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authorNed Deily <nad@python.org>2016-09-12 14:48:44 (GMT)
committerNed Deily <nad@python.org>2016-09-12 14:48:44 (GMT)
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Update pydoc topics for 3.6.0b1
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diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 590f613..3579484 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Aug 15 16:11:20 2016
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Sep 12 10:47:11 2016
topics = {'assert': '\n'
'The "assert" statement\n'
'**********************\n'
@@ -353,7 +353,58 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'For targets which are attribute references, the same caveat '
'about\n'
'class and instance attributes applies as for regular '
- 'assignments.\n',
+ 'assignments.\n'
+ '\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Annotated assignment statements\n'
+ '===============================\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Annotation assignment is the combination, in a single '
+ 'statement, of a\n'
+ 'variable or attribute annotation and an optional assignment '
+ 'statement:\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' annotated_assignment_stmt ::= augtarget ":" expression ["=" '
+ 'expression]\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'The difference from normal Assignment statements is that only '
+ 'single\n'
+ 'target and only single right hand side value is allowed.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'For simple names as assignment targets, if in class or module '
+ 'scope,\n'
+ 'the annotations are evaluated and stored in a special class or '
+ 'module\n'
+ 'attribute "__annotations__" that is a dictionary mapping from '
+ 'variable\n'
+ 'names (mangled if private) to evaluated annotations. This '
+ 'attribute is\n'
+ 'writable and is automatically created at the start of class or '
+ 'module\n'
+ 'body execution, if annotations are found statically.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'For expressions as assignment targets, the annotations are '
+ 'evaluated\n'
+ 'if in class or module scope, but not stored.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'If a name is annotated in a function scope, then this name is '
+ 'local\n'
+ 'for that scope. Annotations are never evaluated and stored in '
+ 'function\n'
+ 'scopes.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'If the right hand side is present, an annotated assignment '
+ 'performs\n'
+ 'the actual assignment before evaluating annotations (where\n'
+ 'applicable). If the right hand side is not present for an '
+ 'expression\n'
+ 'target, then the interpreter evaluates the target except for '
+ 'the last\n'
+ '"__setitem__()" or "__setattr__()" call.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'See also: **PEP 526** - Variable and attribute annotation '
+ 'syntax\n'
+ ' **PEP 484** - Type hints\n',
'atom-identifiers': '\n'
'Identifiers (Names)\n'
'*******************\n'
@@ -1375,6 +1426,13 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'The class name is bound to this class object in the original local\n'
'namespace.\n'
'\n'
+ 'The order in which attributes are defined in the class body is\n'
+ 'preserved in the new class\'s "__dict__". Note that this is '
+ 'reliable\n'
+ 'only right after the class is created and only for classes that '
+ 'were\n'
+ 'defined using the definition syntax.\n'
+ '\n'
'Class creation can be customized heavily using metaclasses.\n'
'\n'
'Classes can also be decorated: just like when decorating '
@@ -1770,9 +1828,11 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'\n'
'The operators "is" and "is not" test for object identity: "x '
'is y" is\n'
- 'true if and only if *x* and *y* are the same object. "x is '
- 'not y"\n'
- 'yields the inverse truth value. [4]\n',
+ 'true if and only if *x* and *y* are the same object. Object '
+ 'identity\n'
+ 'is determined using the "id()" function. "x is not y" yields '
+ 'the\n'
+ 'inverse truth value. [4]\n',
'compound': '\n'
'Compound statements\n'
'*******************\n'
@@ -2375,14 +2435,14 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'is\n'
'present, it is initialized to a tuple receiving any excess '
'positional\n'
- 'parameters, defaulting to the empty tuple. If the form\n'
