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  r87101 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-06 23:02:48 +0100 (Mo, 06 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Remove visible XXX comments.
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  r87146 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-09 19:08:43 +0100 (Do, 09 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Fix "seperate".
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  r87156 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-10 11:01:44 +0100 (Fr, 10 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10668: fix wrong call of __init__.
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  r87172 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-11 20:10:30 +0100 (Sa, 11 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Avoid AttributeError(_closed) when a TemporaryDirectory is deallocated whose mkdtemp call failed.
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  r87175 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-11 23:19:34 +0100 (Sa, 11 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Fix markup.
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  r87371 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-18 17:21:58 +0100 (Sa, 18 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Fix typo.
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  r87378 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-18 18:51:28 +0100 (Sa, 18 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10723: add missing builtin exceptions.
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  r87522 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:16:12 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Replace sys.maxint mention by sys.maxsize.
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  r87523 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:18:24 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Remove confusing paragraph -- this is relevant only to advanced users anyway and does not belong into the tutorial.
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  r87524 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 10:29:19 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Fix advice: call PyType_Ready to fill in ob_type of custom types.
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  r87526 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 11:38:33 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10777: fix iteration over dict keys while mutating the dict.
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  r87527 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 11:56:20 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10768: fix ScrolledText widget construction, and make the example work from the interactive shell.
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  r87528 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:02:12 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Add news entry and clarify another.
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  r87530 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:06:07 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10767: update README in crashers; not all may have a bug entry and/or be fixed.
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  r87531 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:08:17 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10742: document readonly attribute of memoryviews.
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  r87532 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:15:49 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10781: clarify that *encoding* is not a parameter for Node objects in general.
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  r87533 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:38:12 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Remove history; adapt a bit more to reST, since this will once be part of the dev guide.
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  r87534 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:48:53 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Rewrap.
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  r87535 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:49:41 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10739: document that on Windows, socket.makefile() does not make a file that has a true file descriptor usable where such a thing is expected.
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  r87536 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-28 12:53:25 +0100 (Di, 28 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  #10609: fix non-working dbm example.
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  r87581 | georg.brandl | 2010-12-30 18:36:17 +0100 (Do, 30 Dez 2010) | 1 line

  Fix NameErrors.
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Doc/ACKS.txt

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
    * Andrew M. Kuchling
    * Dave Kuhlman
    * Erno Kuusela
+   * Ross Lagerwall
    * Thomas Lamb
    * Detlef Lannert
    * Piers Lauder

Doc/c-api/slice.rst

@@ -48,4 +48,3 @@ Slice Objects
    normal slices.
 
    Returns 0 on success and -1 on error with exception set.
-

Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst

@@ -705,7 +705,9 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
    This field is not inherited by subtypes (computed attributes are inherited
    through a different mechanism).
 
-   Docs for PyGetSetDef (XXX belong elsewhere)::
+   .. XXX belongs elsewhere
+
+   Docs for PyGetSetDef::
 
       typedef PyObject *(*getter)(PyObject *, void *);
       typedef int (*setter)(PyObject *, PyObject *, void *);
@@ -752,7 +754,7 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
 
       PyObject * tp_descr_get(PyObject *self, PyObject *obj, PyObject *type);
 
-   XXX explain.
+   .. XXX explain.
 
    This field is inherited by subtypes.
 
@@ -767,7 +769,7 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
 
    This field is inherited by subtypes.
 
-   XXX explain.
+   .. XXX explain.
 
 
 .. cmember:: long PyTypeObject.tp_dictoffset

Doc/extending/windows.rst

@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ constant".  This shows up when building DLL under MSVC.  Change it to::
 
 and add the following to the module initialization function::
 
-   MyObject_Type.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
-
+   if (PyType_Ready(&MyObject_Type) < 0)
+        return NULL;
 
 
 .. _dynamic-linking:

Doc/glossary.rst

@@ -179,22 +179,22 @@ Glossary
       not expressions.
 
    extension module
-      A module written in C or C++, using Python's C API to interact with the core and
-      with user code.
+      A module written in C or C++, using Python's C API to interact with the
+      core and with user code.
 
