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* Updated documentation relating to the various flavors of popen[234]()Fred Drake2000-09-282-24/+79
| | | | for Windows & Unix.
* Add regex and regsub to the list of undocumented obsolete modules.Fred Drake2000-09-281-0/+12
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* Update the documentation for ConfigParser to match the recent changes.Fred Drake2000-09-271-2/+13
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* regex and regsub are obsolete and Evil, so don't include them in the club.Fred Drake2000-09-251-2/+2
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* Updates from Fredrik Lundh <effbot@telia.com> about Unicode-relatedFred Drake2000-09-251-31/+43
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* Add obsolescence note to the module descriptions that get added to theFred Drake2000-09-252-3/+4
| | | | | list of module synopses at the front of the chapter; based on a comment from Aahz <aahz@panix.com>.
* Minor cleanups, wrap long lines.Fred Drake2000-09-252-13/+18
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* Added explanation of the use of the first program argument passed to theFred Drake2000-09-231-0/+9
| | | | exec*() family of functions.
* Rename the public interface from "pyexpat" to "xml.parsers.expat".Fred Drake2000-09-231-26/+24
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* Added warnings about platform vagaries to the strptime() documentation.Fred Drake2000-09-231-1/+9
| | | | This closes SourceForge bug #115146.
* - Add DEBUG_SAVEALL option. When enabled all garbage objects found by theNeil Schemenauer2000-09-221-2/+10
| | | | | | | collector will be saved in gc.garbage. This is useful for debugging a program that creates reference cycles. - Fix else statements in gcmodule.c to conform to Python coding standards.
* Include the new text on reporting bugs in a few useful places.Fred Drake2000-09-211-0/+3
| | | | This closes SourceForge bug #114792.
* Convert the longest two tables from tableii to longtableii so they do notFred Drake2000-09-211-4/+4
| | | | make too big a mess. One actually did not fit on a single page at all!
* Fixed a number of small problems reported by Detlef LannertFred Drake2000-09-213-9/+8
| | | | <lannert@uni-duesseldorf.de>.
* Clarify that the softspace attribute is used by print for state management,Fred Drake2000-09-201-0/+3
| | | | not as a user-controlled parameter.
* Add entries for the xml.sax documentation.Fred Drake2000-09-201-0/+1
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* First cut at documentation for the xml.sax package (not including anyFred Drake2000-09-201-0/+108
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* Clarify a number of issues about the file-like object API based onFred Drake2000-09-191-20/+36
| | | | discussion on python-dev.
* Document the "printable" and "punctuation" constants added to the stringFred Drake2000-09-181-0/+11
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* Add missing \declaremodule for zipfile.Fred Drake2000-09-181-0/+1
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* Repaired some glitches in the MD5 and SHA docs; copied the descriptions ofTim Peters2000-09-182-10/+31
| | | | | | the MD5 methods into the SHA docs (substituting "sha" for "md5", of course, and changing the stuff that depended on digest size accordingly). Fred, don't trust me!
* Added documentation for new functions.Fred Drake2000-09-171-3/+11
| | | | | | | Deprecated sequenceIncludes(). Based on patch by Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>, this closes SourceForge patch #101390.
* Update URL to unicode.org's FTP site using an HTTP URL to the sameFred Drake2000-09-161-1/+1
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* Update *both* uses of the URL to the zlib home page, and use the versionFred Drake2000-09-161-6/+6
| | | | advertised as the canonical form.
* Update link to the zlib homepage.Fred Drake2000-09-161-4/+4
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* Update the link to Andrew Kuchling's crypto code.Fred Drake2000-09-161-1/+1
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* Update link to the FIPS PUB 180-1 (PDF is available, but not PostScript).Fred Drake2000-09-161-2/+2
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* Fixed legit gripe from c.l.py that math.fmod docs aren't confusing enough.Tim Peters2000-09-161-1/+3
| | | | FRED, please check my monkey-see-monkey-do Tex fiddling!
* Add some comments on the available implementations that this module canFred Drake2000-09-151-11/+25
| | | | | | | | use. Change the list of flag values for open() to a table. Markup consistency nits.
* add cross reference to mimetools moduleSkip Montanaro2000-09-151-0/+2
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* Update comments in the second paragraph, discussing versioning issuesFred Drake2000-09-151-8/+9
| | | | | related to the BSD DB library. Based on comments from Mark Summerfield <summer@netcraft.com>.
* Add item to the list of limitations that points out the lack of supportFred Drake2000-09-151-1/+5
| | | | | | | | | for authenticated proxies. This is noted elsewhere, but this makes it easier to find. Fix typo where it was already mentioned. This closes SourceForge bug #110619.
* Add a reference to the sha module, noting that SHA is considered moreFred Drake2000-09-141-0/+7
| | | | secure. Suggested by Erno Kuusela <erno@iki.fi>.
* Convert "See also" section to use \seetitle.Fred Drake2000-09-141-6/+8
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* Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>:Fred Drake2000-09-141-2/+3
| | | | | | Minor fix in documentation of code module. (Clarifies output destination for default implementation of the write() method.)
* Remove reference to the stdwin-based windowed debugger, since stdwinFred Drake2000-09-141-6/+2
| | | | | | is gone. Make a module reference into a hyperlink.
* Use \shortversion in a number of places.Fred Drake2000-09-142-6/+7
| | | | This partially addresses SourceForge bug #114318.
* Avoid reference to specific versions of Python where possible.Fred Drake2000-09-141-4/+4
| | | | This partially addresses SourceForge bug #114318.
* Add some index entries to make it easier to find information onFred Drake2000-09-141-0/+5
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* Include a link to Francois's po-utils.Barry Warsaw2000-09-131-2/+3
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* Add a reference item pointing to the Namespaces in XML recommendation.Fred Drake2000-09-121-14/+24
| | | | Convert the existing reference items to \seetitle markup.
* When referring to namespaces, always say "namespaces" instead ofFred Drake2000-09-123-4/+4
| | | | | | "name spaces". Inconsistency noted by Keith Briggs <keith.briggs@bt.com>.
* Some updates and fix a bunch of really small consistency nits.Fred Drake2000-09-111-45/+38
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* Add a reference to the material on string methods.Fred Drake2000-09-091-1/+4
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* Various clarifications and minor nits fixed. Affected descriptions ofFred Drake2000-09-091-7/+21
| | | | input(), locals(), reload(), unicode(), and zip().
* Really minor consistency nit.Fred Drake2000-09-091-1/+1
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* Improve a couple of references to the language reference, making themFred Drake2000-09-091-7/+9
| | | | | | | | hyperlinks to relevant sections. Clarify the conditions under which the "softspace" attribute of file-like objects can "just work" (with relation to overriding of attribute access in user-defined classes).
* Minor clarifications in the introductory paragraph.Fred Drake2000-09-091-6/+7
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* Add \modulesynopsis for inclusion in the list of modules at the beginningFred Drake2000-09-091-0/+6
| | | | | | | of the chapter. Add explanation that this is only available when the cycle detector is enabled at build time.
* Move the "See also" section to a location more consistent with otherFred Drake2000-09-091-6/+6
| | | | | module sections. Properly mark the name of the module in the content of the reference there.