for the module have been greatly expanded; nearly 2000 new
+  test cases exercise the algebraic functions.
+
+  On IEEE 754 platforms, the :mod:`cmath` module now handles IEEE 754
+  special values and floating-point exceptions in a manner consistent
+  with Annex 'G' of the C99 standard.
+
 * A new data type in the :mod:`collections` module: :class:`namedtuple(typename,
   fieldnames)` is a factory function that creates subclasses of the standard tuple
   whose fields are accessible by name as well as index.  For example::