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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/json.rst12
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/string.rst10
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/subprocess.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/threading.rst16
5 files changed, 30 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/json.rst b/Doc/library/json.rst
index e1f5cf2..3b203a2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/json.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/json.rst
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ Extending :class:`JSONEncoder`::
... return [obj.real, obj.imag]
... return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
...
- >>> dumps(2 + 1j, cls=ComplexEncoder)
+ >>> json.dumps(2 + 1j, cls=ComplexEncoder)
'[2.0, 1.0]'
>>> ComplexEncoder().encode(2 + 1j)
'[2.0, 1.0]'
>>> list(ComplexEncoder().iterencode(2 + 1j))
- ['[', '2.0', ', ', '1.0', ']']
+ ['[2.0', ', 1.0', ']']
.. highlight:: none
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ 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.
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ Encoders and decoders
pass
else:
return list(iterable)
- return JSONEncoder.default(self, o)
+ return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, o)
.. method:: encode(o)
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Encoders and decoders
Return a JSON string representation of a Python data structure, *o*. For
example::
- >>> JSONEncoder().encode({"foo": ["bar", "baz"]})
+ >>> json.JSONEncoder().encode({"foo": ["bar", "baz"]})
'{"foo": ["bar", "baz"]}'
@@ -390,5 +390,5 @@ Encoders and decoders
Encode the given object, *o*, and yield each string representation as
available. For example::
- for chunk in JSONEncoder().iterencode(bigobject):
+ for chunk in json.JSONEncoder().iterencode(bigobject):
mysocket.write(chunk)
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index bd79a3e..27b4c90 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -2210,8 +2210,8 @@ 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/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index dd04e32..6748484 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ 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 3aaa6c6..0c441f8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ 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/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index 68d0304..2e36402 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ 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()
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ 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
@@ -80,6 +84,8 @@ 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()
@@ -88,6 +94,8 @@ 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=1)
:noindex:
@@ -98,6 +106,8 @@ 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=1)
@@ -109,15 +119,21 @@ 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)