From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:30:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Correct the poplib example.  Stephan Richter pointed out some problems
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X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aac399b80b1eeccaf6a5ad55d391a99a5a9aa7d7;p=python

Correct the poplib example.  Stephan Richter pointed out some problems
with it.
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpoplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libpoplib.tex
index e3ec5e15aa..6485a77f21 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libpoplib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libpoplib.tex
@@ -119,15 +119,15 @@ Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a
 mailbox and retrieves and prints all messages:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
-import getpass, poplib, string
+import getpass, poplib
 
 M = poplib.POP3('localhost')
 M.user(getpass.getuser())
-M.pass(getpass.getpass())
+M.pass_(getpass.getpass())
 numMessages = len(M.list()[1])
 for i in range(numMessages):
     for j in M.retr(i+1)[1]:
-        sys.stdout.write(j)
+        print j
 \end{verbatim}
 
 At the end of the module, there is a test section that contains a more