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* [3.9] bpo-4442: Document use of __new__ for subclasses of immutable types ↵Łukasz Langa2021-08-221-0/+48
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* bpo-44903: Removed othergui.rst and list of GUI frameworks (GH-27762) (GH-27790)Miss Islington (bot)2021-08-171-88/+8
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* bpo-13814: Explain why generators are not context managers (GH-26835)Miss Islington (bot)2021-06-211-0/+9
| | | | | | | | Put entry in Design FAQ after a question about a context manager for assignment. Original patch by Aidan Lowe. (cherry picked from commit 51f45d085dad3b708f6fe166af517aba69e7e9f7) Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
* Point to recent link to PyFLTK (GH-26315) (GH-26367)Miss Islington (bot)2021-05-251-1/+1
| | | | | | | (cherry picked from commit ee3d78ef730116f2c43afc248d207ca1d47eee08) Co-authored-by: Mark <mark@qtrac.eu> Co-authored-by: Mark <mark@qtrac.eu>
* bpo-30757: Improve "How to make stand-alone binaries" FAQ (GH-26309) (GH-26312)Miss Islington (bot)2021-05-222-10/+12
| | | | | | | | | Co-authored-by: denfromufa <denfromufa@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Ken Jin <28750310+Fidget-Spinner@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit 2a1e6698b10a7b58c6ac66429de0f51cb739da35) Co-authored-by: Erlend Egeberg Aasland <erlend.aasland@innova.no> Co-authored-by: Erlend Egeberg Aasland <erlend.aasland@innova.no>
* [doc] Do some polishing in IDEs section (GH-22070) (GH-25703)Miss Islington (bot)2021-04-291-12/+12
| | | | | | | (cherry picked from commit 08a4803863856db47a1dde830e56f83e5c6811a2) Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
* Fix broken links and improve stand-alone tools list in FAQ GH-25609Miss Islington (bot)2021-04-262-9/+8
| | | | | (cherry picked from commit d28b34695301ec99a9334ad8d69b6092f4f703d5) Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
* bpo-20503: Show how isinstance() works with ABC registered classes. ↵Miss Islington (bot)2021-04-051-0/+35
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* bpo-43325: Add FAQ entry for identity tests (GH-25168) (GH-25178)Miss Islington (bot)2021-04-041-0/+87
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* Fix typo in the word "spaghetti" (GH-24866)Miss Islington (bot)2021-03-151-1/+1
| | | | | | Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:Mariatta (cherry picked from commit 93d33b47af70ede473f82d7953509a0607259c31) Co-authored-by: Kazantcev Andrey <45011689+heckad@users.noreply.github.com>
* bpo-43199: Briefly explain why no goto (GH-24852)Miss Islington (bot)2021-03-151-1/+9
| | | | | | Answer "Why is there no goto?" in the Design and History FAQ. (cherry picked from commit 5e29021a5eb10baa9147fd977cab82fa3f652bf0) Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
* Doc: Do not suggest `s[::-1]` for reversed order (GH-22457)Miss Skeleton (bot)2020-10-211-6/+1
| | | | | (cherry picked from commit fb2e94692e3a8eb66915575f4a122d56fe8999a0) Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
* Doc: Do not encourage using a base class name in a derived class (GH-22177)Miss Skeleton (bot)2020-10-211-6/+6
| | | | | (cherry picked from commit 4642ccd1c3e460cb2746d3f2095f1c1d1bafa4fe) Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
* bpo-41292: Fixes dead link to cx_freeze from Windows FAQ (GH-21463)Miss Skeleton (bot)2020-10-191-1/+1
| | | | | (cherry picked from commit 33242a9328cb3912f02819d2d092bf89681000b2) Co-authored-by: Michel Samia <m.samia@seznam.cz>
* Link to the msvcrt module from the Windows FAQ (GH-22268)Miss Skeleton (bot)2020-10-191-1/+1
| | | | | (cherry picked from commit 5d9e6575177f3e5f9aa20d6a08ae1204f122e672) Co-authored-by: abdo <abd.nh25@gmail.com>
* bpo-40341: Remove some "discouraged solutions" in Doc/faq/programming.rst ↵Miss Skeleton (bot)2020-10-161-21/+1
| | | | | | | | | (GH-22726) (GH-22727) (cherry picked from commit a22a19f3548f6064035e7c59a19cda1e9506db92) Co-authored-by: Zackery Spytz <zspytz@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Zackery Spytz <zspytz@gmail.com>
* bpo-41774: Tweak new programming FAQ entry (GH-22562)Miss Skeleton (bot)2020-10-051-1/+1
| | | | | | Remove mention of space in "remove multiple items from list". (cherry picked from commit 060937da988347a887a5f165b023d972fcb97802) Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
* bpo-41774: Add programming FAQ entry (GH-22402)Miss Islington (bot)2020-09-291-0/+15
| | | | | | | In the "Sequences (Tuples/Lists)" section, add "How do you remove multiple items from a list". (cherry picked from commit 5b0181d1f6474c2cb9b80bdaf3bc56a78bf5fbe7) Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
* [doc] Remove references to PyChecker. (GH-22054)Miss Islington (bot)2020-09-022-14/+5
| | | | | (cherry picked from commit dea82b67315a6b873f7d4e558dd00a851137dcbb) Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
* Remove reference to Boa Constructor. (GH-22056)Miss Islington (bot)2020-09-021-6/+0
| | | | | (cherry picked from commit 1d25f5bf7b795b47e753aca56d7579d4ad7ee468) Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
* bpo-41573: Update release versions in General FAQ (GH-21915) (#21938)Miss Islington (bot)2020-08-221-4/+4
| | | | | (cherry picked from commit 7173fc84e61b80b19261e47fca38030206a3a78e) Co-authored-by: wyz23x2 <52805709+wyz23x2@users.noreply.github.com>
* Doc: Add output to example code in programming FAQ (GH-21346)Miss Islington (bot)2020-08-091-34/+37
