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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index 93a737e..79c96e4 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ in previous versions. .. cvar:: int PyTrace_C_EXCEPTION The value for the *what* parameter to :ctype:`Py_tracefunc` functions when a C - function has thrown an exception. + function has raised an exception. .. cvar:: int PyTrace_C_RETURN diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst index 0288271..e7e5b47 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ These are the UTF-7 codec APIs: *s*. Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec. -.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed) +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed) If *consumed* is *NULL*, behave like :cfunc:`PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7`. If *consumed* is not *NULL*, trailing incomplete UTF-7 base-64 sections will not diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py index 09e046d..4b87b8c 100644 --- a/Doc/conf.py +++ b/Doc/conf.py @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ latex_documents = [ ('tutorial/index', 'tutorial.tex', 'Python Tutorial', _stdauthor, 'manual'), ('using/index', 'using.tex', - 'Python Setup', _stdauthor, 'manual'), + 'Python Setup and Usage', _stdauthor, 'manual'), ('whatsnew/' + version, 'whatsnew.tex', 'What\'s New in Python', 'A. M. Kuchling', 'howto'), ] diff --git a/Doc/faq/library.rst b/Doc/faq/library.rst index 6b4f943..e741c58 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/library.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/library.rst @@ -672,9 +672,8 @@ Yes. Here's a simple example that uses httplib:: if reply != 200: sys.stdout.write(httpobj.getfile().read()) -Note that in general for a percent-encoded POST operations, query strings must be -quoted by using :func:`urllib.quote`. For example to send name="Guy Steele, -Jr.":: +Note that in general for percent-encoded POST operations, query strings must be +quoted using :func:`urllib.quote`. For example to send name="Guy Steele, Jr.":: >>> from urllib import quote >>> x = quote("Guy Steele, Jr.") diff --git a/Doc/library/bdb.rst b/Doc/library/bdb.rst index 4ee2f19..c0c3dc8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/bdb.rst +++ b/Doc/library/bdb.rst @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ The :mod:`bdb` module also defines two classes: * ``"exception"``: An exception has occurred. * ``"c_call"``: A C function is about to be called. * ``"c_return"``: A C function has returned. - * ``"c_exception"``: A C function has thrown an exception. + * ``"c_exception"``: A C function has raised an exception. For the Python events, specialized functions (see below) are called. For the C events, no action is taken. diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst index 5cabc5e..5ca38c4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst @@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ There are two exceptions that may be raised by :class:`DebugRunner` instances: .. exception:: DocTestFailure(test, example, got) - An exception thrown by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example's + An exception raised by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example's actual output did not match its expected output. The constructor arguments are used to initialize the member variables of the same names. @@ -1792,9 +1792,9 @@ There are two exceptions that may be raised by :class:`DebugRunner` instances: .. exception:: UnexpectedException(test, example, exc_info) - An exception thrown by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example - raised an unexpected exception. The constructor arguments are used to - initialize the member variables of the same names. + An exception raised by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest + example raised an unexpected exception. The constructor arguments are used + to initialize the member variables of the same names. :exc:`UnexpectedException` defines the following member variables: diff --git a/Doc/library/email.errors.rst b/Doc/library/email.errors.rst index 7a0c52a..06598d5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/email.errors.rst +++ b/Doc/library/email.errors.rst @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module: .. exception:: MessageParseError() - This is the base class for exceptions thrown by the :class:`~email.parser.Parser` + This is the base class for exceptions raised by the :class:`~email.parser.Parser` class. It is derived from :exc:`MessageError`. diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 1f67369..3b18c9a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. returns the current global and local dictionary, respectively, which may be useful to pass around for use by :func:`eval` or :func:`execfile`. + See :func:`ast.literal_eval` for a function that can safely evaluate strings + with expressions containing only literals. + .. function:: execfile(filename[, globals[, locals]]) diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst index 7ae656e..5d6a697 100644 --- a/Doc/library/io.rst +++ b/Doc/library/io.rst @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ access files and streams. At the top of the I/O hierarchy is the abstract base class :class:`IOBase`. It defines the basic interface to a stream. Note, however, that there is no separation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are allowed -to throw an :exc:`IOError` if they do not support a given