- '""**identifier"" is present, it is initialized to a new '
- 'dictionary\n'
- 'receiving any excess keyword arguments, defaulting to a new '
- 'empty\n'
- 'dictionary. Parameters after ""*"" or ""*identifier"" are '
- 'keyword-only\n'
- 'parameters and may only be passed used keyword arguments.\n'
+ 'parameters, defaulting to the empty tuple. If the form\n'
+ '""**identifier"" is present, it is initialized to a new ordered\n'
+ 'mapping receiving any excess keyword arguments, defaulting to a '
+ 'new\n'
+ 'empty mapping of the same type. Parameters after ""*"" or\n'
+ '""*identifier"" are keyword-only parameters and may only be '
+ 'passed\n'
+ 'used keyword arguments.\n'
'\n'
'Parameters may have annotations of the form "": expression"" '
'following\n'
@@ -2481,6 +2541,13 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'local\n'
'namespace.\n'
'\n'
+ 'The order in which attributes are defined in the class body is\n'
+ 'preserved in the new class\'s "__dict__". Note that this is '
+ 'reliable\n'
+ 'only right after the class is created and only for classes that '
+ 'were\n'
+ 'defined using the definition syntax.\n'
+ '\n'
'Class creation can be customized heavily using metaclasses.\n'
'\n'
'Classes can also be decorated: just like when decorating '
@@ -2832,7 +2899,7 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
' Because "__new__()" and "__init__()" work together in '
'constructing\n'
' objects ("__new__()" to create it, and "__init__()" to '
- 'customise\n'
+ 'customize\n'
' it), no non-"None" value may be returned by '
'"__init__()"; doing so\n'
' will cause a "TypeError" to be raised at runtime.\n'
@@ -3376,7 +3443,7 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'to access further features, you have to do this yourself:\n'
'\n'
"class pdb.Pdb(completekey='tab', stdin=None, stdout=None, "
- 'skip=None, nosigint=False)\n'
+ 'skip=None, nosigint=False, readrc=True)\n'
'\n'
' "Pdb" is the debugger class.\n'
'\n'
@@ -3399,7 +3466,11 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'debugger\n'
' again by pressing "Ctrl-C". If you want Pdb not to touch '
'the\n'
- ' SIGINT handler, set *nosigint* tot true.\n'
+ ' SIGINT handler, set *nosigint* to true.\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' The *readrc* argument defaults to true and controls whether '
+ 'Pdb\n'
+ ' will load .pdbrc files from the filesystem.\n'
'\n'
' Example call to enable tracing with *skip*:\n'
'\n'
@@ -3411,6 +3482,8 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'SIGINT\n'
' handler was never set by Pdb.\n'
'\n'
+ ' Changed in version 3.6: The *readrc* argument.\n'
+ '\n'
' run(statement, globals=None, locals=None)\n'
' runeval(expression, globals=None, locals=None)\n'
' runcall(function, *args, **kwds)\n'
@@ -4450,27 +4523,35 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'definitions:\n'
'\n'
' floatnumber ::= pointfloat | exponentfloat\n'
- ' pointfloat ::= [intpart] fraction | intpart "."\n'
- ' exponentfloat ::= (intpart | pointfloat) exponent\n'
- ' intpart ::= digit+\n'
- ' fraction ::= "." digit+\n'
- ' exponent ::= ("e" | "E") ["+" | "-"] digit+\n'
+ ' pointfloat ::= [digitpart] fraction | digitpart "."\n'
+ ' exponentfloat ::= (digitpart | pointfloat) exponent\n'
+ ' digitpart ::= digit (["_"] digit)*\n'
+ ' fraction ::= "." digitpart\n'
+ ' exponent ::= ("e" | "E") ["+" | "-"] digitpart\n'
'\n'
'Note that the integer and exponent parts are always interpreted '
'using\n'
'radix 10. For example, "077e010" is legal, and denotes the same '
'number\n'
'as "77e10". The allowed range of floating point literals is\n'
- 'implementation-dependent. Some examples of floating point '
- 'literals:\n'
+ 'implementation-dependent. As in integer literals, underscores '
+ 'are\n'
+ 'supported for digit grouping.\n'
'\n'
- ' 3.14 10. .001 1e100 3.14e-10 0e0\n'
+ 'Some examples of floating point literals:\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' 3.14 10. .001 1e100 3.14e-10 0e0 '
+ '3.14_15_93\n'
'\n'
'Note that numeric literals do not include a sign; a phrase like '
'"-1"\n'
'is actually an expression composed of the unary operator "-" and '
'the\n'
- 'literal "1".\n',
+ 'literal "1".\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Changed in version 3.6: Underscores are now allowed for '
+ 'grouping\n'
+ 'purposes in literals.\n',
'for': '\n'
