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* Add a note about "as" not being a keyword, though it has special meaningFred Drake2002-06-181-0/+7
| | | | | | | | when used as part of the import statement. Note that both "as" and "None" becoming keywords in the future. Closes SF bug #553262.
* Adjust markup to worm around tool limitations; the "m" in "model" was beingFred Drake2002-04-171-1/+1
| | | | | dropped in the HTML formatted version. Reported by Mike Coleman.
* Remove repeated index entry; adds nothing different.Fred Drake2002-04-161-2/+1
| | | | Closes SF bug #518985.
* Typo: thsi -> this. Closes SF bug #521450.Fred Drake2002-02-221-1/+1
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* Fix typos reported by François Pinard.Fred Drake2002-01-211-2/+2
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* Added some missing index entries, noted by L. Peter Deutsch.Fred Drake2001-12-271-0/+2
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* \ulink is not available on the maintenance branch, so we can't use it.Fred Drake2001-11-021-2/+1
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* When describing "import *", add a level of indirection between "*" and theFred Drake2001-10-241-3/+17
| | | | | | | | set of names imported (the "public names"), adding a definition of "public names" that describes the use of __all__. This closes SF bug #473986. Flesh out the vague reference to __import__().
* Adjust the documents so that the copyright is at the front of the documentsFred Drake2001-06-211-0/+4
| | | | and the license statements are at the end. This is less annoying to readers.
* Update a "Programmer's note" about lambda forms and scoping to reflectFred Drake2001-06-051-5/+19
| | | | | | | the availability of nested scoping in Python 2.1. Note that this is a slightly different patch than was applied to the trunk of the development for Python 2.2.
* Bring the notes on the relationship between __cmp__(), __eq__(), andFred Drake2001-05-291-13/+23
| | | | | | | | | | __hash__() up to date (re: use of objects which define these methods as dictionary keys). This closes SF bug #427698. Migrated comments about supporting __contains__() and the use of the "in" operator from the development branch.
* Fix typo reported in SF bug #427783.Fred Drake2001-05-291-1/+1
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* Make sure we include all of Python's numeric types in the data modelFred Drake2001-05-141-1/+2
| | | | | | description, so that the introduction of complex is not a surprise. This closes SF bug #423429.
* Fix typo reported by David Goodger. This closes SF patch #422383.Fred Drake2001-05-101-1/+1
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* Fix the operator precedence table: exponentiation binds tighter thanFred Drake2001-05-091-2/+2
| | | | | | negation. This closes SF bug #421999.
* Work around the conversion of ">>" and "<<" to guillemets. Reported by Ping.Fred Drake2001-04-131-1/+1
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* Work around the conversion of ">>" and "<<" to guillemets. Reported by Ping.Fred Drake2001-04-131-51/+56
| | | | Wrap some long lines and fix some markup nits.
* Work around the conversion of ">>" and "<<" to guillemets. Reported byFred Drake2001-04-121-1/+1
| | | | Ping on the Doc-SIG mailing list.
* Typo: "ariables" --> "variables"Fred Drake2001-03-281-1/+1
| | | | This fixes SF bug #411118.
* Add nested scopes spec to appendix.Jeremy Hylton2001-03-233-32/+134
| | | | | | | | | | | Add new opcodes LOAD_CLOSURE, LOAD_DEREF, STORE_DEREF, MAKE_CLOSURE to docs for dis module. Add docs for new function and code members in Sec. 3 of ref manual. They're present regardless of whether nested scopes are used. Remove description of default argument hack from Sec. 7 of the ref manual and refer the reader to the appendix.
* No quotes around the "future" in the first use of the term "futureFred Drake2001-03-231-1/+1
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* Include the futures appendix.Fred Drake2001-03-231-0/+3
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* Revise the markup so that this formats and uses markup consistently withFred Drake2001-03-231-28/+32
| | | | the rest of the documentation.
* Add some initial text for the appendix on future statements and nested scopes.Jeremy Hylton2001-03-231-0/+149
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* Note that assignments to __debug__ are illegalJeremy Hylton2001-03-231-0/+2
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* Revert to ver 1.22, which was the version before the nested scopesJeremy Hylton2001-03-231-91/+106
| | | | | docs were introduced. This loses a few small changes, but Fred says that's okay.
* Do not refer to "sub-modules" since that is not a defined term.Fred Drake2001-03-061-7/+8
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* Re-word the explanation of the in/not in operators for increased contentFred Drake2001-03-061-6/+14
| | | | | | | and clarity. Add a footnote to the information on the possibility of shadowing builtins with locals & module globals.
* Updates to describe function attributes.Barry Warsaw2001-02-271-4/+12
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* Sequence indexes are non-negative, not natural (0 is not a natural number).Fred Drake2001-02-221-32/+32
| | | | | | Reported by Daniel May <mayds@ecn.purdue.edu>. De-tabified everywhere.
* Feeble attempt to repair obsolete info about hex escapes.Tim Peters2001-02-141-4/+2
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* Minor markup adjustments.Fred Drake2001-02-021-15/+13
| | | | | Move some index entries next to what they are referring to for better "targetting".
* Allow 'continue' inside 'try' clauseJeremy Hylton2001-02-011-9/+11
| | | | SF patch 102989 by Thomas Wouters
* Remove spurious "\end{description}" that caused formatting to fail.Fred Drake2001-02-011-2/+0
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* update section 4.1 to describe nested scopesJeremy Hylton2001-02-011-94/+83
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* Remove note about the compiler not checking for two kinds of illegalJeremy Hylton2001-01-301-5/+0
| | | | imports. It checks for them now.
* Typo: coplete --> completeFred Drake2001-01-261-1/+1
| | | | This closes SF bug #129759.
* Updated note about collection of cyclic garbage, based on comments fromFred Drake2001-01-221-3/+6
| | | | Chris Ryland.
* Document rich comparisons.Guido van Rossum2001-01-181-5/+42
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* Fix a variety of minor nits and typos caught by Chris RylandFred Drake2001-01-141-7/+7
| | | | <cpr@emsoftware.com>.
* Steve Holden <sholden@holdenweb.com>:Fred Drake2001-01-091-13/+13
| | | | Clarify the handling of characters following backslashes in raw strings.
* __rcmp__() description: Changed to indicate that this is no longerFred Drake2001-01-041-8/+1
| | | | | | | | supported as of Python 2.1. We still need to have an entry for this since it is reasonable for users to want to understand existing code. This closes SF bug #122715.
* Document the NotImplemented object.Neil Schemenauer2001-01-041-0/+9
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* Improve description of else clause of the try/except/else statement.Fred Drake2001-01-021-6/+11
| | | | This closes (again!) bug #127098.
* Change documentation of 'else' clause of 'try/except' to make clear that itThomas Wouters2000-12-311-3/+5
| | | | | | | | doesn't get triggered by 'return', 'break' or 'continue'. If the 'try-inside-continue' patch does not get accepted before next release, the 'or continue' should be removed ;P Closes SF patch #103045 and SF bug #127098.
* Fix typoAndrew M. Kuchling2000-12-191-1/+1
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* Updated string literals description to encompass Unicode literals and theFred Drake2000-12-191-11/+24
| | | | | additional escape sequences defined for Unicode. This closes bug #117158.
* Clarify __repr__ and __str__.Guido van Rossum2000-12-191-7/+10
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* Additional docs for __iadd__ and family, closing SF bug #117178 and SF patchThomas Wouters2000-12-111-0/+26
| | | | #102169.
* Adjust explanation of operator precedence summary -- exponentiation groupsFred Drake2000-12-111-1/+2
| | | | | | from right to left! Closes bug #125391.
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