operation. +to raise an :exc:`IOError` if they do not support a given operation. Extending :class:`IOBase` is :class:`RawIOBase` which deals simply with the reading and writing of raw bytes to a stream. :class:`FileIO` subclasses diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst index 095119c..f708052 100644 --- a/Doc/library/json.rst +++ b/Doc/library/json.rst @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Encoders and decoders encoders and decoders. Otherwise, it will be a :exc:`ValueError` to encode such floats. - If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (the default), then the output of dictionaries + If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (default ``False``), then the output of dictionaries will be sorted by key; this is useful for regression tests to ensure that JSON serializations can be compared on a day-to-day basis. diff --git a/Doc/library/linecache.rst b/Doc/library/linecache.rst index f3d8379..5c1ad86 100644 --- a/Doc/library/linecache.rst +++ b/Doc/library/linecache.rst @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The :mod:`linecache` module defines the following functions: .. function:: getline(filename, lineno[, module_globals]) - Get line *lineno* from file named *filename*. This function will never throw an + Get line *lineno* from file named *filename*. This function will never raise an exception --- it will return ``''`` on errors (the terminating newline character will be included for lines that are found). diff --git a/Doc/library/mmap.rst b/Doc/library/mmap.rst index a6e9bdc..125b34f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/mmap.rst +++ b/Doc/library/mmap.rst @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ memory but does not update the underlying file. Copy the *count* bytes starting at offset *src* to the destination index *dest*. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then calls to - move will throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception. + move will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception. .. method:: read(num) @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ memory but does not update the underlying file. Resizes the map and the underlying file, if any. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ` or :const:`ACCESS_COPY`, resizing the map will - throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception. + raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception. .. method:: rfind(string[, start[, end]]) @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ memory but does not update the underlying file. Write the bytes in *string* into memory at the current position of the file pointer; the file position is updated to point after the bytes that were written. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then - writing to it will throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception. + writing to it will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception. .. method:: write_byte(byte) @@ -242,6 +242,4 @@ memory but does not update the underlying file. Write the single-character string *byte* into memory at the current position of the file pointer; the file position is advanced by ``1``. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then writing to it will - throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception. - - + raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception. diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index a01ebbd..27b8703 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -2223,8 +2223,8 @@ Synchronization types like locks, conditions and queues: .. literalinclude:: ../includes/mp_synchronize.py -An showing how to use queues to feed tasks to a collection of worker process and -collect the results: +An example showing how to use queues to feed tasks to a collection of worker +process and collect the results: .. literalinclude:: ../includes/mp_workers.py diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index c3f67cb..c9747e3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ process and user. .. function:: getresgid() Return a tuple (rgid, egid, sgid) denoting the current process's - real, effective, and saved user ids. + real, effective, and saved group ids. Availability: Unix. diff --git a/Doc/library/parser.rst b/Doc/library/parser.rst index b1cbd12..8fba6df 100644 --- a/Doc/library/parser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/parser.rst @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms. The :func:`expr` function parses the parameter *source* as if it were an input to ``compile(source, 'file.py', 'eval')``. If the parse succeeds, an ST object is created to hold the internal parse tree representation, otherwise an - appropriate exception is thrown. + appropriate exception is raised. .. function:: suite(source) @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms. The :func:`suite` function parses the parameter *source* as if it were an input to ``compile(source, 'file.py', 'exec')``. If the parse succeeds, an ST object is created to hold the internal parse tree representation, otherwise an - appropriate exception is thrown. + appropriate exception is raised. .. function:: sequence2st(sequence) @@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms. to the Python grammar and all nodes are valid node types in the host version of Python, an ST object is created from the internal representation and returned to the called. If there is a problem creating the internal