'The "for" statement\n'
'*******************\n'
@@ -4730,15 +4811,16 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'\n'
'The general form of a *standard format specifier* is:\n'
'\n'
- ' format_spec ::= '
- '[[fill]align][sign][#][0][width][,][.precision][type]\n'
- ' fill ::= <any character>\n'
- ' align ::= "<" | ">" | "=" | "^"\n'
- ' sign ::= "+" | "-" | " "\n'
- ' width ::= integer\n'
- ' precision ::= integer\n'
- ' type ::= "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "E" | "f" | "F" '
- '| "g" | "G" | "n" | "o" | "s" | "x" | "X" | "%"\n'
+ ' format_spec ::= '
+ '[[fill]align][sign][#][0][width][grouping_option][.precision][type]\n'
+ ' fill ::= <any character>\n'
+ ' align ::= "<" | ">" | "=" | "^"\n'
+ ' sign ::= "+" | "-" | " "\n'
+ ' width ::= integer\n'
+ ' grouping_option ::= "_" | ","\n'
+ ' precision ::= integer\n'
+ ' type ::= "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "E" | "f" | '
+ '"F" | "g" | "G" | "n" | "o" | "s" | "x" | "X" | "%"\n'
'\n'
'If a valid *align* value is specified, it can be preceded '
'by a *fill*\n'
@@ -4864,6 +4946,20 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'Changed in version 3.1: Added the "\',\'" option (see also '
'**PEP 378**).\n'
'\n'
+ 'The "\'_\'" option signals the use of an underscore for a '
+ 'thousands\n'
+ 'separator for floating point presentation types and for '
+ 'integer\n'
+ 'presentation type "\'d\'". For integer presentation types '
+ '"\'b\'", "\'o\'",\n'
+ '"\'x\'", and "\'X\'", underscores will be inserted every 4 '
+ 'digits. For\n'
+ 'other presentation types, specifying this option is an '
+ 'error.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Changed in version 3.6: Added the "\'_\'" option (see also '
+ '**PEP 515**).\n'
+ '\n'
'*width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum field '
'width. If not\n'
'specified, then the field width will be determined by the '
@@ -5361,14 +5457,14 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'is\n'
'present, it is initialized to a tuple receiving any excess '
'positional\n'
- 'parameters, defaulting to the empty tuple. If the form\n'
- '""**identifier"" is present, it is initialized to a new '
- 'dictionary\n'
- 'receiving any excess keyword arguments, defaulting to a new '
- 'empty\n'
- 'dictionary. Parameters after ""*"" or ""*identifier"" are '
- 'keyword-only\n'
- 'parameters and may only be passed used keyword arguments.\n'
+ 'parameters, defaulting to the empty tuple. If the form\n'
+ '""**identifier"" is present, it is initialized to a new ordered\n'
+ 'mapping receiving any excess keyword arguments, defaulting to a '
+ 'new\n'
+ 'empty mapping of the same type. Parameters after ""*"" or\n'
+ '""*identifier"" are keyword-only parameters and may only be '
+ 'passed\n'
+ 'used keyword arguments.\n'
'\n'
'Parameters may have annotations of the form "": expression"" '
'following\n'
@@ -5441,11 +5537,12 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'Names listed in a "global" statement must not be defined as '
'formal\n'
'parameters or in a "for" loop control target, "class" definition,\n'
- 'function definition, or "import" statement.\n'
+ 'function definition, "import" statement, or variable annotation.\n'
'\n'
'**CPython implementation detail:** The current implementation does '
'not\n'
- 'enforce the two restrictions, but programs should not abuse this\n'
+ 'enforce some of these restriction, but programs should not abuse '
+ 'this\n'
'freedom, as future implementations may enforce them or silently '
'change\n'
'the meaning of the program.\n'
@@ -5685,7 +5782,7 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'Imaginary literals are described by the following lexical '
'definitions:\n'
'\n'
- ' imagnumber ::= (floatnumber | intpart) ("j" | "J")\n'
+ ' imagnumber ::= (floatnumber | digitpart) ("j" | "J")\n'
'\n'
'An imaginary literal yields a complex number with a real part '
'of 0.0.\n'
@@ -5697,7 +5794,8 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'it,\n'
'e.g., "(3+4j)". Some examples of imaginary literals:\n'
'\n'
- ' 3.14j 10.j 10j .001j 1e100j 3.14e-10j\n',
+ ' 3.14j 10.j 10j .001j 1e100j 3.14e-10j '
+ '3.14_15_93j\n',
'import': '\n'
'The "import" statement\n'
'**********************\n'
@@ -6003,22 +6101,31 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'Integer literals are described by the following lexical '