    file object
       An object exposing a file-oriented API (with methods such as
-      :meth:`read()` or :meth:`write()`) to an underlying resource.
-      Depending on the way it was created, a file object can mediate access
-      to a real on-disk file or to another other type of storage or
-      communication device (for example standard input/output, in-memory
-      buffers, sockets, pipes, etc.).  File objects are also called
-      :dfn:`file-like objects` or :dfn:`streams`.
-
-      There are actually three categories of file objects: raw binary
-      files, buffered binary files and text files.  Their interfaces are
-      defined in the :mod:`io` module.  The canonical way to create a
-      file object is by using the :func:`open` function.
+      :meth:`read()` or :meth:`write()`) to an underlying resource.  Depending
+      on the way it was created, a file object can mediate access to a real
+      on-disk file or to another other type of storage or communication device
+      (for example standard input/output, in-memory buffers, sockets, pipes,
+      etc.).  File objects are also called :dfn:`file-like objects` or
+      :dfn:`streams`.
+
+      There are actually three categories of file objects: raw binary files,
+      buffered binary files and text files.  Their interfaces are defined in the
+      :mod:`io` module.  The canonical way to create a file object is by using
+      the :func:`open` function.
 
    file-like object
       A synonym for :term:`file object`.

Doc/library/collections.rst

@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ If a new entry overwrites an existing entry, the
 original insertion position is changed and moved to the end::
 
     class LastUpdatedOrderedDict(OrderedDict):
-        'Store items is the order the keys were last added'
+        'Store items in the order the keys were last added'
         def __setitem__(self, key, value):
             if key in self:
                 del self[key]

Doc/library/dbm.rst

@@ -86,10 +86,8 @@ then prints out the contents of the database::
    # Notice how the value is now in bytes.
    assert db['www.cnn.com'] == b'Cable News Network'
 
-   # Loop through contents.  Other dictionary methods
-   # such as .keys(), .values() also work.
-   for k, v in db.iteritems():
-       print(k, '\t', v)
+   # Often-used methods of the dict interface work too.
+   print(db.get('python.org', b'not present'))
 
    # Storing a non-string key or value will raise an exception (most
    # likely a TypeError).

Doc/library/exceptions.rst

@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ The following exceptions are used mostly as base classes for other exceptions.
    :exc:`FloatingPointError`.
 
 
+.. exception:: BufferError
+
+   Raised when a :ref:`buffer <bufferobjects>` related operation cannot be
+   performed.
+
+
 .. exception:: LookupError
 
    The base class for the exceptions that are raised when a key or index used on
@@ -271,6 +277,18 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised.
    of the exception instance returns only the message.
 
 
+.. exception:: IndentationError
+
+   Base class for syntax errors related to incorrect indentation.  This is a
+   subclass of :exc:`SyntaxError`.
+
+
+.. exception:: TabError
+
+   Raised when indentation contains an inconsistent use of tabs and spaces.
+   This is a subclass of :exc:`IndentationError`.
+
+
 .. exception:: SystemError
 
    Raised when the interpreter finds an internal error, but the situation does not

Doc/library/socket.rst

@@ -616,16 +616,21 @@ correspond to Unix system calls applicable to sockets.
 
    .. index:: single: I/O control; buffering
 
-   Return a :term:`file object` associated with the socket.  The exact
-   returned type depends on the arguments given to :meth:`makefile`.  These
-   arguments are interpreted the same way as by the built-in :func:`open`
-   function.
+   Return a :term:`file object` associated with the socket.  The exact returned
+   type depends on the arguments given to :meth:`makefile`.  These arguments are
+   interpreted the same way as by the built-in :func:`open` function.
 
    Closing the file object won't close the socket unless there are no remaining
    references to the socket.  The socket must be in blocking mode; it can have
    a timeout, but the file object's internal buffer may end up in a inconsistent
    state if a timeout occurs.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      On Windows, the file-like object created by :meth:`makefile` cannot be
+      used where a file object with a file descriptor is expected, such as the
+      stream arguments of :meth:`subprocess.Popen`.
+
 
 .. method:: socket.recv(bufsize[, flags])
 

Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

@@ -2203,6 +2203,10 @@ copying.  Memory is generally interpreted as simple bytes.
       A tuple of integers the length of :attr:`ndim` giving the size in bytes to
       access each element for each dimension of the array.
 