representation, or - if the tree cannot be validated, a :exc:`ParserError` exception is thrown. An + if the tree cannot be validated, a :exc:`ParserError` exception is raised. An ST object created this way should not be assumed to compile correctly; normal - exceptions thrown by compilation may still be initiated when the ST object is + exceptions raised by compilation may still be initiated when the ST object is passed to :func:`compilest`. This may indicate problems not related to syntax (such as a :exc:`MemoryError` exception), but may also be due to constructs such as the result of parsing ``del f(0)``, which escapes the Python parser but is @@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ function for information about the exceptions it can raise. .. exception:: ParserError Exception raised when a failure occurs within the parser module. This is - generally produced for validation failures rather than the built in - :exc:`SyntaxError` thrown during normal parsing. The exception argument is + generally produced for validation failures rather than the built-in + :exc:`SyntaxError` raised during normal parsing. The exception argument is either a string describing the reason of the failure or a tuple containing a sequence causing the failure from a parse tree passed to :func:`sequence2st` and an explanatory string. Calls to :func:`sequence2st` need to be able to @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function for information about the exceptions it can raise. will only need to be aware of the simple string values. Note that the functions :func:`compilest`, :func:`expr`, and :func:`suite` may -throw exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation +raise exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation process. These include the built in exceptions :exc:`MemoryError`, :exc:`OverflowError`, :exc:`SyntaxError`, and :exc:`SystemError`. In these cases, these exceptions carry all the meaning normally associated with them. diff --git a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst index 04179a4..4333588 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ otherwise stated. Called if the XML document hasn't been declared as being a standalone document. This happens when there is an external subset or a reference to a parameter entity, but the XML declaration does not set standalone to ``yes`` in an XML - declaration. If this handler returns ``0``, then the parser will throw an + declaration. If this handler returns ``0``, then the parser will raise an :const:`XML_ERROR_NOT_STANDALONE` error. If this handler is not set, no exception is raised by the parser for this condition. @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ otherwise stated. responsible for creating the sub-parser using ``ExternalEntityParserCreate(context)``, initializing it with the appropriate callbacks, and parsing the entity. This handler should return an integer; if it - returns ``0``, the parser will throw an + returns ``0``, the parser will raise an :const:`XML_ERROR_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_HANDLING` error, otherwise parsing will continue. diff --git a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst index c8f4ed1..64369b5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst @@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ An :class:`SMTP` instance has the following methods: and ESMTP options suppressed. This method will return normally if the mail is accepted for at least one - recipient. Otherwise it will throw an exception. That is, if this method does - not throw an exception, then someone should get your mail. If this method does - not throw an exception, it returns a dictionary, with one entry for each + recipient. Otherwise it will raise an exception. That is, if this method does + not raise an exception, then someone should get your mail. If this method does + not raise an exception, it returns a dictionary, with one entry for each recipient that was refused. Each entry contains a tuple of the SMTP error code and the accompanying error message sent by the server. diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 4e893cd..0af8db6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -798,7 +798,9 @@ timeout error of its own regardless of any Python socket timeout setting. Shut down one or both halves of the connection. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RD`, further receives are disallowed. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_WR`, further sends are disallowed. If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RDWR`, further sends and receives are - disallowed. + disallowed. Depending on the platform, shutting down one half of the connection + can also close the opposite half (e.g. on Mac OS X, ``shutdown(SHUT_WR)`` does + not allow further reads on the other end of the connection). Note that there are no methods :meth:`read` or :meth:`write`; use :meth:`~socket.recv` and :meth:`~socket.send` without *flags* argument instead. diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index 2cf8d01..84a2b9d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ string formatting behaviors using the same implementation as the built-in the format string (integers for positional arguments, and strings for named arguments), and a reference to the *args* and *kwargs* that was passed to vformat. The set of unused args can be calculated from these - parameters. :meth:`check_unused_args` is assumed to throw an exception if + parameters. :meth:`check_unused_args` is