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Doc/c-api/init.rst

@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ in previous versions.
 .. cvar:: int PyTrace_C_EXCEPTION
 
    The value for the *what* parameter to :ctype:`Py_tracefunc` functions when a C
-   function has thrown an exception.
+   function has raised an exception.
 
 
 .. cvar:: int PyTrace_C_RETURN

Doc/c-api/unicode.rst

@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ These are the UTF-7 codec APIs:
    *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
 
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed)
+.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed)
 
    If *consumed* is *NULL*, behave like :cfunc:`PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7`.  If
    *consumed* is not *NULL*, trailing incomplete UTF-7 base-64 sections will not

Doc/conf.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ latex_documents = [
     ('tutorial/index', 'tutorial.tex',
      'Python Tutorial', _stdauthor, 'manual'),
     ('using/index', 'using.tex',
-     'Python Setup', _stdauthor, 'manual'),
+     'Python Setup and Usage', _stdauthor, 'manual'),
     ('whatsnew/' + version, 'whatsnew.tex',
      'What\'s New in Python', 'A. M. Kuchling', 'howto'),
 ]

Doc/faq/library.rst

@@ -672,9 +672,8 @@ Yes. Here's a simple example that uses httplib::
    if reply != 200:
        sys.stdout.write(httpobj.getfile().read())
 
-Note that in general for a percent-encoded POST operations, query strings must be
-quoted by using :func:`urllib.quote`.  For example to send name="Guy Steele,
-Jr."::
+Note that in general for percent-encoded POST operations, query strings must be
+quoted using :func:`urllib.quote`.  For example to send name="Guy Steele, Jr."::
 
    >>> from urllib import quote
    >>> x = quote("Guy Steele, Jr.")

Doc/library/bdb.rst

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ The :mod:`bdb` module also defines two classes:
       * ``"exception"``: An exception has occurred.
       * ``"c_call"``: A C function is about to be called.
       * ``"c_return"``: A C function has returned.
-      * ``"c_exception"``: A C function has thrown an exception.
+      * ``"c_exception"``: A C function has raised an exception.
 
       For the Python events, specialized functions (see below) are called.  For
       the C events, no action is taken.

Doc/library/doctest.rst

@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ There are two exceptions that may be raised by :class:`DebugRunner` instances:
 
 .. exception:: DocTestFailure(test, example, got)
 
-   An exception thrown by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example's
+   An exception raised by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example's
    actual output did not match its expected output. The constructor arguments are
    used to initialize the member variables of the same names.
 
@@ -1792,9 +1792,9 @@ There are two exceptions that may be raised by :class:`DebugRunner` instances:
 
 .. exception:: UnexpectedException(test, example, exc_info)
 
-   An exception thrown by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example
-   raised an unexpected exception.  The constructor arguments are used to
-   initialize the member variables of the same names.
+   An exception raised by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest
+   example raised an unexpected exception.  The constructor arguments are used
+   to initialize the member variables of the same names.
 
 :exc:`UnexpectedException` defines the following member variables:
 

Doc/library/email.errors.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module:
 
 .. exception:: MessageParseError()
 
-   This is the base class for exceptions thrown by the :class:`~email.parser.Parser`
+   This is the base class for exceptions raised by the :class:`~email.parser.Parser`
    class.  It is derived from :exc:`MessageError`.
 
 

Doc/library/functions.rst

@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    returns the current global and local dictionary, respectively, which may be
    useful to pass around for use by :func:`eval` or :func:`execfile`.
 
+   See :func:`ast.literal_eval` for a function that can safely evaluate strings
+   with expressions containing only literals.
+
 
 .. function:: execfile(filename[, globals[, locals]])
 

Doc/library/io.rst

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ access files and streams.
 At the top of the I/O hierarchy is the abstract base class :class:`IOBase`.  It
 defines the basic interface to a stream.  Note, however, that there is no
 separation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are allowed
-to throw an :exc:`IOError` if they do not support a given operation.
+to raise an :exc:`IOError` if they do not support a given operation.
 