+   .. attribute:: readonly
+
+      A bool indicating whether the memory is read only.
+
    .. memoryview.suboffsets isn't documented because it only seems useful for C
 
 

Doc/library/xml.dom.minidom.rst

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ module documentation.  This section lists the differences between the API and
    to discard children of that node.
 
 
-.. method:: Node.writexml(writer, indent="", addindent="", newl="", encoding="")
+.. method:: Node.writexml(writer, indent="", addindent="", newl="")
 
    Write XML to the writer object.  The writer should have a :meth:`write` method
    which matches that of the file object interface.  The *indent* parameter is the
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ module documentation.  This section lists the differences between the API and
    indentation to use for subnodes of the current one.  The *newl* parameter
    specifies the string to use to terminate newlines.
 
-   For the :class:`Document` node, an additional keyword argument *encoding* can be
-   used to specify the encoding field of the XML header.
+   For the :class:`Document` node, an additional keyword argument *encoding* can
+   be used to specify the encoding field of the XML header.
 
 
 .. method:: Node.toxml(encoding=None)

Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst

@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ Some Python modules are also useful as scripts.  These can be invoked using
 ``python -m module [arg] ...``, which executes the source file for *module* as
 if you had spelled out its full name on the command line.
 
-Note that there is a difference between ``python file`` and ``python
-<file``.  In the latter case, input requests from the program, such as calling
-``sys.stdin.read()``, are satisfied from *file*.  Since this file has already
-been read until the end by the parser before the program starts executing, the
-program will encounter end-of-file immediately.  In the former case (which is
-usually what you want) they are satisfied from whatever file or device is
-connected to standard input of the Python interpreter.
-
 When a script file is used, it is sometimes useful to be able to run the script
 and enter interactive mode afterwards.  This can be done by passing :option:`-i`
 before the script.  (This does not work if the script is read from standard

Lib/test/crashers/README

-This directory only contains tests for outstanding bugs that cause
-the interpreter to segfault.  Ideally this directory should always
-be empty.  Sometimes it may not be easy to fix the underlying cause.
+This directory only contains tests for outstanding bugs that cause the
+interpreter to segfault.  Ideally this directory should always be empty, but
+sometimes it may not be easy to fix the underlying cause and the bug is deemed
+too obscure to invest the effort.
 
 Each test should fail when run from the command line:
 
 	./python Lib/test/crashers/weakref_in_del.py
 
-Each test should have a link to the bug report:
+Put as much info into a docstring or comments to help determine the cause of the
+failure, as well as a bugs.python.org issue number if it exists.  Particularly
+note if the cause is system or environment dependent and what the variables are.
 
-	# http://python.org/sf/BUG#
-
-Put as much info into a docstring or comments to help determine
-the cause of the failure.  Particularly note if the cause is
-system or environment dependent and what the variables are.
-
-Once the crash is fixed, the test case should be moved into an appropriate
-test (even if it was originally from the test suite).  This ensures the
-regression doesn't happen again.  And if it does, it should be easier
-to track down.
+Once the crash is fixed, the test case should be moved into an appropriate test
+(even if it was originally from the test suite).  This ensures the regression
+doesn't happen again.  And if it does, it should be easier to track down.

Lib/test/test_array.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class ArraySubclass(array.array):
 
 class ArraySubclassWithKwargs(array.array):
     def __init__(self, typecode, newarg=None):
-        array.array.__init__(typecode)
+        array.array.__init__(self, typecode)
 
 tests = [] # list to accumulate all tests
 typecodes = "ubBhHiIlLfd"

Lib/tkinter/scrolledtext.py

@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ class ScrolledText(Text):
 
 
 def example():
-    import __main__
     from tkinter.constants import END
 
     stext = ScrolledText(bg='white', height=10)
-    stext.insert(END, __main__.__doc__)
+    stext.insert(END, __doc__)
     stext.pack(fill=BOTH, side=LEFT, expand=True)
     stext.focus_set()
     stext.mainloop()