| | | | | | | | Add output hint to document, part faq/programming, section [How do I write a function with output parameters (call by reference)?](https://docs.python.org/3/faq/programming.htmlGH-how-do-i-write-a-function-with-output-parameters-call-by-reference). This patch make the output hint just like prefix code block. (cherry picked from commit 67acf74c4eaf64a860cc1bcda6efe6e9cb01f89b) Co-authored-by: Jiajie Zhong <zhongjiajie955@hotmail.com>
* Update FAQ release schedule and estimated users (GH-21180)Miss Islington (bot)2020-06-301-4/+4
| | | | | | | | Update FAQ to include: * The new yearly release schedule from PEP 602 * Estimated users from "tens of thousands" to "millions" (cherry picked from commit 3fa4799c3f9d9de7cac30e5db3627e9e125b9ce5) Co-authored-by: E-Paine <63801254+E-Paine@users.noreply.github.com>
* bpo-24914: mention Python supports multiple paradigms in the FAQ (GH-20658) ↵Miss Islington (bot)2020-06-081-6/+7
| | | | | | | | | (GH-20737) (cherry picked from commit 3ab3475c42c8ee5580f4ea1aeda73ebc8e5d5478) Co-authored-by: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> Co-authored-by: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
* Fix plural typo in documentation (GH-19799)Alex Povel2020-04-291-1/+1
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* bpo-40348: Fix typos in the programming FAQ (GH-19729)Zackery Spytz2020-04-271-2/+2
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* bpo-40340: Separate examples more clearly in the programming FAQ (GH-19688)Cajetan Rodrigues2020-04-241-4/+5
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* bpo-38558: Link to further docs from walrus operator mention in tutorial ↵Adorilson Bezerra2020-02-031-0/+2
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* bpo-39136: Fixed typos (GH-17720)Gurupad Hegde2019-12-281-1/+1
| | | | | funtion -> function; configuraton -> configuration; defintitions -> definitions; focusses -> focuses; necesarily -> necessarily; follwing -> following; Excape -> Escape,
* bpo-38600: Change the mark up of NULL in the C API documentation. (GH-16950)Serhiy Storchaka2019-10-301-1/+1
| | | | Replace all *NULL* with ``NULL``.
* bpo-38237: Make pow's arguments have more descriptive names and be keyword ↵Ammar Askar2019-09-211-14/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | passable (GH-16302) Edit: `math.pow` changes removed on Mark's request. https://bugs.python.org/issue38237 Automerge-Triggered-By: @rhettinger
* bpo-35224: Additional documentation for Assignment Expressions (GH-15935)Emily Morehouse2019-09-111-57/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Add or update assignment expression documentation for: - FAQ - Design - Reference - Expressions - Reference - Lexical Analysis https://bugs.python.org/issue35224 Automerge-Triggered-By: @matrixise
* Minor changes in Doc/faq/library. (#15449)Antoine2019-09-091-14/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Minor changes. * Update Doc/faq/library.rst Co-Authored-By: Kyle Stanley <aeros167@gmail.com> * Apply suggestions from aeros167. * Update Doc/faq/library.rst Co-Authored-By: Kyle Stanley <aeros167@gmail.com> * Apply suggestions from aeros167 + re-add a "a" that was accidentally deleted.
* bpo-36167: fix an incorrect capitalization (GH-14482)avinassh2019-08-291-1/+1
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* bpo-37352: Minor word-smithing for design.rst (GH #14730)Ilya Kamenshchikov2019-07-161-5/+5
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* bpo-37456: Slash ('/') is now part of syntax. (GH-14627)Terry Jan Reedy2019-07-061-4/+0
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* Docs: Improved phrasing (GH-14069)Aeros2019-06-211-4/+6
| | | | | | | | * Docs: Improved phrasing Removed usage of second person pronouns in the section and made the assumption of "uneasiness" in code style transition more neutral. * Removed trailing whitespace on line 34
* Use more PEP 570 syntax in the documentation. (GH-13720)Serhiy Storchaka2019-06-011-2/+2
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* Docs: FIX broken links. (GH-13491)Julien Palard2019-05-251-1/+1
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* Doc: Replace the deprecated highlightlang directive by highlight. (#13377)Stéphane Wirtel2019-05-171-1/+1
| | | | highlightlang is deprecated since April 2018 in Sphinx. See https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/4845
* Fix typos in documentation (#13344)Xtreak2019-05-161-1/+1
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* bpo-33882: mention breakpoint() in debugger-related FAQ (GH-7759)Andre Delfino2019-05-031-0/+3
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* Doc: define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN always (GH-12794)Inada Naoki2019-04-131-0/+2
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* bpo-34203: FAQ: improve wording of paragraph about 2.x vs. 3.x (GH-9821)Tal Einat2019-03-261-8/+4
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* Replace "DOS box" with link to Windows FAQ. (GH-12390)Ned Deily2019-03-241-0/+2
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* bpo-21314: Add a FAQ entry about positional only parameters (GH-10641)Lysandros Nikolaou2019-03-101-0/+35
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* Update FAQ to point to Infrastructure Team website. (GH-12077)Ned Deily2019-02-271-8/+2
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* Remove empty Dictionaries section from programming FAQ (GH-12026)Andre Delfino2019-02-251-3/+0
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* bpo-35506: Remove redundant and incorrect links from keywords. (GH-11174)Serhiy Storchaka2018-12-191-1/+1
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* Correct a couple of unbalanced parenthesis. (GH-10779)Andre Delfino2018-12-051-1/+1
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