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-rw-r--r--Doc/glossary.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/abc.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/collections.rst80
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/shutil.rst41
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/stdtypes.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/tools/sphinxext/opensearch.xml18
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst30
7 files changed, 110 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index f7a4b569..a2e9b02 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Glossary
The typical Python prompt of the interactive shell when entering code for
an indented code block.
- Abstract Base Class
+ abstract base class
Abstract Base Classes (abbreviated ABCs) complement :term:`duck-typing` by
providing a way to define interfaces when other techniques like :func:`hasattr`
would be clumsy. Python comes with many builtin ABCs for data structures
diff --git a/Doc/library/abc.rst b/Doc/library/abc.rst
index 21d3018..b03fc83 100644
--- a/Doc/library/abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/abc.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
.. sectionauthor:: Georg Brandl
.. much of the content adapted from docstrings
-This module provides the infrastructure for defining :term:`abstract base
-classes` (ABCs) in Python, as outlined in :pep:`3119`; see the PEP for why this
+This module provides the infrastructure for defining an :term:`abstract base
+class` (ABCs) in Python, as outlined in :pep:`3119`; see the PEP for why this
was added to Python. (See also :pep:`3141` and the :mod:`numbers` module
regarding a type hierarchy for numbers based on ABCs.)
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 7718c51..d2d4f47 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -37,42 +37,50 @@ ABCs - abstract base classes
The collections module offers the following ABCs:
-========================= ==================== ====================== ====================================================
-ABC Inherits Abstract Methods Mixin Methods
-========================= ==================== ====================== ====================================================
-:class:`Container` ``__contains__``
-:class:`Hashable` ``__hash__``
-:class:`Iterable` ``__iter__``
-:class:`Iterator` :class:`Iterable` ``__next__`` ``__iter__``
-:class:`Sized` ``__len__``
-
-:class:`Mapping` :class:`Sized`, ``__getitem__``, ``__contains__``, ``keys``, ``items``, ``values``,
- :class:`Iterable`, ``__len__``. and ``get``, ``__eq__``, and ``__ne__``
- :class:`Container` ``__iter__``
-
-:class:`MutableMapping` :class:`Mapping` ``__getitem__`` Inherited Mapping methods and
- ``__setitem__``, ``pop``, ``popitem``, ``clear``, ``update``,
- ``__delitem__``, and ``setdefault``
- ``__iter__``, and
- ``__len__``
-
-:class:`Sequence` :class:`Sized`, ``__getitem__`` ``__contains__``. ``__iter__``, ``__reversed__``.
- :class:`Iterable`, and ``__len__`` ``index``, and ``count``
- :class:`Container`
-
-:class:`MutableSequnce` :class:`Sequence` ``__getitem__`` Inherited Sequence methods and
- ``__delitem__``, ``append``, ``reverse``, ``extend``, ``pop``,
- ``insert``, ``remove``, and ``__iadd__``
- and ``__len__``
-
-:class:`Set` :class:`Sized`, ``__len__``, ``__le__``, ``__lt__``, ``__eq__``, ``__ne__``,
- :class:`Iterable`, ``__iter__``, and ``__gt__``, ``__ge__``, ``__and__``, ``__or__``
- :class:`Container` ``__contains__`` ``__sub__``, ``__xor__``, and ``isdisjoint``
-
-:class:`MutableSet` :class:`Set` ``add`` and Inherited Set methods and
- ``discard`` ``clear``, ``pop``, ``remove``, ``__ior__``,
- ``__iand__``, ``__ixor__``, and ``__isub__``
-========================= ==================== ====================== ====================================================
+========================= ===================== ====================== ====================================================
+ABC Inherits Abstract Methods Mixin Methods
+========================= ===================== ====================== ====================================================
+:class:`Container` ``__contains__``
+:class:`Hashable` ``__hash__``
+:class:`Iterable` ``__iter__``
+:class:`Iterator` :class:`Iterable` ``__next__`` ``__iter__``
+:class:`Sized` ``__len__``
+:class:`Callable` ``__call__``
+
+:class:`Sequence` :class:`Sized`, ``__getitem__`` ``__contains__``. ``__iter__``, ``__reversed__``.