 Extending :class:`IOBase` is :class:`RawIOBase` which deals simply with the
 reading and writing of raw bytes to a stream.  :class:`FileIO` subclasses

Doc/library/json.rst

@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Encoders and decoders
    encoders and decoders.  Otherwise, it will be a :exc:`ValueError` to encode
    such floats.
 
-   If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (the default), then the output of dictionaries
+   If *sort_keys* is ``True`` (default ``False``), then the output of dictionaries
    will be sorted by key; this is useful for regression tests to ensure that
    JSON serializations can be compared on a day-to-day basis.
 

Doc/library/linecache.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The :mod:`linecache` module defines the following functions:
 
 .. function:: getline(filename, lineno[, module_globals])
 
-   Get line *lineno* from file named *filename*. This function will never throw an
+   Get line *lineno* from file named *filename*. This function will never raise an
    exception --- it will return ``''`` on errors (the terminating newline character
    will be included for lines that are found).
 

Doc/library/mmap.rst

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ memory but does not update the underlying file.
 
       Copy the *count* bytes starting at offset *src* to the destination index
       *dest*.  If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then calls to
-      move will throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
+      move will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
 
 
    .. method:: read(num)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ memory but does not update the underlying file.
 
       Resizes the map and the underlying file, if any. If the mmap was created
       with :const:`ACCESS_READ` or :const:`ACCESS_COPY`, resizing the map will
-      throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
+      raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
 
 
    .. method:: rfind(string[, start[, end]])
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ memory but does not update the underlying file.
       Write the bytes in *string* into memory at the current position of the
       file pointer; the file position is updated to point after the bytes that
       were written. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then
-      writing to it will throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
+      writing to it will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
 
 
    .. method:: write_byte(byte)
@@ -242,6 +242,4 @@ memory but does not update the underlying file.
       Write the single-character string *byte* into memory at the current
       position of the file pointer; the file position is advanced by ``1``. If
       the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then writing to it will
-      throw a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
-
-
+      raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.

Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst

@@ -2223,8 +2223,8 @@ Synchronization types like locks, conditions and queues:
 .. literalinclude:: ../includes/mp_synchronize.py
 
 
-An showing how to use queues to feed tasks to a collection of worker process and
-collect the results:
+An example showing how to use queues to feed tasks to a collection of worker
+process and collect the results:
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../includes/mp_workers.py
 

Doc/library/os.rst

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ process and user.
 .. function:: getresgid()
 
    Return a tuple (rgid, egid, sgid) denoting the current process's
-   real, effective, and saved user ids.
+   real, effective, and saved group ids.
 
    Availability: Unix.
 

Doc/library/parser.rst

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms.
    The :func:`expr` function parses the parameter *source* as if it were an input
    to ``compile(source, 'file.py', 'eval')``.  If the parse succeeds, an ST object
    is created to hold the internal parse tree representation, otherwise an
-   appropriate exception is thrown.
+   appropriate exception is raised.
 
 
 .. function:: suite(source)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms.
    The :func:`suite` function parses the parameter *source* as if it were an input
    to ``compile(source, 'file.py', 'exec')``.  If the parse succeeds, an ST object
    is created to hold the internal parse tree representation, otherwise an
-   appropriate exception is thrown.
+   appropriate exception is raised.
 
 
 .. function:: sequence2st(sequence)
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ and ``'exec'`` forms.
    to the Python grammar and all nodes are valid node types in the host version of
    Python, an ST object is created from the internal representation and returned
    to the called.  If there is a problem creating the internal representation, or
-   if the tree cannot be validated, a :exc:`ParserError` exception is thrown.  An
+   if the tree cannot be validated, a :exc:`ParserError` exception is raised.  An
    ST object created this way should not be assumed to compile correctly; normal
-   exceptions thrown by compilation may still be initiated when the ST object is
+   exceptions raised by compilation may still be initiated when the ST object is
    passed to :func:`compilest`.  This may indicate problems not related to syntax
    (such as a :exc:`MemoryError` exception), but may also be due to constructs such
    as the result of parsing ``del f(0)``, which escapes the Python parser but is
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ function for information about the exceptions it can raise.
 .. exception:: ParserError
 
