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* issue26484 - fix the broken table in the doc about len().Gregory P. Smith2016-03-051-1/+1
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* Issue 13573: Document that csv.writer uses str() for floats instead of repr().Raymond Hettinger2016-02-281-0/+1
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* Issue #22088: Clarify base-64 alphabets and which characters are discardedMartin Panter2016-02-231-6/+9
| | | | | | * There are only two base-64 alphabets defined by the RFCs, not three * Due to the internal translation, plus (+) and slash (/) are never discarded * standard_ and urlsafe_b64decode() discard characters as well
* Issue #26261: Clarify NamedTemporaryFile name attribute vs file.nameMartin Panter2016-02-221-1/+2
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* Fix errors in XML-RPC client example codeMartin Panter2016-02-221-3/+3
| | | | | * httplib.HTTP (deprecated and does not work) → HTTPConnection * Server (deprecated) → ServerProxy
* Issues #22468, #21996, #22208: Clarify gettarinfo() and TarInfo usageMartin Panter2016-02-191-6/+15
| | | | | | | * Make it more obvious gettarinfo() is based on stat(), and that non-ordinary files may need special care * Filename taken from fileobj.name; suggest dummy arcname as a workaround * Indicate TarInfo may be used directly, not just via gettarinfo()
* Closes #20169: fix inner links random doc.Georg Brandl2016-02-191-5/+6
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* Issue #15608: Improve socketserver module documentationMartin Panter2016-02-191-145/+195
| | | | | | | | | | * Add headings for each concrete and mix-in class and list methods and attributes under them * Fix class and method cross references * Changed RequestHandler to BaseRequestHandler and added class heading * Pull out Stream/DatagramRequestHandler definitions * Reordered the request handler setup(), handle(), finish() methods * Document constructor parameters for the server classes
* Issue #26304: Change "allows to <verb>" to "allows <verb>ing" or similarMartin Panter2016-02-103-20/+20
| | | | | The original form is incorrect grammar and feels awkward, even though the meaning is clear.
* Issues #26310, #26311: Fix typos in the documentationMartin Panter2016-02-102-3/+3
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* Clarify "cardinality of" as "number of elements in" as many readers doGregory P. Smith2016-02-082-2/+3
| | | | not have a math vocabulary.
* Issue #25179: Preparatory cleanup of existing docs on string formattingMartin Panter2016-02-083-15/+18
| | | | | | | | | * There was a link pointing to the section on the string.Formatter class (and multiple links in Python 3), when the section on the common format string syntax is probably more appropriate * Fix references to various format() functions and methods * Nested replacement fields may contain conversions and format specifiers, and this is tested in Python 3; see Issue #19729 for instance
* Issue #26244: Clarify default zlib compression level in documentationMartin Panter2016-02-031-2/+4
| | | | Based on patch by Aviv Palivoda.
* Issue #19023: Document ctypes array and pointer classesMartin Panter2016-01-291-4/+54
| | | | Also add some more tests. Based on patch by Sye van der Veen.
* Fix typo in test.rstBerker Peksag2016-01-251-1/+1
| | | | Reported by Mike Scalora on docs@p.o.
* Issue #18620: Improve Pool examples in multiprocessing documentationBerker Peksag2016-01-211-7/+32
| | | | | | | | | | A single call to Pool.apply_async() will create only one process. To use all of the pool's processes, it should be invoked multiple times: with Pool(processes=4) as pool: results = [pool.apply_async(func, ()) for i in range(4)] Patch by Davin Potts.
* issue25982 - Add a class definition for managers.Namespace in the ↵Senthil Kumaran2016-01-201-15/+16
| | | | multiprocessing docs.
* Issue26035 - Correct the argument names used in the docs of the traceback ↵Senthil Kumaran2016-01-161-48/+51
| | | | module. Make it consistent with module args.
* Issue #26127: Fix links in tokenize documentationMartin Panter2016-01-161-5/+5
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* Issue26097 - Fix the TextTestRunner documentation, mention all the arguments ↵Senthil Kumaran2016-01-151-2/+3
| | | | | | of the class. Patch contributed by Nicolas Évrard.
