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  #7590: exception classes no longer are in the "exceptions" module. Also clean up text that was written with string exceptions in mind.
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Doc/c-api/buffer.rst

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Buffer-related functions
    given shape with the given number of bytes per element.
 
 
-.. cfunction:: int PyBuffer_FillInfo(Py_buffer *view, void *buf, Py_ssize_t len, int readonly, int infoflags)
+.. cfunction:: int PyBuffer_FillInfo(Py_buffer *view, PyObject *obj, void *buf, Py_ssize_t len, int readonly, int infoflags)
 
    Fill in a buffer-info structure, *view*, correctly for an exporter that can
    only share a contiguous chunk of memory of "unsigned bytes" of the given

Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst

@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ member in the :ctype:`PyTypeObject` structure should be *NULL*.  Otherwise, the
 
       This should fill a :ctype:`Py_buffer` with the necessary data for
       exporting the type.  The signature of :data:`getbufferproc` is ``int
-      (PyObject *obj, PyObject *view, int flags)``.  *obj* is the object to
+      (PyObject *obj, Py_buffer *view, int flags)``.  *obj* is the object to
       export, *view* is the :ctype:`Py_buffer` struct to fill, and *flags* gives
       the conditions the caller wants the memory under.  (See
       :cfunc:`PyObject_GetBuffer` for all flags.)  :cmember:`bf_getbuffer` is

Doc/library/collections.rst

@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ a fixed-width print format:
     Point: x= 3.000  y= 4.000  hypot= 5.000
     Point: x=14.000  y= 0.714  hypot=14.018
 
-The subclass shown above sets ``__slots__`` to an empty tuple.  This keeps
+The subclass shown above sets ``__slots__`` to an empty tuple.  This helps
 keep memory requirements low by preventing the creation of instance dictionaries.
 
 

Doc/library/exceptions.rst

@@ -3,20 +3,12 @@
 Built-in Exceptions
 ===================
 
-.. module:: exceptions
-   :synopsis: Standard exception classes.
-
-
-Exceptions should be class objects.   The exceptions are defined in the module
-:mod:`exceptions`.  This module never needs to be imported explicitly: the
-exceptions are provided in the built-in namespace as well as the
-:mod:`exceptions` module.
-
 .. index::
    statement: try
    statement: except
 
-For class exceptions, in a :keyword:`try` statement with an :keyword:`except`
+In Python, all exceptions must be instances of a class that derives from
+:class:`BaseException`.  In a :keyword:`try` statement with an :keyword:`except`
 clause that mentions a particular class, that clause also handles any exception
 classes derived from that class (but not exception classes from which *it* is
 derived).  Two exception classes that are not related via subclassing are never
@@ -44,7 +36,7 @@ programmers are encouraged to at least derive new exceptions from the
 defining exceptions is available in the Python Tutorial under
 :ref:`tut-userexceptions`.
 
-The following exceptions are only used as base classes for other exceptions.
+The following exceptions are used mostly as base classes for other exceptions.
 
 .. XXX document with_traceback()
 
@@ -99,8 +91,8 @@ The following exceptions are only used as base classes for other exceptions.
    In this last case, :attr:`args` contains the verbatim constructor arguments as a
    tuple.
 
-The following exceptions are the exceptions that are actually raised.
 
+The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised.
 
 .. exception:: AssertionError
 
@@ -369,10 +361,10 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are actually raised.
    associated value is a string indicating the type of the operands and the
    operation.
 
+
 The following exceptions are used as warning categories; see the :mod:`warnings`
 module for more information.
 
-
 .. exception:: Warning
 
    Base class for warning categories.

Doc/library/subprocess.rst

@@ -136,10 +136,9 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`:
 
    .. note::
 
-      If specified, *env* must provide any variables required
-      for the program to execute.  On Windows, in order to run a
-      `side-by-side assembly`_ the specified *env* **must** include a valid
-      :envvar:`SystemRoot`.
+      If specified, *env* must provide any variables required for the program to
+      execute.  On Windows, in order to run a `side-by-side assembly`_ the
+      specified *env* **must** include a valid :envvar:`SystemRoot`.
 