    Exception raised when a failure occurs within the parser module.  This is
-   generally produced for validation failures rather than the built in
-   :exc:`SyntaxError` thrown during normal parsing. The exception argument is
+   generally produced for validation failures rather than the built-in
+   :exc:`SyntaxError` raised during normal parsing. The exception argument is
    either a string describing the reason of the failure or a tuple containing a
    sequence causing the failure from a parse tree passed to :func:`sequence2st`
    and an explanatory string.  Calls to :func:`sequence2st` need to be able to
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function for information about the exceptions it can raise.
    will only need to be aware of the simple string values.
 
 Note that the functions :func:`compilest`, :func:`expr`, and :func:`suite` may
-throw exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation
+raise exceptions which are normally thrown by the parsing and compilation
 process.  These include the built in exceptions :exc:`MemoryError`,
 :exc:`OverflowError`, :exc:`SyntaxError`, and :exc:`SystemError`.  In these
 cases, these exceptions carry all the meaning normally associated with them.

Doc/library/pyexpat.rst

@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ otherwise stated.
    Called if the XML document hasn't been declared as being a standalone document.
    This happens when there is an external subset or a reference to a parameter
    entity, but the XML declaration does not set standalone to ``yes`` in an XML
-   declaration.  If this handler returns ``0``, then the parser will throw an
+   declaration.  If this handler returns ``0``, then the parser will raise an
    :const:`XML_ERROR_NOT_STANDALONE` error.  If this handler is not set, no
    exception is raised by the parser for this condition.
 
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ otherwise stated.
    responsible for creating the sub-parser using
    ``ExternalEntityParserCreate(context)``, initializing it with the appropriate
    callbacks, and parsing the entity.  This handler should return an integer; if it
-   returns ``0``, the parser will throw an
+   returns ``0``, the parser will raise an
    :const:`XML_ERROR_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_HANDLING` error, otherwise parsing will
    continue.
 

Doc/library/smtplib.rst

@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ An :class:`SMTP` instance has the following methods:
    and ESMTP options suppressed.
 
    This method will return normally if the mail is accepted for at least one
-   recipient. Otherwise it will throw an exception.  That is, if this method does
-   not throw an exception, then someone should get your mail. If this method does
-   not throw an exception, it returns a dictionary, with one entry for each
+   recipient. Otherwise it will raise an exception.  That is, if this method does
+   not raise an exception, then someone should get your mail. If this method does
+   not raise an exception, it returns a dictionary, with one entry for each
    recipient that was refused.  Each entry contains a tuple of the SMTP error code
    and the accompanying error message sent by the server.
 

Doc/library/socket.rst

@@ -798,7 +798,9 @@ timeout error of its own regardless of any Python socket timeout setting.
    Shut down one or both halves of the connection.  If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RD`,
    further receives are disallowed.  If *how* is :const:`SHUT_WR`, further sends
    are disallowed.  If *how* is :const:`SHUT_RDWR`, further sends and receives are
-   disallowed.
+   disallowed.  Depending on the platform, shutting down one half of the connection
+   can also close the opposite half (e.g. on Mac OS X, ``shutdown(SHUT_WR)`` does
+   not allow further reads on the other end of the connection).
 
 Note that there are no methods :meth:`read` or :meth:`write`; use
 :meth:`~socket.recv` and :meth:`~socket.send` without *flags* argument instead.

Doc/library/string.rst

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ string formatting behaviors using the same implementation as the built-in
       the format string (integers for positional arguments, and strings for
       named arguments), and a reference to the *args* and *kwargs* that was
       passed to vformat.  The set of unused args can be calculated from these
-      parameters.  :meth:`check_unused_args` is assumed to throw an exception if
+      parameters.  :meth:`check_unused_args` is assumed to raise an exception if
       the check fails.
 
