Commit 1572ba4c authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Organized a little bit; merged in some items from the 1.5.2p2 branch that

did not get handled.
parent f539bb62
PYTHON DOCUMENTATION TO-DO LIST -*- indented-text -*- PYTHON DOCUMENTATION TO-DO LIST -*- indented-text -*-
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General
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* Figure out HTMLHelp generation for the Windows world.
* Straighten out random/whrandom. Things are generally in the right
place, but need to respond to comments in email from Jan Kim
<kim@mpiz-koeln.mpg.de>.
Python/C API
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* The "Very High Level Interface" in the API document has been * The "Very High Level Interface" in the API document has been
requested; I guess it wouldn't hurt to fill in a bit there. Request requested; I guess it wouldn't hurt to fill in a bit there. Request
...@@ -9,17 +21,34 @@ PYTHON DOCUMENTATION TO-DO LIST -*- indented-text -*- ...@@ -9,17 +21,34 @@ PYTHON DOCUMENTATION TO-DO LIST -*- indented-text -*-
* Describe implementing types in C, including use of the 'self' * Describe implementing types in C, including use of the 'self'
parameter to the method implementation function. (Missing material parameter to the method implementation function. (Missing material
mentioned in the Extending & Embedding manual, section 1.1; problem mentioned in the Extending & Embedding manual, section 1.1; problem
reported by Clay Spence <cspence@sarnoff.com>.) reported by Clay Spence <cspence@sarnoff.com>.) Heavily impacts one
chapter of the Python/C API manual.
* Missing PyArg_ParseTuple(), PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(),
Py_BuildValue(). Information requested by Greg Kochanski
<gpk@bell-labs.com>. PyEval_EvalCode() has also been requested.
Extending & Embedding
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* More information is needed about building dynamically linked
extensions in C++. Specifically, the extensions must be linked
against the C++ libraries (and possibly runtime). Also noted by
Albert Hofkamp <a.hofkamp@wtb.tue.nl>.
* In the extensions manual, more information is needed about building Reference Manual
dynamically linked extensions in C++. Specifically, the extensions ----------------
must be linked against the C++ libraries (and possibly runtime).
Also noted by Albert Hofkamp <a.hofkamp@wtb.tue.nl>.
* Python/C API reference missing PyArg_ParseTuple(), * Document the Extended Call Syntax in the language reference.
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(), Py_BuildValue(). Information [Jeremy Hylton]
requested by Greg Kochanski <gpk@bell-labs.com>. PyEval_EvalCode()
has also been requested. * Document new comparison support for recursive objects (lang. ref.?
library ref.? (cmp() function). [Jeremy Hylton]
Library Reference
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* urllib2 module reference. [Jeremy Hylton]
* Update the pickle documentation to describe all of the current * Update the pickle documentation to describe all of the current
behavior; only a subset is described. __reduce__, etc. Partial behavior; only a subset is described. __reduce__, etc. Partial
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* Update the code/codeop module documentation. * Update the code/codeop module documentation.
* Figure out HTMLHelp generation for the Windows world.
* Straighten out random/whrandom.
* Update the filecmp documentation (Moshe?).
* Update the httplib documentation to match Greg Stein's HTTP/1.1 * Update the httplib documentation to match Greg Stein's HTTP/1.1
support and new classes. (Greg, this is yours!) support and new classes. (Greg, this is yours!)
Tutorial
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* Update tutorial to use string methods and talk about backward
compatibility of same.
NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE
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...@@ -45,7 +74,8 @@ NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE ...@@ -45,7 +74,8 @@ NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE
<lorenzo@argon.roma2.infn.it>. This one will be hard; probably not <lorenzo@argon.roma2.infn.it>. This one will be hard; probably not
really worth the pain. (Only an issue at all when a header-letter really worth the pain. (Only an issue at all when a header-letter
and the first index entry get separated -- can change as soon as we and the first index entry get separated -- can change as soon as we
change the index entries in the text.) change the index entries in the text.) Also only a problem in the
print version.
* Fix problem with howto documents getting the last module synopsis * Fix problem with howto documents getting the last module synopsis
twice (in \localmoduletable) so we can get rid of the ugly 'uniq' twice (in \localmoduletable) so we can get rid of the ugly 'uniq'
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