summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Doc/lib
Commit message (Collapse)AuthorAgeFilesLines
* Add strong security warning about the rexec module.Fred Drake2002-08-271-1/+10
| | | | Closes SF patch #600861.
* SF # 572928 One word change for lib/libgettext.texNeal Norwitz2002-06-241-1/+1
| | | | Fix typo.
* Make the docs for string.capitalize() match those of str.capitalize()Fred Drake2002-06-201-1/+1
| | | | | (which makes it more clear). Closes SF bug #571767.
* Typo: bites --> bytesFred Drake2002-06-181-1/+1
|
* Add description of the deadlock problem with child processes and pipes, andFred Drake2002-06-182-0/+67
| | | | | hints about how to work around it. Closes SF bug #530637.
* Note the limitation that mime_decode_header() only works for Latin-1.Fred Drake2002-06-181-0/+1
| | | | Closes SF bug #551912.
* Clarified documentation for os.access().Fred Drake2002-06-181-5/+7
| | | | | Based on patch contributed by Sean Reifschneider. Closes SF patch #570618.
* Clarified description of error handling for shutil.rmtree().Fred Drake2002-06-181-2/+3
| | | | This closes SF patch #569832.
* Do not claim that getlocale() returns a tulpe; that is not always true.Fred Drake2002-06-131-3/+3
| | | | Closes SF bug #568577.
* Add version annotations for some older changes to the calendar module.Fred Drake2002-06-131-2/+10
| | | | | | | Closes SF patch #567867. Added a couple of minor clarifications present in the 2.2.x and 2.3 version of the documentation which also apply to 2.1.x.
* Backport to 2.1.x:Guido van Rossum2002-05-311-0/+12
| | | | | | | | | | SF bug 533625 (Armin Rigo). rexec: potential security hole If a rexec instance allows writing in the current directory (a common thing to do), there's a way to execute bogus bytecode. Fix this by not allowing imports from .pyc files (in a way that allows a site to configure things so that .pyc files *are* allowed, if writing is not allowed).
* Add availability information for a couple of the types.Fred Drake2002-05-211-2/+4
|
* Add a note explaining the interaction between unbuffered input andFred Drake2002-05-061-1/+4
| | | | | xreadlines.xreadlines(). This closes SF patch #552804.
* Add information on support for repietition & concatenation for bufferFred Drake2002-05-021-7/+15
| | | | | | and xrange objects, and generally present these in the same way that more recent documentation releases present them (for ease of maintenance). This closes SF bug #550555.
* Explain what os.read() returns at end of file.Fred Drake2002-05-011-1/+3
| | | | This closes SF bug #550409.
* Add missing right-parenthesis.Fred Drake2002-05-011-1/+1
|
* Add a note about when the "%r" formatting code was added.Fred Drake2002-04-301-0/+1
|
* Be more consistent, both internally and with recommended practice (withinFred Drake2002-04-261-7/+8
| | | | | the limits of Python 2.1). This closes SF bug #547953.
* Add text about circular references caused by storing frames in localFred Drake2002-04-231-0/+15
| | | | variables. This closes SF bug #543148.
* Do not call "knee" a standard module.Fred Drake2002-04-081-3/+1
| | | | This addresses the issue in SF bug #515745.
* Back-port Neal Norwitz's patch:Fred Drake2002-04-041-1/+1
| | | | | | libarray.tex 1.31.8.2 SF 539024, Fix broken link to numpy
* Fix stupid typo in example.Fred Drake2002-03-161-1/+1
|
* Clarify the descriptions of the positive and negative lookbehind assertions.Fred Drake2002-03-161-9/+30
| | | | | Added examples of positive lookbehind assertions. This closes SF bug #529708.
* "level" keyword argument in example should be "stacklevel".Fred Drake2002-03-121-1/+1
| | | | This closes SF bug #517684.
* Add an availability statement for alarm().Fred Drake2002-02-151-0/+1
|
* Consistently use \textasciicircum to produce a ^ character.Fred Drake2002-02-141-17/+23
| | | | LaTeX really falls flat on this one!