    .. method:: format_field(value, format_spec)
@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ The general form of a *standard format specifier* is:
    precision: `integer`
    type: "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "E" | "f" | "F" | "g" | "G" | "n" | "o" | "s" | "x" | "X" | "%"
 
-The *fill* character can be any character other than '}' (which signifies the
-end of the field).  The presence of a fill character is signaled by the *next*
-character, which must be one of the alignment options. If the second character
-of *format_spec* is not a valid alignment option, then it is assumed that both
-the fill character and the alignment option are absent.
+The *fill* character can be any character other than '{' or '}'.  The presence
+of a fill character is signaled by the character following it, which must be
+one of the alignment options.  If the second character of *format_spec* is not
+a valid alignment option, then it is assumed that both the fill character and
+the alignment option are absent.
 
 The meaning of the various alignment options is as follows:
 

Doc/library/subprocess.rst

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Exceptions
 Exceptions raised in the child process, before the new program has started to
 execute, will be re-raised in the parent.  Additionally, the exception object
 will have one extra attribute called :attr:`child_traceback`, which is a string
-containing traceback information from the childs point of view.
+containing traceback information from the child's point of view.
 
 The most common exception raised is :exc:`OSError`.  This occurs, for example,
 when trying to execute a non-existent file.  Applications should prepare for

Doc/library/sys.rst

@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ always available.
       A C function has returned. *arg* is ``None``.
 
    ``'c_exception'``
-      A C function has thrown an exception.  *arg* is ``None``.
+      A C function has raised an exception.  *arg* is ``None``.
 
    Note that as an exception is propagated down the chain of callers, an
    ``'exception'`` event is generated at each level.

Doc/library/threading.rst

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects:
    variable allows one or more threads to wait until they are notified by another
    thread.
 
+   See :ref:`condition-objects`.
+
 
 .. function:: current_thread()
               currentThread()
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects:
    with the :meth:`clear` method.  The :meth:`wait` method blocks until the flag
    is true.
 
+   See :ref:`event-objects`.
+
 
 .. class:: local
 
@@ -93,6 +97,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects:
    acquired it, subsequent attempts to acquire it block, until it is released; any
    thread may release it.
 
+   See :ref:`lock-objects`.
+
 
 .. function:: RLock()
 
@@ -101,6 +107,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects:
    reentrant lock, the same thread may acquire it again without blocking; the
    thread must release it once for each time it has acquired it.
 
+   See :ref:`rlock-objects`.
+
 
 .. function:: Semaphore([value])
    :noindex:
@@ -111,6 +119,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects:
    if necessary until it can return without making the counter negative.  If not
    given, *value* defaults to 1.
 
+   See :ref:`semaphore-objects`.
+
 
 .. function:: BoundedSemaphore([value])
 
@@ -122,15 +132,21 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects:
 
 
 .. class:: Thread
+   :noindex:
 
    A class that represents a thread of control.  This class can be safely
    subclassed in a limited fashion.
 
+   See :ref:`thread-objects`.
+
 
 .. class:: Timer
+   :noindex:
 
    A thread that executes a function after a specified interval has passed.
 
+   See :ref:`timer-objects`.
+
 
 .. function:: settrace(func)
 

Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ The :class:`XMLReader` interface supports the following methods:
    Allow an application to set the locale for errors and warnings.
 
    SAX parsers are not required to provide localization for errors and warnings; if
-   they cannot support the requested locale, however, they must throw a SAX
+   they cannot support the requested locale, however, they must raise a SAX
    exception.  Applications may request a locale change in the middle of a parse.
 
 

Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst

@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ patterns to be encapsulated for convenient reuse.
 
 The execution of the :keyword:`with` statement with one "item" proceeds as follows:
 
-#. The context expression is evaluated to obtain a context manager.
+#. The context expression (the expression given in the :token:`with_item`) is
+   evaluated to obtain a context manager.
 
 #. The context manager's :meth:`__exit__` is loaded for later use.
 