assumed to raise an exception if the check fails. .. method:: format_field(value, format_spec) @@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ The general form of a *standard format specifier* is: precision: `integer` type: "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "E" | "f" | "F" | "g" | "G" | "n" | "o" | "s" | "x" | "X" | "%" -The *fill* character can be any character other than '}' (which signifies the -end of the field). The presence of a fill character is signaled by the *next* -character, which must be one of the alignment options. If the second character -of *format_spec* is not a valid alignment option, then it is assumed that both -the fill character and the alignment option are absent. +The *fill* character can be any character other than '{' or '}'. The presence +of a fill character is signaled by the character following it, which must be +one of the alignment options. If the second character of *format_spec* is not +a valid alignment option, then it is assumed that both the fill character and +the alignment option are absent. The meaning of the various alignment options is as follows: diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 3ca0db9..cc64b4a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Exceptions Exceptions raised in the child process, before the new program has started to execute, will be re-raised in the parent. Additionally, the exception object will have one extra attribute called :attr:`child_traceback`, which is a string -containing traceback information from the childs point of view. +containing traceback information from the child's point of view. The most common exception raised is :exc:`OSError`. This occurs, for example, when trying to execute a non-existent file. Applications should prepare for diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index c15e55b..0661d7d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ always available. A C function has returned. *arg* is ``None``. ``'c_exception'`` - A C function has thrown an exception. *arg* is ``None``. + A C function has raised an exception. *arg* is ``None``. Note that as an exception is propagated down the chain of callers, an ``'exception'`` event is generated at each level. diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst index f18c959..2028f8b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/threading.rst +++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects: variable allows one or more threads to wait until they are notified by another thread. + See :ref:`condition-objects`. + .. function:: current_thread() currentThread() @@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects: with the :meth:`clear` method. The :meth:`wait` method blocks until the flag is true. + See :ref:`event-objects`. + .. class:: local @@ -93,6 +97,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects: acquired it, subsequent attempts to acquire it block, until it is released; any thread may release it. + See :ref:`lock-objects`. + .. function:: RLock() @@ -101,6 +107,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects: reentrant lock, the same thread may acquire it again without blocking; the thread must release it once for each time it has acquired it. + See :ref:`rlock-objects`. + .. function:: Semaphore([value]) :noindex: @@ -111,6 +119,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects: if necessary until it can return without making the counter negative. If not given, *value* defaults to 1. + See :ref:`semaphore-objects`. + .. function:: BoundedSemaphore([value]) @@ -122,15 +132,21 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects: .. class:: Thread + :noindex: A class that represents a thread of control. This class can be safely subclassed in a limited fashion. + See :ref:`thread-objects`. + .. class:: Timer + :noindex: A thread that executes a function after a specified interval has passed. + See :ref:`timer-objects`. + .. function:: settrace(func) diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst b/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst index 75c7d5b..4b3c18a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst +++ b/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ The :class:`XMLReader` interface supports the following methods: Allow an application to set the locale for errors and warnings. SAX parsers are not required to provide localization for errors and warnings; if - they cannot support the requested locale, however, they must throw a SAX + they cannot support the requested locale, however, they must raise a SAX exception. Applications may request a locale change in the middle of a parse. diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst index 354ed1f..9dfa31f 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst @@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ patterns to be encapsulated for convenient reuse. The execution of the :keyword:`with` statement with one "item" proceeds as follows: -#. The context expression is evaluated to obtain a context manager. +#. The context expression (the expression given in the :token:`with_item`) is + evaluated to obtain a context manager. #. The context manager's :meth:`__exit__` is loaded for later use. diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index 4341fce..8749ce9 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -1367,6 +1367,7 @@ groups from right to left). | ``+``, ``-`` | Addition and subtraction | +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | ``*``, ``/``, ``//``, ``%`` | Multiplication, division, remainder | +| | [#]_ | +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | ``+x``, ``-x``, ``~x`` | Positive, negative, bitwise NOT | +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ @@ -1422,5 +1423,7 @@ groups from right to left). the :keyword:`is` operator, like those involving comparisons between instance methods, or constants. Check their documentation for more info. +.. [#] The ``%`` is also used for string formatting; the same precedence applies. + .. [#] The power operator ``**`` binds less tightly than an arithmetic or bitwise unary operator on its right, that is, ``2**-1`` is ``0.5``. diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html index e364dce..10a070c 100644 --- a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html +++ b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <span class="linkdescr">keep this under your pillow</span></p> <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("reference/index") }}">Language Reference</a><br/> <span class="linkdescr">describes syntax and language elements</span></p> - <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("using/index") }}">Python Setup</a><br/> + <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("using/index") }}">Python Setup and Usage</a><br/> <span class="linkdescr">how to use Python on different platforms</span></p> <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("howto/index") }}">Python HOWTOs</a><br/> <span class="linkdescr">in-depth documents on specific topics</span></p> diff --git a/Doc/using/index.rst b/Doc/using/index.rst index 6bba578..1201153 100644 --- a/Doc/using/index.rst +++ b/Doc/using/index.rst @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ .. _using-index: -################ - Python Setup -################ +########################## + Python Setup and Usage +########################## This part of the documentation is devoted to general information on the setup diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst index 27e412e..fadde50 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst @@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. deprecated APIs and removes support for Python versions earlier than 2.3. The 3.0 version of the package uses a new incremental parser for MIME messages, available in the :mod:`email.FeedParser` module. The new parser doesn't require - reading the entire message into memory, and doesn't throw exceptions if a + reading the entire message into memory, and doesn't raise exceptions if a message is malformed; instead it records any problems in the :attr:`defect` attribute of the message. (Developed by Anthony Baxter, Barry Warsaw, Thomas Wouters, and others.) diff --git a/Misc/developers.txt b/Misc/developers.txt index 84962b7..fa9a471 100644 --- a/Misc/developers.txt +++ b/Misc/developers.txt @@ -20,6 +20,25 @@ for details. When the agreement is signed, please note it in this log. Permissions History ------------------- +- Lukasz Langa was given commit access on Sep 08 2010 by GFB, + at suggestion of Antoine Pitrou, for general bug fixing. + +- Daniel Stutzbach was given commit access on Aug 22 2010 by MvL, + for general bug fixing. + +- Ask Solem was given commit access on Aug 17 2010 by MvL, + on recommendation by Jesse Noller, for work on the multiprocessing + library. + +- George Boutsioukis was given commit access on Aug 10 2010 + by MvL, for work on 2to3. + +- Éric Araujo was given commit access on Aug 10 2010 by BAC, + at suggestion of Tarek Ziadé. + +- Terry Reedy was given commit access on Aug 04 2010 by MvL, + at suggestion of Nick Coghlan. + - Brian Quinlan was given commit access on Jul 26 2010 by GFB, for work related to PEP 3148. diff --git a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c index ca52c05..997867a 100644 --- a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c +++ b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c @@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(fcntl_doc, Perform the requested operation on file descriptor fd. The operation\n\ is defined by op and is operating system dependent. These constants are\n\ available from the fcntl module. The argument arg is optional, and\n\ -defaults to 0; it may be an int or a string. If arg is given as a string,\n\ +defaults to 0; it may be an int or a string. If arg is given as a string,\n\ the return value of fcntl is a string of that length, containing the\n\ -resulting value put in the arg buffer by the operating system.The length\n\ -of the arg string is not allowed to exceed 1024 bytes. If the arg given\n\ +resulting value put in the arg buffer by the operating system. The length\n\ +of the arg string is not allowed to exceed 1024 bytes. If the arg given\n\ is an integer or if none is specified, the result value is an integer\n\ corresponding to the return value of the fcntl call in the C code."); diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c index 933dbd9..8128418 100644 --- a/Modules/posixmodule.c +++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c @@ -8619,7 +8619,7 @@ posix_getresuid (PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs) #ifdef HAVE_GETRESGID PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_getresgid__doc__, "getresgid() -> (rgid, egid, sgid)\n\n\ -Get tuple of the current process's real, effective, and saved user ids."); +Get tuple of the current process's real, effective, and saved group ids."); static PyObject* posix_getresgid (PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs) |