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-rw-r--r--Doc/ACKS.txt1
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/2to3.rst16
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/collections.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/dis.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/functions.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/heapq.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst10
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst5
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/index.rst2
9 files changed, 28 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/ACKS.txt b/Doc/ACKS.txt
index 1bec09e..965358d 100644
--- a/Doc/ACKS.txt
+++ b/Doc/ACKS.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
* Reuben Sumner
* Kalle Svensson
* Jim Tittsler
+ * David Turner
* Ville Vainio
* Martijn Vries
* Charles G. Waldman
diff --git a/Doc/library/2to3.rst b/Doc/library/2to3.rst
index 2e9547c6..27626e0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/2to3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/2to3.rst
@@ -53,13 +53,17 @@ After transformation, :file:`example.py` looks like this::
Comments and and exact indentation are preserved throughout the translation
process.
-By default, 2to3 runs a set of predefined fixers. The :option:`-l` flag
-lists all avaible fixers. An explicit set of fixers to run can be given by use
-of the :option:`-f` flag. The following example runs only the ``imports`` and
-``has_key`` fixers::
+By default, 2to3 runs a set of predefined fixers. The :option:`-l` flag lists
+all avaible fixers. An explicit set of fixers to run can be given with
+:option:`-f`. Likewise the :option:`-x` explicitly disables a fixer. The
+following example runs only the ``imports`` and ``has_key`` fixers::
$ 2to3 -f imports -f has_key example.py
+This command runs every fixer except the ``apply`` fixer::
+
+ $ 2to3 -x apply example.py
+
Some fixers are *explicit*, meaning they aren't run be default and must be
listed on the command line to be run. Here, in addition to the default fixers,
the ``idioms`` fixer is run::
@@ -78,8 +82,8 @@ flag. Note that *only* doctests will be refactored. This also doesn't require
the module to be valid Python. For example, doctest like examples in a reST
document could also be refactored with this option.
-The :option:`-v` option enables the output of more information on the
-translation process.
+The :option:`-v` option enables output of more information on the translation
+process.
When the :option:`-p` is passed, 2to3 treats ``print`` as a function instead of
a statement. This is useful when ``from __future__ import print_function`` is
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 8bcc2ac..2edbbac 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -228,7 +228,9 @@ Notes on using :class:`Set` and :class:`MutableSet` as a mixin:
In addition to the above, deques support iteration, pickling, ``len(d)``,
``reversed(d)``, ``copy.copy(d)``, ``copy.deepcopy(d)``, membership testing with
-the :keyword:`in` operator, and subscript references such as ``d[-1]``.
+the :keyword:`in` operator, and subscript references such as ``d[-1]``. Indexed
+access is O(1) at both ends but slows to O(n) in the middle. For fast random
+access, use lists instead.
Example:
diff --git a/Doc/library/dis.rst b/Doc/library/dis.rst
index d3009b7..500b83f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dis.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dis.rst
@@ -677,7 +677,8 @@ the more significant byte last.
opcode finds the keyword parameters first. For each keyword argument, the value
is on top of the key. Below the keyword parameters, the positional parameters
are on the stack, with the right-most parameter on top. Below the parameters,
- the function object to call is on the stack.
+ the function object to call is on the stack. Pops all function arguments, and
+ the function itself off the stack, and pushes the return value.
.. opcode:: MAKE_FUNCTION (argc)
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 818ce45..5b683ab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -889,7 +889,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
best explained with an example::
class C(object):
- def __init__(self): self._x = None
+ def __init__(self):
+ self._x = None
@property
def x(self):
diff --git a/Doc/library/heapq.rst b/Doc/library/heapq.rst
index 7ac38ac..8e5ce95 100644
--- a/Doc/library/heapq.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/heapq.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The module also offers three general purpose functions based on heaps.
Merge multiple sorted inputs into a single sorted output (for example, merge
timestamped entries from multiple log files). Returns an :term:`iterator`
- over over the sorted values.
+ over the sorted values.
Similar to ``sorted(itertools.chain(*iterables))`` but returns an iterable, does
not pull the data into memory all at once, and assumes that each of the input
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index d91c823..4ccc185 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the
Example usage of some of the methods of :class:`Process`::
- >>> import processing, time, signal
- >>> p = processing.Process(target=time.sleep, args=(1000,))
+ >>> import multiprocessing, time, signal
+ >>> p = multiprocessing.Process(target=time.sleep, args=(1000,))
>>> print(p, p.is_alive())
<Process(Process-1, initial)> False
>>> p.start()
@@ -1779,12 +1779,12 @@ handler type) for messages from different processes to get mixed up.
Below is an example session with logging turned on::
- >>> import processing, logging
- >>> logger = processing.getLogger()
+ >>> import multiprocessing, logging
+ >>> logger = multiprocessing.getLogger()
>>> logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
>>> logger.warning('doomed')
[WARNING/MainProcess] doomed
- >>> m = processing.Manager()
+ >>> m = multiprocessing.Manager()
[INFO/SyncManager-1] child process calling self.run()
[INFO/SyncManager-1] manager bound to '\\\\.\\pipe\\pyc-2776-0-lj0tfa'
>>> del m
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 872d659..96b254c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Martin von Loewis put a
lot of effort into importing existing bugs and patches from
SourceForge; his scripts for this import operation are at
http://svn.python.org/view/tracker/importer/ and may be useful to
-other projects wished to move from SourceForge to Roundup.
+other projects wishing to move from SourceForge to Roundup.
.. seealso::
@@ -3282,5 +3282,6 @@ Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank the following people for offering
suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
article: Georg Brandl, Steve Brown, Nick Coghlan, Ralph Corderoy,
-Jim Jewett, Kent Johnson, Chris Lambacher, Antoine Pitrou, Brian Warner.
+Jim Jewett, Kent Johnson, Chris Lambacher, Martin Michlmayr,
+Antoine Pitrou, Brian Warner.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst
index 61bc701..0dc55d8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ important changes between major Python versions. They are a "must read" for
anyone wishing to stay up-to-date after a new release.
.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 1
+ :maxdepth: 2
3.0.rst
2.7.rst