+ :class:`Iterable`, and ``__len__`` ``index``, and ``count``
+ :class:`Container`
+
+:class:`MutableSequnce` :class:`Sequence` ``__getitem__`` Inherited Sequence methods and
+ ``__delitem__``, ``append``, ``reverse``, ``extend``, ``pop``,
+ ``insert``, ``remove``, and ``__iadd__``
+ and ``__len__``
+
+:class:`Set` :class:`Sized`, ``__len__``, ``__le__``, ``__lt__``, ``__eq__``, ``__ne__``,
+ :class:`Iterable`, ``__iter__``, and ``__gt__``, ``__ge__``, ``__and__``, ``__or__``
+ :class:`Container` ``__contains__`` ``__sub__``, ``__xor__``, and ``isdisjoint``
+
+:class:`MutableSet` :class:`Set` ``add`` and Inherited Set methods and
+ ``discard`` ``clear``, ``pop``, ``remove``, ``__ior__``,
+ ``__iand__``, ``__ixor__``, and ``__isub__``
+
+:class:`Mapping` :class:`Sized`, ``__getitem__``, ``__contains__``, ``keys``, ``items``, ``values``,
+ :class:`Iterable`, ``__len__``. and ``get``, ``__eq__``, and ``__ne__``
+ :class:`Container` ``__iter__``
+
+:class:`MutableMapping` :class:`Mapping` ``__getitem__`` Inherited Mapping methods and
+ ``__setitem__``, ``pop``, ``popitem``, ``clear``, ``update``,
+ ``__delitem__``, and ``setdefault``
+ ``__iter__``, and
+ ``__len__``
+
+:class:`MappingView` :class:`Sized` ``__len__``
+:class:`KeysView` :class:`MappingView`, ``__contains__``,
+ :class:`Set` ``__iter__``
+:class:`ItemsView` :class:`MappingView`, ``__contains__``,
+ :class:`Set` ``__iter__``
+:class:`ValuesView` :class:`MappingView` ``__contains__``, ``__iter__``
+========================= ===================== ====================== ====================================================
These ABCs allow us to ask classes or instances if they provide
particular functionality, for example::
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 5ab2f29..c295f29 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -78,18 +78,39 @@ copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the
Unix command :program:`cp -p`.
-.. function:: copytree(src, dst[, symlinks])
+.. function:: ignore_patterns(\*patterns)
+
+ This factory function creates a function that can be used as a callable for
+ :func:`copytree`\'s *ignore* argument, ignoring files and directories that
+ match one of the glob-style *patterns* provided. See the example below.
+
+
+.. function:: copytree(src, dst[, symlinks=False[, ignore=None]])
Recursively copy an entire directory tree rooted at *src*. The destination
- directory, named by *dst*, must not already exist; it will be created as well as
- missing parent directories. Permissions and times of directories are copied with
- :func:`copystat`, individual files are copied using :func:`copy2`. If
- *symlinks* is true, symbolic links in the source tree are represented as
- symbolic links in the new tree; if false or omitted, the contents of the linked
- files are copied to the new tree. If exception(s) occur, an :exc:`Error` is
- raised with a list of reasons.
-
- The source code for this should be considered an example rather than a tool.
+ directory, named by *dst*, must not already exist; it will be created as well
+ as missing parent directories. Permissions and times of directories are
+ copied with :func:`copystat`, individual files are copied using
+ :func:`copy2`.
+
+ If *symlinks* is true, symbolic links in the source tree are represented as
+ symbolic links in the new tree; if false or omitted, the contents of the
+ linked files are copied to the new tree.
