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* Make the embedded hyperlinks work.Fred Drake2003-09-281-6/+7
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* * Fix markup.Raymond Hettinger2003-09-271-25/+26
| | | | | | | | | | | | * Fix entry order: - >>> before ... - __slots__ in the S section (like __future__ is in the F section) Need to test the repaired(?) link to Guido's webpage. Still needs to have the module reference links made relative to the module directory instead of the tut directory. That will require Fred's magic touch.
* Lots of markup corrections. Some are minor, but others are not: theFred Drake2003-09-271-172/+213
| | | | contents of an \item should not be enclosed in a group!
* Fix spelling and add markup.Raymond Hettinger2003-09-271-59/+62
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* Add a glossary to the tutorial. Also generate an index. At the moment thisSkip Montanaro2003-09-241-0/+6
| | | | mostly only references glossary entries.
* first cut at a glossarySkip Montanaro2003-09-241-0/+265
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* Fix whitespace in exampleRaymond Hettinger2003-09-241-3/+3
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* - added many links into the library referenceFred Drake2003-09-111-30/+45
| | | | | - removed use of the string module - fixed some broken markup
* - add several links into the library referenceFred Drake2003-09-111-36/+34
| | | | | - update a couple of URLs to point to more recent portions of python.org
* SF patch #797868: Tutorial, sec. 5.1.4 could contain an extra exampleRaymond Hettinger2003-08-301-2/+10
| | | | | | (Revised from the original patch contributed by Michal Pasternak.) Also, make a couple minor fixups elsewhere.
* Fix typo.Raymond Hettinger2003-08-231-1/+1
| | | | Thou shalt not count to two unless proceeding to the number three.
* Adjust some horizontal indentation to be consistent with the style usedFred Drake2003-08-161-4/+4
| | | | throughout the documentation.
* Don't introduce map(None, ...) in the tutorial. In practice, zip() isNeil Schemenauer2003-08-141-9/+4
| | | | usually preferred.
* SF patch#786531 'the the' typo. Contributed by George YoshidaRaymond Hettinger2003-08-121-1/+1
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* Explain argument unpackingRaymond Hettinger2003-08-081-0/+18
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* Nits.Raymond Hettinger2003-07-151-2/+2
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* SF patch #726751: Clarify docs for except target assignmentRaymond Hettinger2003-07-121-8/+20
| | | | | Brett found that the tutorial didn't really explain what was happening with exception targets. Hopefully, this sheds some light on the subject.
* Minor fixups and added sections for iterators and generators.Raymond Hettinger2003-07-111-3/+117
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* - explain about making Python scripts executable on Unix in moreFred Drake2003-07-071-2/+13
| | | | | detail - fix minor markup nit
* SF #751062: Tutorial: remove string exceptions, add parnassus, #postsRaymond Hettinger2003-07-011-8/+9
| | | | | | | | (Contributed by Gerritt Holl) * Remove the last mentions of string exceptions * Reference a third-party repository of programs * Minor clarification of comp.lang.py posting volumes
* SF bug #762990: Awful Grammar in Python TutorialRaymond Hettinger2003-06-301-1/+1
| | | | Fixed a nit.
* minor wordsmithingSkip Montanaro2003-06-291-6/+6
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* Correct markup errors that prevented formatting.Fred Drake2003-06-281-2/+2
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* Explain source encodings. Fixes #683486.Martin v. Löwis2003-06-281-0/+33
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* Remove heading from orphan section.Fred Drake2003-06-201-1/+1
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* Include "instances of most classes" in a warning about mutable objectsFred Drake2003-06-181-2/+3
| | | | as default values of function/method parameters.
* Markup nits.Fred Drake2003-05-201-5/+5
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* More message updates and minor fixes.Raymond Hettinger2003-05-071-10/+9
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* Update traceback messageRaymond Hettinger2003-05-071-1/+1
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* add missing parens - verified w/ interpreter - sorry to dismiss your commentSkip Montanaro2003-05-071-1/+1
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* replace most uses of `...` by repr(...), noting that `...` is discouraged,Skip Montanaro2003-05-071-17/+15
| | | | but convenient in interactive sessions.
* Fix some markup nits.Fred Drake2003-04-221-3/+5
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* Adding new built-in function sum, with docs and tests.Alex Martelli2003-04-221-1/+4
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* SF bug #699237: Tutorial uses omitted slice indices before explaining themRaymond Hettinger2003-03-121-11/+11
| | | | Moved up the explanation of slice default arguments.
* - New function sys.exc_clear() clears the current exception. This isGuido van Rossum2003-03-011-8/+9
| | | | | | rarely needed, but can sometimes be useful to release objects referenced by the traceback held in sys.exc_info()[2]. (SF patch #693195.) Thanks to Kevin Jacobs!
* Chapter titles that get split over multiple lines in the typesetFred Drake2002-10-281-5/+3
| | | | | | | formats can't have whitespace after the last non-blank character (bug in LaTeX?); fix up a couple of instances of this. Update an email address.
* Clarify packages in tutorial. Closes SF bug #616211.Raymond Hettinger2002-10-261-0/+3
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* Describe __path__ along with the rest of the package description.Fred Drake2002-10-221-1/+12
| | | | Closes SF bug #626554.
* Remove mentionings of DOS.Martin v. Löwis2002-10-101-1/+1
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* Added a tutorial note and example regarding the scope of loop variablesRaymond Hettinger2002-09-061-0/+13
| | | | | | | in a list comprehension. Includes a justification and a comparision to regular for-loops. Closes SF bug 605047.
* Replace all cases of "while 1" with "while True".Raymond Hettinger2002-08-211-7/+7
| | | | Though slightly slower, has better clarity and teaching value.
* This is my patchMichael W. Hudson2002-08-151-6/+5
| | | | | | | | [ 587993 ] SET_LINENO killer Remove SET_LINENO. Tracing is now supported by inspecting co_lnotab. Many sundry changes to document and adapt to this change.
* Remove a broken example of extreme backward compatibility; it isFred Drake2002-08-141-21/+0
| | | | | simply not relevant any more. Closes SF bug #595032.
* GvR pointed out that only enclosing function bodies are part of nested scopes.Raymond Hettinger2002-08-071-5/+5
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* Describe nested scopes in the tutorial. Closes SF bug 500704.Raymond Hettinger2002-08-071-6/+11
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* Fix typo reported to python-docs.Fred Drake2002-06-261-1/+1
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* Close bug 480337: Dict used before dicts explained. Added explanationRaymond Hettinger2002-06-251-2/+11
| | | | and examples of the dict() constructor.
* Fix spacing in loop exampleRaymond Hettinger2002-06-251-3/+3
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* Completely revise markup for the list of list methods; the new markup matchesFred Drake2002-06-111-26/+35
| | | | | | | the semantics and presentation used in the library reference. Added an explanation of the use of [...] to denote optional arguments, since this is the only use of this in a signature line. Closes SF bug #567127.
* As discussed on python-dev, add a mechanism to indicate featuresNeal Norwitz2002-05-291-16/+17
| | | | | that are in the process of deprecation (PendingDeprecationWarning). Docs could be improved.