    .. _side-by-side assembly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-by-Side_Assembly
 
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ This module also defines four shortcut functions:
 
    The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example::
 
-      retcode = call(["ls", "-l"])
+      >>> retcode = subprocess.call(["ls", "-l"])
 
    .. warning::
 
@@ -206,7 +205,8 @@ This module also defines four shortcut functions:
 
    The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example::
 
-      check_call(["ls", "-l"])
+      >>> subprocess.check_call(["ls", "-l"])
+      0
 
    .. warning::
 
@@ -225,15 +225,15 @@ This module also defines four shortcut functions:
    The arguments are the same as for the :class:`Popen` constructor.  Example::
 
       >>> subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
-      'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18  2007 /dev/null\n'
+      b'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18  2007 /dev/null\n'
 
    The stdout argument is not allowed as it is used internally.
    To capture standard error in the result, use ``stderr=subprocess.STDOUT``::
 
       >>> subprocess.check_output(
-              ["/bin/sh", "-c", "ls non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
-              stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-      'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
+      ...     ["/bin/sh", "-c", "ls non_existent_file; exit 0"],
+      ...     stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+      b'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.1
 
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ This module also defines four shortcut functions:
    stripped from the output.  The exit status for the command can be interpreted
    according to the rules for the C function :cfunc:`wait`.  Example::
 
-      >>> import subprocess
       >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
       (0, '/bin/ls')
       >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk')
@@ -264,7 +263,6 @@ This module also defines four shortcut functions:
    Like :func:`getstatusoutput`, except the exit status is ignored and the return
    value is a string containing the command's output.  Example::
 
-      >>> import subprocess
       >>> subprocess.getoutput('ls /bin/ls')
       '/bin/ls'
 

Lib/subprocess.py

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
 
     The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
 
-    retcode = call(["ls", "-l"])
+    >>> retcode = call(["ls", "-l"])
 
 check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
     Run command with arguments.  Wait for command to complete.  If the
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
 
     The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
 
-    check_call(["ls", "-l"])
+    >>> check_call(["ls", "-l"])
+    0
 
 getstatusoutput(cmd):
     Return (status, output) of executing cmd in a shell.
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@ getstatusoutput(cmd):
     is stripped from the output. The exit status for the command can be
     interpreted according to the rules for the C function wait().  Example:
 
-    >>> import subprocess
     >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
     (0, '/bin/ls')
     >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk')
@@ -145,20 +145,19 @@ getoutput(cmd):
     Like getstatusoutput(), except the exit status is ignored and the return
     value is a string containing the command's output.  Example:
 
-    >>> import subprocess
     >>> subprocess.getoutput('ls /bin/ls')
     '/bin/ls'
 
 check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
-   Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+    Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
 
-   If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError.  The
-   CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
-   attribute and output in the output attribute.
+    If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError.  The
+    CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
+    attribute and output in the output attribute.
 
-   The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
+    The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
 
-      output = subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
+    >>> output = subprocess.check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
 
 
 Exceptions
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ def check_call(*popenargs, **kwargs):
 
 
 def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
-    """Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+    r"""Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
 
     If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError.  The
     CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode
@@ -446,15 +445,15 @@ def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
     The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.  Example:
 
     >>> check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"])
-    'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18  2007 /dev/null\n'
+    b'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18  2007 /dev/null\n'
 
     The stdout argument is not allowed as it is used internally.
-    To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=subprocess.STDOUT.
+    To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=STDOUT.
 
     >>> check_output(["/bin/sh", "-c",
-                      "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
-                     stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-    'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
+    ...               "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"],
+    ...              stderr=STDOUT)
+    b'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n'
     """
     if 'stdout' in kwargs:
         raise ValueError('stdout argument not allowed, it will be overridden.')

Modules/_io/_iomodule.c

@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ PyObject *PyExc_BlockingIOError = (PyObject *)&_PyExc_BlockingIOError;
  * The main open() function
  */
 PyDoc_STRVAR(open_doc,
+"open(file, mode='r', buffering=None, encoding=None,\n"
+"     errors=None, newline=None, closefd=True) -> file object\n"
+"\n"
 "Open file and return a stream.  Raise IOError upon failure.\n"
 "\n"
 "file is either a text or byte string giving the name (and the path\n"