+
+ If *ignore* is given, it must be a callable that will receive as its
+ arguments the directory being visited by :func:`copytree`, and a list of its
+ contents, as returned by :func:`os.listdir`. Since :func:`copytree` is
+ called recursively, the *ignore* callable will be called once for each
+ directory that is copied. The callable must return a sequence of directory
+ and file names relative to the current directory (i.e. a subset of the items
+ in its second argument); these names will then be ignored in the copy
+ process. :func:`ignore_patterns` can be used to create such a callable that
+ ignores names based on glob-style patterns.
+
+ If exception(s) occur, an :exc:`Error` is raised with a list of reasons.
+
+ The source code for this should be considered an example rather than the
+ ultimate tool.
.. function:: rmtree(path[, ignore_errors[, onerror]])
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 9107d03..a97a519 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ Files have the following methods:
files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue reading after an EOF is hit.) Note
that this method may call the underlying C function :cfunc:`fread` more than
once in an effort to acquire as close to *size* bytes as possible. Also note
- that when in non-blocking mode, less data than what was requested may be
+ that when in non-blocking mode, less data than was requested may be
returned, even if no *size* parameter was given.
diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/opensearch.xml b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/opensearch.xml
index d672c2e..69cec80 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/opensearch.xml
+++ b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/opensearch.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
- <ShortName>Python Docs</ShortName>
- <LongName>Python Documentation</LongName>
- <Description>Search the Python documentation</Description>
- <InputEncoding>utf-8</InputEncoding>
- <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="{{ pathto('search') }}?">
- <Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}" />
- <Param name="check_keywords" value="yes" />
- <Param name="area" value="default" />
- </Url>
- <Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://www.python.org/images/favicon16x16.ico</Image>
-</OpenSearchDescription>
-
+{% extends "!opensearch.xml" %}
+{% block extra -%}
+<Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://www.python.org/images/favicon16x16.ico</Image>
+{%- endblock %}
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 21ccf9b..df5ccb6 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -1681,6 +1681,11 @@ details.
available, instead of restricting itself to protocol 1.
(Contributed by W. Barnes; :issue:`1551443`.)
+* The :mod:`cgi` module will now read variables from the query string of an
+ HTTP POST request. This makes it possible to use form actions with
+ URLs such as "/cgi-bin/add.py?category=1". (Contributed by
+ Alexandre Fiori and Nubis; :issue:`1817`.)
+
* 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.
@@ -2137,6 +2142,24 @@ details.
* The :mod:`sets` module has been deprecated; it's better to
use the built-in :class:`set` and :class:`frozenset` types.
+* The :func:`shutil.copytree` function now has an optional **ignore** argument
+ that takes a callable object. This callable will receive each directory path
+ and a list of the directory's contents, and returns a list of names that
+ will be ignored, not copied.
+
+ The :mod:`shutil` module also provides an :func:`ignore_patterns`
+ function for use with this new parameter.
+ :func:`ignore_patterns` takes an arbitrary number of glob-style patterns
+ and will ignore any files and directories that match this pattern.
+ The following example copies a directory tree, but skip both SVN's internal
+ :file:`.svn` directories and Emacs backup
+ files, which have names ending with '~'::
+
+ shutil.copytree('Doc/library', '/tmp/library',
+ ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns('*~', '.svn'))
+
+ (Contributed by Tarek Ziadé; :issue:`2663`.)
+
* Integrating signal handling with GUI handling event loops
like those used by Tkinter or GTk+ has long been a problem; most
software ends up polling, waking up every fraction of a second.
@@ -2500,9 +2523,10 @@ handle it safely::
...
ValueError: malformed string
-The module also includes
-:class:`NodeVisitor` and :class:`NodeTransformer` classes
-for traversing and modifying an AST, and functions for common transformations such as changing line numbers.
+The module also includes :class:`NodeVisitor` and
+:class:`NodeTransformer` classes for traversing and modifying an AST,
+and functions for common transformations such as changing line
+numbers.
.. ======================================================================