Doc/reference/expressions.rst

@@ -1367,6 +1367,7 @@ groups from right to left).
 | ``+``, ``-``                                  | Addition and subtraction            |
 +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
 | ``*``, ``/``, ``//``, ``%``                   | Multiplication, division, remainder |
+|                                               | [#]_                                |
 +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
 | ``+x``, ``-x``, ``~x``                        | Positive, negative, bitwise NOT     |
 +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
@@ -1422,5 +1423,7 @@ groups from right to left).
    the :keyword:`is` operator, like those involving comparisons between instance
    methods, or constants.  Check their documentation for more info.
 
+.. [#] The ``%`` is also used for string formatting; the same precedence applies.
+
 .. [#] The power operator ``**`` binds less tightly than an arithmetic or
    bitwise unary operator on its right, that is, ``2**-1`` is ``0.5``.

Doc/tools/sphinxext/indexcontent.html

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
          <span class="linkdescr">keep this under your pillow</span></p>
       <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("reference/index") }}">Language Reference</a><br/>
          <span class="linkdescr">describes syntax and language elements</span></p>
-      <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("using/index") }}">Python Setup</a><br/>
+      <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("using/index") }}">Python Setup and Usage</a><br/>
          <span class="linkdescr">how to use Python on different platforms</span></p>
       <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("howto/index") }}">Python HOWTOs</a><br/>
          <span class="linkdescr">in-depth documents on specific topics</span></p>

Doc/using/index.rst

 .. _using-index:
 
-################
-  Python Setup
-################
+##########################
+  Python Setup and Usage
+##########################
 
 
 This part of the documentation is devoted to general information on the setup

Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst

@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
   deprecated APIs and removes support for Python versions earlier than 2.3.  The
   3.0 version of the package uses a new incremental parser for MIME messages,
   available in the :mod:`email.FeedParser` module.  The new parser doesn't require
-  reading the entire message into memory, and doesn't throw exceptions if a
+  reading the entire message into memory, and doesn't raise exceptions if a
   message is malformed; instead it records any problems in the  :attr:`defect`
   attribute of the message.  (Developed by Anthony Baxter, Barry Warsaw, Thomas
   Wouters, and others.)

Misc/developers.txt

@@ -20,6 +20,25 @@ for details.  When the agreement is signed, please note it in this log.
 Permissions History
 -------------------
 
+- Lukasz Langa was given commit access on Sep 08 2010 by GFB,
+  at suggestion of Antoine Pitrou, for general bug fixing.
+
+- Daniel Stutzbach was given commit access on Aug 22 2010 by MvL,
+  for general bug fixing.
+
+- Ask Solem was given commit access on Aug 17 2010 by MvL,
+  on recommendation by Jesse Noller, for work on the multiprocessing
+  library.
+
+- George Boutsioukis was given commit access on Aug 10 2010
+  by MvL, for work on 2to3.
+
+- Éric Araujo was given commit access on Aug 10 2010 by BAC,
+  at suggestion of Tarek Ziadé.
+
+- Terry Reedy was given commit access on Aug 04 2010 by MvL,
+  at suggestion of Nick Coghlan.
+
 - Brian Quinlan was given commit access on Jul 26 2010 by GFB,
   for work related to PEP 3148.
 

Modules/fcntlmodule.c

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ is defined by op and is operating system dependent.  These constants are\n\
 available from the fcntl module.  The argument arg is optional, and\n\
 defaults to 0; it may be an int or a string.  If arg is given as a string,\n\
 the return value of fcntl is a string of that length, containing the\n\
-resulting value put in the arg buffer by the operating system.The length\n\
+resulting value put in the arg buffer by the operating system.  The length\n\
 of the arg string is not allowed to exceed 1024 bytes.  If the arg given\n\
 is an integer or if none is specified, the result value is an integer\n\
 corresponding to the return value of the fcntl call in the C code.");

Modules/posixmodule.c

@@ -8619,7 +8619,7 @@ posix_getresuid (PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs)
 #ifdef HAVE_GETRESGID
 PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_getresgid__doc__,
 "getresgid() -> (rgid, egid, sgid)\n\n\
-Get tuple of the current process's real, effective, and saved user ids.");
+Get tuple of the current process's real, effective, and saved group ids.");
 
 static PyObject*
 posix_getresgid (PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs)