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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst index 2e00ebb..71a3b7a 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -609,10 +609,10 @@ multiple of 4. result = queue.get() print 'Factorial', N, '=', result -A :class:`Queue` is used to communicate the result of the factorial. -The :class:`Queue` object is stored in a global variable. +A :class:`~Queue.Queue` is used to communicate the result of the factorial. +The :class:`~Queue.Queue` object is stored in a global variable. The child process will use the value of the variable when the child -was created; because it's a :class:`Queue`, parent and child can use +was created; because it's a :class:`~Queue.Queue`, parent and child can use the object to communicate. (If the parent were to change the value of the global variable, the child's value would be unaffected, and vice versa.) @@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ the :mod:`io` module: There are two concrete implementations. :class:`TextIOWrapper` wraps a buffered I/O object, supporting all of the methods for text I/O and adding a :attr:`buffer` attribute for access - to the underlying object. :class:`StringIO` simply buffers + to the underlying object. :class:`~StringIO.StringIO` simply buffers everything in memory without ever writing anything to disk. (In Python 2.6, :class:`io.StringIO` is implemented in @@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. (Contributed by Christian Heimes and Mark Dickinson.) -* :class:`mmap` objects now have a :meth:`rfind` method that searches for a +* :class:`~mmap.mmap` objects now have a :meth:`rfind` method that searches for a substring beginning at the end of the string and searching backwards. The :meth:`find` method also gained an *end* parameter giving an index at which to stop searching. @@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. intended for testing purposes that lets you temporarily modify the warning filters and then restore their original values (:issue:`3781`). -* The XML-RPC :class:`SimpleXMLRPCServer` and :class:`DocXMLRPCServer` +* The XML-RPC :class:`~SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCServer` and :class:`~DocXMLRPCServer.DocXMLRPCServer` classes can now be prevented from immediately opening and binding to their socket by passing True as the ``bind_and_activate`` constructor parameter. This can be used to modify the instance's @@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. open the socket and begin listening for connections. (Contributed by Peter Parente; :issue:`1599845`.) - :class:`SimpleXMLRPCServer` also has a :attr:`_send_traceback_header` + :class:`~SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCServer` also has a :attr:`_send_traceback_header` attribute; if true, the exception and formatted traceback are returned as HTTP headers "X-Exception" and "X-Traceback". This feature is for debugging purposes only and should not be used on production servers @@ -2626,7 +2626,7 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. :class:`datetime.date` and :class:`datetime.time` to the :class:`xmlrpclib.DateTime` type; the conversion semantics were not necessarily correct for all applications. Code using - :mod:`xmlrpclib` should convert :class:`date` and :class:`time` + :mod:`xmlrpclib` should convert :class:`date` and :class:`~datetime.time` instances. (:issue:`1330538`) The code can also handle dates before 1900 (contributed by Ralf Schmitt; :issue:`2014`) and 64-bit integers represented by using ``<i8>`` in XML-RPC responses @@ -3279,7 +3279,7 @@ that may require changes to your code: :class:`datetime.date` and :class:`datetime.time` to the :class:`xmlrpclib.DateTime` type; the conversion semantics were not necessarily correct for all applications. Code using - :mod:`xmlrpclib` should convert :class:`date` and :class:`time` + :mod:`xmlrpclib` should convert :class:`date` and :class:`~datetime.time` instances. (:issue:`1330538`) * (3.0-warning mode) The :class:`Exception` class now warns |