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* SF patch #751038 fixing SF bug#750092: exec doesn't need newlineRaymond Hettinger2003-06-181-6/+0
| | | | Patch contributed by Steven Taschuk.
* Add explicit text for where an obindex call for generators was since obindex ↵Brett Cannon2003-06-151-1/+2
| | | | does not cause output of its argument.
* SF bug #749759: comparisons yield bool not intRaymond Hettinger2003-06-061-1/+1
| | | | Minor documentation fix.
* SF bug #719367, string exceptions are deprecatedNeal Norwitz2003-05-292-12/+5
| | | | Remove references to string based exceptions in the doc.
* Oops. License is still an appendix.Jeremy Hylton2003-05-281-0/+2
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* Appendix was removed.Jeremy Hylton2003-05-281-3/+0
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* *** empty log message ***Jeremy Hylton2003-05-281-160/+0
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* Move future statement here from appendix a.Jeremy Hylton2003-05-211-0/+78
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* Add a specific mention of the term "operator overloading" and add anFred Drake2003-05-121-1/+4
| | | | index entry. Suggested to python-docs.
* Add a space after expression to be consistentNeal Norwitz2003-04-101-1/+1
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* Fix symbol in grammar; this should fix some hyperlinking in the HTMLFred Drake2003-03-311-1/+1
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* - apply SF patch #700798: fixes and cleanups for descriptor infoFred Drake2003-03-201-13/+13
| | | | - use a TeX "tie" to prevent word-wrapping in "section x.y"-like text
* I thought it was common practice to check things compiled beforeMichael W. Hudson2003-03-051-5/+5
| | | | | | | checking them in? Oh well, this fixes various obvious mistakes and changes a subsubsubsection (which doesn't exist) into a subsubsection (which does). I'm not sure this matches the intent, but it seems to read OK on a quick skim.
* SF doc patch #692001, properties and __getattribute__. I added someGuido van Rossum2003-02-281-8/+54
| | | | stuff, and changed 'property' to 'descriptor'.
* Document __module__.Jeremy Hylton2003-01-311-3/+11
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* Fix typo reported to python-docs.Fred Drake2003-01-251-1/+1
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* Fix typoRaymond Hettinger2003-01-191-1/+1
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* SF patch #634866: Alex Martelli's corrections to the ref manual.Raymond Hettinger2003-01-193-48/+101
| | | | | Backport candidate. All but one or two of these changes are applicable to 2.2.2.
* Patch #662454: import a.b as c is ok, fixes #660811.Martin v. Löwis2003-01-161-5/+1
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* SF bug #661848 and #631055: Clarify use of __all__.Raymond Hettinger2003-01-061-1/+4
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* This is Richie Hindle's patchMichael W. Hudson2002-12-171-5/+7
| | | | | | | | [ 643835 ] Set Next Statement for Python debuggers with a few tweaks by me: adding an unsigned or two, mentioning that not all jumps are allowed in the doc for pdb, adding a NEWS item and a note to whatsnew, and AuCTeX doing something cosmetic to libpdb.tex.
* Fixing bugGustavo Niemeyer2002-12-161-0/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [#448679] Left to right * Python/compile.c (com_dictmaker): Reordered evaluation of dictionaries to follow strict LTR evaluation. * Lib/compiler/pycodegen.py (CodeGenerator.visitDict): Reordered evaluation of dictionaries to follow strict LTR evaluation. * Doc/ref/ref5.tex Documented the general LTR evaluation order idea. * Misc/NEWS Documented change in evaluation order of dictionaries.
* Revise the __all__ index entry a touch.Fred Drake2002-12-071-1/+1
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* Add __all__ to Reference Manual index.Raymond Hettinger2002-12-071-0/+1
| | | | Closes SF 643227.
* * Doc/ref/ref5.texGustavo Niemeyer2002-11-261-1/+1
| | | | Fixed minor bug preventing documentation compilation.
* Repaired inaccuracies in the % docs. In particular, we don't (and can't)Tim Peters2002-11-241-3/+14
| | | | | | | guarantee abs(x%y) < abs(y) in all cases when a float is involved. math.fmod() should, though, so noted that too. Bugfix candidate. Someone should check the LaTeX here first, though.
* Update: Older versions of Python crashed when calling repr()Fred Drake2002-11-131-3/+5
| | | | | | (including the implied call using back-ticks) of a recursive object, but this is no longer the case. Reported by Manus Hand via email.
* Closes SF bug #634069 reporting the docs on the ** operator were outRaymond Hettinger2002-11-081-4/+14
| | | | of date and did not reflect the current CPython implementation.
* Relocate an index entry so named anchors are not generated in a section head.Fred Drake2002-10-241-1/+2
| | | | Closes SF bug #546579.
* Added cross-references to related material on exceptions.Fred Drake2002-10-181-9/+13
| | | | | | | Closes SF bug #217195. Make sure section numbers wrap together with the preceeding word ("section").
* Added cross-references to related material on exceptions.Fred Drake2002-10-181-0/+3
| | | | Closes SF bug #217195.
* Make sure section numbers wrap together with the preceeding wordFred Drake2002-10-181-2/+3
| | | | ("section").
* Clarify deprecation of the floor div operator, modulo operator,Raymond Hettinger2002-10-111-5/+4
| | | | | | and divmod() function for complex numbers. Closes SF Bug 621708: Unclear deprecation.
* Remove mentionings of DOS.Martin v. Löwis2002-10-101-1/+1
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* Modified presentation of the grammar for calls to be easier to readFred Drake2002-10-071-4/+5
| | | | | for both HTML and typeset renderings. Corresponds to revision 1.53.4.8 on the r22-maint branch.
* Another try at clarifying what goes into and comes out of Unicode objects.Fred Drake2002-09-241-12/+20
| | | | Document the indices() method of slice objects.
* Another try at clarifying what goes into and comes out of Unicode objects.Fred Drake2002-09-241-27/+46
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* Clarified that the footnote applies to versions 1.5 and after instead ofRaymond Hettinger2002-09-081-4/+4
| | | | just version 1.5. Closes SF bug 577793.
* Ignore encoding declarations inside strings. Fixes #603509.Martin v. Löwis2002-09-031-1/+1
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* add warning about exception messagesSkip Montanaro2002-08-281-0/+7
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* Apply character{} markup.Raymond Hettinger2002-08-071-16/+17
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* Fix up some more markup problems.Fred Drake2002-08-071-8/+9
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* Document handling of raw-unicode-escapes. Closes SF bug 587087.Raymond Hettinger2002-08-061-0/+8
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* Fix the markup so it doesn't break formatting.Fred Drake2002-08-061-4/+4
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* Patch #534304: Implement phase 1 of PEP 263.Martin v. Löwis2002-08-041-5/+39
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* A few days ago, Guido said (in the thread "[Python-Dev] PythonMichael W. Hudson2002-07-191-0/+9
| | | | | | | | version of PySlice_GetIndicesEx"): > OK. Michael, if you want to check in indices(), go ahead. Then I did what was needed, but didn't check it in. Here it is.
* Fix various typos reported to python-docs.Fred Drake2002-06-261-1/+1
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* Close bug 417930 by clarifying augmented assignment docsRaymond Hettinger2002-06-251-0/+14
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* Minor English grammar correctionRaymond Hettinger2002-06-251-1/+1
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* Try to improve the explanation of the "raise" statement and how its argumentsFred Drake2002-06-202-33/+39
| | | | | are interpreted. This closes SF bug #532467.