'definitions:\n'
'\n'
- ' integer ::= decimalinteger | octinteger | hexinteger | '
- 'bininteger\n'
- ' decimalinteger ::= nonzerodigit digit* | "0"+\n'
- ' nonzerodigit ::= "1"..."9"\n'
- ' digit ::= "0"..."9"\n'
- ' octinteger ::= "0" ("o" | "O") octdigit+\n'
- ' hexinteger ::= "0" ("x" | "X") hexdigit+\n'
- ' bininteger ::= "0" ("b" | "B") bindigit+\n'
- ' octdigit ::= "0"..."7"\n'
- ' hexdigit ::= digit | "a"..."f" | "A"..."F"\n'
- ' bindigit ::= "0" | "1"\n'
+ ' integer ::= decinteger | bininteger | octinteger | '
+ 'hexinteger\n'
+ ' decinteger ::= nonzerodigit (["_"] digit)* | "0"+ (["_"] '
+ '"0")*\n'
+ ' bininteger ::= "0" ("b" | "B") (["_"] bindigit)+\n'
+ ' octinteger ::= "0" ("o" | "O") (["_"] octdigit)+\n'
+ ' hexinteger ::= "0" ("x" | "X") (["_"] hexdigit)+\n'
+ ' nonzerodigit ::= "1"..."9"\n'
+ ' digit ::= "0"..."9"\n'
+ ' bindigit ::= "0" | "1"\n'
+ ' octdigit ::= "0"..."7"\n'
+ ' hexdigit ::= digit | "a"..."f" | "A"..."F"\n'
'\n'
'There is no limit for the length of integer literals apart from '
'what\n'
'can be stored in available memory.\n'
'\n'
+ 'Underscores are ignored for determining the numeric value of '
+ 'the\n'
+ 'literal. They can be used to group digits for enhanced '
+ 'readability.\n'
+ 'One underscore can occur between digits, and after base '
+ 'specifiers\n'
+ 'like "0x".\n'
+ '\n'
'Note that leading zeros in a non-zero decimal number are not '
'allowed.\n'
'This is for disambiguation with C-style octal literals, which '
@@ -6028,7 +6135,12 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'Some examples of integer literals:\n'
'\n'
' 7 2147483647 0o177 0b100110111\n'
- ' 3 79228162514264337593543950336 0o377 0xdeadbeef\n',
+ ' 3 79228162514264337593543950336 0o377 0xdeadbeef\n'
+ ' 100_000_000_000 0b_1110_0101\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Changed in version 3.6: Underscores are now allowed for '
+ 'grouping\n'
+ 'purposes in literals.\n',
'lambda': '\n'
'Lambdas\n'
'*******\n'
@@ -6406,9 +6518,9 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'(swapped)\n'
' operands. These functions are only called if the left '
'operand does\n'
- ' not support the corresponding operation and the operands '
- 'are of\n'
- ' different types. [2] For instance, to evaluate the '
+ ' not support the corresponding operation [3] and the '
+ 'operands are of\n'
+ ' different types. [4] For instance, to evaluate the '
'expression "x -\n'
' y", where *y* is an instance of a class that has an '
'"__rsub__()"\n'
@@ -7384,6 +7496,15 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'exception when no appropriate method is defined (typically\n'
'"AttributeError" or "TypeError").\n'
'\n'
+ 'Setting a special method to "None" indicates that the '
+ 'corresponding\n'
+ 'operation is not available. For example, if a class sets '
+ '"__iter__()"\n'
+ 'to "None", the class is not iterable, so calling "iter()" on '
+ 'its\n'
+ 'instances will raise a "TypeError" (without falling back to\n'
+ '"__getitem__()"). [2]\n'
+ '\n'
'When implementing a class that emulates any built-in type, '
'it is\n'
'important that the emulation only be implemented to the '
@@ -7463,7 +7584,7 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
' Because "__new__()" and "__init__()" work together in '
'constructing\n'
' objects ("__new__()" to create it, and "__init__()" to '
- 'customise\n'
+ 'customize\n'
' it), no non-"None" value may be returned by "__init__()"; '
'doing so\n'
' will cause a "TypeError" to be raised at runtime.\n'
@@ -8272,7 +8393,7 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'locally to the\n'
'result of "type(name, bases, namespace)".\n'
'\n'
- 'The class creation process can be customised by passing the\n'
+ 'The class creation process can be customized by passing the\n'
'"metaclass" keyword argument in the class definition line, '
'or by\n'
'inheriting from an existing class that included such an '
@@ -8355,7 +8476,7 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'\n'
'If the metaclass has no "__prepare__" attribute, then the '
'class\n'
- 'namespace is initialised as an empty "dict()" instance.\n'
+ 'namespace is initialised as an empty ordered mapping.\n'
'\n'
'See also:\n'
'\n'
@@ -8423,11 +8544,12 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'\n'
'When a new class is created by "type.__new__", the object '