* #19006: fix wording in unittest docs.Ezio Melotti2016-01-121-2/+3
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* #25991: fix readline example to limit history size. Patch by Daniel Dye.Ezio Melotti2016-01-111-0/+3
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* delete old crypto prose (closes #26066)Benjamin Peterson2016-01-101-10/+0
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* fix typo in unittest docs (closes #26046)Benjamin Peterson2016-01-081-1/+1
| | | | Patch from Upendra Kumar.
* Issue #5501: Clarify that invoking freeze_support() on non-Windows platforms ↵Berker Peksag2016-01-071-2/+4
| | | | | | has no effect Patch by Davin Potts and Camilla Montonen.
* Backport documentation improvement.Senthil Kumaran2016-01-041-4/+3
| | | | | | Issue24898 - Improve str.find documentation. Simplify str.find explaination as per Georg Brandl's suggestion.
* Backport doc improvements for Issue21221 - Explain the usage of tm_isdstSenthil Kumaran2016-01-031-3/+6
| | | | | | attribute of mktime, with valid values and meaning. Patch contributed by Andrew Scheller.
* Fix grammar.Zachary Ware2016-01-011-1/+1
| | | | Reported by Anatoly Techtonik on docs@
* Issue #22088: Port base64 character ignoring doc and test from 857d9fe60169Martin Panter2015-12-141-3/+3
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* Issue #20837: Base-64 alphabet clarification from revision 1853679c6f71Martin Panter2015-12-141-1/+2
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* #25495: Clarify b2a_base64 documentation vis 57 bytes.R David Murray2015-12-131-3/+5
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* Issue #25508: Clarify documentation on LogRecord args attribute.Vinay Sajip2015-11-241-1/+3
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* Issue #23200: Document that max_length=0 is not supportedMartin Panter2015-11-181-1/+1
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* Issue #20468: Remove incorrect information about maxrss and page sizeMartin Panter2015-11-171-4/+1
| | | | Extract of patch by Ronald Oussoren.
* Issue #25615: Document unsorted behaviour of glob; patch by Dave JonesMartin Panter2015-11-161-7/+7
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* Issue #25017: Document that htmllib is superseded by module HTMLParserMartin Panter2015-11-141-0/+2
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* Issue #25605: Document exceptions raised by fcntl.ioctl() and fcntl.flock()Victor Stinner2015-11-131-0/+4
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* Document the BUILD_SET opcode.Zachary Ware2015-11-121-0/+7
| | | | Reported by Hrvoje Abraham on docs@.
* Rewrite re.VERBOSE section.Zachary Ware2015-11-121-7/+9
| | | | | | | It now has slightly better rationale and a less awkward wording in the explanation. Inspired by a report of a neither/or conflict by 'animalize' on docs@.
* Issue #25523: Backported a-to-an corrections.Serhiy Storchaka2015-11-023-3/+3
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* Issue #25519: Mark difflib.ndiff as a functions where not already.Terry Jan Reedy2015-10-301-2/+2
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* Issue #25432: Explain isinstance behaviour when type is a tuple.Terry Jan Reedy2015-10-281-5/+4
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* Issue #25461: Rephrase os.walk() docVictor Stinner2015-10-231-3/+3
| | | | Patch written by Bernt Røskar Brenna.
* Issue #24782: Finish converting the Configure Extension dialog into a newTerry Jan Reedy2015-10-141-11/+10
| | | | tab in the IDLE Preferences dialog. Code patch by Mark Roseman.
* Issue #25161: Add full stops in documentation; patch by Takase ArihiroMartin Panter2015-10-1019-19/+19
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* Issue #22413: Document newline effect on StringIO initializer and getvalueMartin Panter2015-10-101-5/+12
| | | | Also add to comment in the C code.
* Issue #25286: Dictionary views are not sequencesMartin Panter2015-10-071-1/+1
| | | | | Also change glossary heading from "view" to "dictionary view". Patch by Akira Li.
* Issue #16701: Document += and *= for mutable sequencesMartin Panter2015-10-031-2/+11
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* Issue #25224: README.txt is now an idlelib index for IDLE developers andTerry Jan Reedy2015-10-031-1/+1
| | | | | curious users. The previous user content is now in the IDLE doc and is redundant. IDLE now means 'Integrated Development and Learning Environment'.
* Issue #24028: Add subsection about Idle calltips.Terry Jan Reedy2015-09-291-3/+29
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