* Add keyword.kwlist to the public API.Fred Drake2002-01-241-1/+8
|
* Merge in Thomas Heller's typo fix from revision 1.13.Fred Drake2002-01-151-1/+1
|
* Adjust the instructions for building large file support so that it worksFred Drake2002-01-101-6/+4
| | | | | | more cleanly (I think this supports more Linux systems; not sure). Barry Warsaw & Martin von Loewis actually agree on this! This closes SF patch #502023.
* backport Fred's 1.58:Anthony Baxter2002-01-101-0/+13
| | | | | Added documentation of the sendall() method, and a note to the send() method that it does not guarantee that all data is sent.
* Do not mask the name of a built-in function in example code.Fred Drake2002-01-051-1/+1
| | | | Based on comment sent to python-docs.
* Fix minor typo reported in SF patch #497951.Fred Drake2002-01-051-1/+1
|
* Elaborate the descriptions for onecmd(), precmd(), and postcmd() so they areFred Drake2001-12-271-6/+19
| | | | useful. Includes one correction in the precmd() description.
* Fix wrongly-named formal parameters in three places: begin_y was used twiceFred Drake2001-12-261-76/+75
| | | | | | | | instead of begin_y and begin_x for derwin(), subpad(), and subwin(). Reported for derwin() by Eric Huss. Added class annotations for the window methods so they would be properly described in the index.
* Fix the erroneous availability annotation for s.makefile() from the lastFred Drake2001-12-221-1/+0
| | | | checkin (my fault!).
* Add notes that fromfd() and s.makefile() are Unix-specific.Fred Drake2001-12-211-8/+11
| | | | | | This fixes SF bug #495896. Fix up various markup consistency & style guide conformance nits.
* Remove extraneous "}"; possibly an incorrectly backported patch?Fred Drake2001-12-151-1/+1
|
* Add a links to the gmpy and mxNumber packages.Fred Drake2001-12-151-0/+13
|
* Document that the flag and mode arguments to dumbdbm.open() are ignored.Fred Drake2001-12-071-10/+6
|
* Describe the behavior of the read() method when the list of filenamesFred Drake2001-12-071-0/+18
| | | | | | includes files that do not exist, explain the intended use of the interface, and show how to ensure an expected file really exists. This closes SF bug #490399.
* Update the platform notes for the CGIHTTPServer module; it works on moreFred Drake2001-11-191-3/+3
| | | | | platforms now, and has since Python 2.0. This closes SF bug #482943.
* Typo: NamedNodeList --> NamedNodeMapFred Drake2001-10-251-1/+1
|
* Clarify that the resource module does not attempt to mask platformFred Drake2001-10-221-1/+3
| | | | | differences by defining symbols not defined on particular platforms. This closes SF bug #473433.
* Add deprecations for profile.HotProfile and profile.OldProfile, since theyFred Drake2001-10-191-0/+4
| | | | will no longer exist in 2.2.
* Remove lines that should never have been checked into thisFred Drake2001-08-091-9/+3
| | | | | | | | release21-maint branch; I checked them in erroneously in revision 1.52.4.1 of this file; it looks like that entire revision was operator error. This reverts that checkin and closes SF bug #449613.
* Remove some false statements.Fred Drake2001-07-191-4/+2
|
* Revise the description of time.clock() so that it correctly describes theFred Drake2001-07-161-4/+11
| | | | | | Windows version of the function as well as the Unix flavor. This fixes SF bug #441357.
* Fix return value for m.group() for groups not in the part of the RE thatFred Drake2001-07-121-1/+1
| | | | matched; reported by Paul Moore.
* Added information about the timeout parameter to the poll() method forFred Drake2001-07-111-1/+5
| | | | | | polling objects. This closes SF bug #439823. Fixed a minor markup bug.
* Explain the exit code for the wait() method, including a reference toFred Drake2001-07-061-1/+6
| | | | | | the os.W*() functions used to interpret the return value. This fixes SF bug #429361.
generated by cgit v0.12 at 2025-12-28 04:13:08 (GMT)