'provided as\n'
- 'the namespace parameter is copied to a standard Python '
- 'dictionary and\n'
- 'the original object is discarded. The new copy becomes the '
- '"__dict__"\n'
- 'attribute of the class object.\n'
+ 'the namespace parameter is copied to a new ordered mapping '
+ 'and the\n'
+ 'original object is discarded. The new copy is wrapped in a '
+ 'read-only\n'
+ 'proxy, which becomes the "__dict__" attribute of the class '
+ 'object.\n'
'\n'
'See also:\n'
'\n'
@@ -8849,9 +8971,9 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'(swapped)\n'
' operands. These functions are only called if the left '
'operand does\n'
- ' not support the corresponding operation and the operands '
- 'are of\n'
- ' different types. [2] For instance, to evaluate the '
+ ' not support the corresponding operation [3] and the '
+ 'operands are of\n'
+ ' different types. [4] For instance, to evaluate the '
'expression "x -\n'
' y", where *y* is an instance of a class that has an '
'"__rsub__()"\n'
@@ -10121,6 +10243,12 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'bytes\n'
'literals.\n'
'\n'
+ ' Changed in version 3.6: Unrecognized escape sequences produce '
+ 'a\n'
+ ' DeprecationWarning. In some future version of Python they '
+ 'will be\n'
+ ' a SyntaxError.\n'
+ '\n'
'Even in a raw literal, quotes can be escaped with a backslash, '
'but the\n'
'backslash remains in the result; for example, "r"\\""" is a '
@@ -10995,6 +11123,21 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
" Attribute assignment updates the module's namespace dictionary,\n"
' e.g., "m.x = 1" is equivalent to "m.__dict__["x"] = 1".\n'
'\n'
+ ' Predefined (writable) attributes: "__name__" is the module\'s '
+ 'name;\n'
+ ' "__doc__" is the module\'s documentation string, or "None" if\n'
+ ' unavailable; "__annotations__" (optional) is a dictionary\n'
+ ' containing *variable annotations* collected during module body\n'
+ ' execution; "__file__" is the pathname of the file from which '
+ 'the\n'
+ ' module was loaded, if it was loaded from a file. The "__file__"\n'
+ ' attribute may be missing for certain types of modules, such as '
+ 'C\n'
+ ' modules that are statically linked into the interpreter; for\n'
+ ' extension modules loaded dynamically from a shared library, it '
+ 'is\n'
+ ' the pathname of the shared library file.\n'
+ '\n'
' Special read-only attribute: "__dict__" is the module\'s '
'namespace\n'
' as a dictionary object.\n'
@@ -11008,19 +11151,6 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'the\n'
' module around while using its dictionary directly.\n'
'\n'
- ' Predefined (writable) attributes: "__name__" is the module\'s '
- 'name;\n'
- ' "__doc__" is the module\'s documentation string, or "None" if\n'
- ' unavailable; "__file__" is the pathname of the file from which '
- 'the\n'
- ' module was loaded, if it was loaded from a file. The "__file__"\n'
- ' attribute may be missing for certain types of modules, such as '
- 'C\n'
- ' modules that are statically linked into the interpreter; for\n'
- ' extension modules loaded dynamically from a shared library, it '
- 'is\n'
- ' the pathname of the shared library file.\n'
- '\n'
'Custom classes\n'
' Custom class types are typically created by class definitions '
'(see\n'
@@ -11074,7 +11204,10 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'the\n'
' order of their occurrence in the base class list; "__doc__" is '
'the\n'
- " class's documentation string, or None if undefined.\n"
+ " class's documentation string, or None if undefined;\n"
+ ' "__annotations__" (optional) is a dictionary containing '
+ '*variable\n'
+ ' annotations* collected during class body execution.\n'
'\n'
'Class instances\n'
' A class instance is created by calling a class object (see '
@@ -12512,7 +12645,13 @@ topics = {'assert': '\n'
'comparing\n'
'based on object identity).\n'
'\n'
- 'New in version 3.3: The "start", "stop" and "step" attributes.\n',
+ 'New in version 3.3: The "start", "stop" and "step" attributes.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'See also:\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' * The linspace recipe shows how to implement a lazy version '
+ 'of\n'
+ ' range that suitable for floating point applications.\n',
'typesseq-mutable': '\n'
'Mutable Sequence Types\n'
'**********************\n'