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26 years agoReplace first sys.path entry with the directory where the script lives
Jack Jansen [Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:21:48 +0000 (12:21 +0000)]
Replace first sys.path entry with the directory where the script lives
(Just).

26 years ago(imenu-example--create-python-index-engine): Fix nesting breakage when
Barry Warsaw [Tue, 18 Aug 1998 02:00:44 +0000 (02:00 +0000)]
(imenu-example--create-python-index-engine): Fix nesting breakage when
a method definition has args that span multiple lines; be sure to go
to the beginning of the method definition -- but watch out for the
match-data!

26 years agoClean up the HTML a bit; update the version number.
Fred Drake [Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:11:00 +0000 (14:11 +0000)]
Clean up the HTML a bit; update the version number.

26 years agoFix arguments for renames(); bug spotted by Oliver Andrich
Fred Drake [Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:29:06 +0000 (13:29 +0000)]
Fix arguments for renames(); bug spotted by Oliver Andrich
<oli@rhein-zeitung.de>.

26 years agoFix markup where C include files get named in <...> form; bug reported by
Fred Drake [Fri, 14 Aug 1998 17:05:17 +0000 (17:05 +0000)]
Fix markup where C include files get named in <...> form; bug reported by
Lorenzo M. Catucci <lorenzo@argon.roma2.infn.it>.

26 years agoimg_tag(): For \n to be interpreted as a newline, the string must use double
Fred Drake [Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:03:48 +0000 (15:03 +0000)]
img_tag():  For \n to be interpreted as a newline, the string must use double
quote, not single quotes.  Ugh.

26 years agoClarify wording in the description of re.split
Andrew M. Kuchling [Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:49:20 +0000 (14:49 +0000)]
Clarify wording in the description of re.split
Simplify the patterns in the examples for re.split

26 years agoEnter Jim Fulton's latest version. He writes:
Jeremy Hylton [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:13:52 +0000 (23:13 +0000)]
Enter Jim Fulton's latest version.  He writes:

I had to make a slight diddle to work with Python 1.4, which
we and some of our customers are still using. :(

I've also made a few minor enhancements:

  - You can now both get and set the memo using a 'memo'
    attribute.  This is handy for certain advanced applications
    that we have.

  - Added a 'binary' attribute to get and set the binary
    mode for a pickler.

  - Added a somewhat experimental 'fast' attribute.  When this
    is set, objects are not placed in the memo during pickling.
    This should lead to faster pickling and smaller pickles in
    cases where:

      o you *know* there are no circular references, and

      o either you've:

        - preloaded the memo with class information
          by pickling classes in non-fast mode or by
          manipilating the memo directly, or

        - aren't pickling instances.

26 years agoDon't need these anymore....
Fred Drake [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:05:09 +0000 (22:05 +0000)]
Don't need these anymore....

26 years agoDo the magic to use the new buttons (with shorter names!) instead of the old
Fred Drake [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:03:46 +0000 (22:03 +0000)]
Do the magic to use the new buttons (with shorter names!) instead of the old
ones.  Get the <IMG> width & height right.  New design for the navigation
bars, including the document title as well as the navigation links/buttons.

26 years agoChange interface to sendmail: if the destination address is a string
Jeremy Hylton [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 19:57:46 +0000 (19:57 +0000)]
Change interface to sendmail: if the destination address is a string
instead of a list, turn it into a list containing that string.  This
avoids an apparently common newbie mistake -- passing in a single
string for the destination and have it treated as a sequence of
characters.

26 years agoAdd l2hinit.perl to COMMONPERL.
Fred Drake [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 19:03:19 +0000 (19:03 +0000)]
Add l2hinit.perl to COMMONPERL.

26 years agoInsignificant change cause by saving again.
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:54:51 +0000 (18:54 +0000)]
Insignificant change cause by saving again.

26 years agoNew icons from Christopher Petrilli <petrilli@dworkin.amber.org>.
Fred Drake [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:32:35 +0000 (18:32 +0000)]
New icons from Christopher Petrilli <petrilli@dworkin.amber.org>.

Cool!

26 years agoBetter error messages when a sequence is indexed with a non-integer.
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:44:44 +0000 (16:44 +0000)]
Better error messages when a sequence is indexed with a non-integer.
Previously, this said "unsubscriptable object"; in 1.5.1, the reverse
problem existed, where None[''] would complain about a non-integer
index.  This fix does the right thing in all cases (for get, set and
del item).

26 years agoExit when a mv or cp fails (Sjoerd Mullender).
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:08:45 +0000 (16:08 +0000)]
Exit when a mv or cp fails (Sjoerd Mullender).

26 years agoRebuilt everything with MSL 2.4.10, Compilers 2.1.1 and IDE 3.1.
Jack Jansen [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:28:43 +0000 (14:28 +0000)]
Rebuilt everything with MSL 2.4.10, Compilers 2.1.1 and IDE 3.1.

SIOUX, Tcl and Tk also need to be rebuilt (and tcl/tk need work)

26 years agoAdd Tim Peters' test for long ints
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:20:17 +0000 (14:20 +0000)]
Add Tim Peters' test for long ints

26 years agoAdd DebugBreak() call to Py_FatalError() for Mark Hammond (only on
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:33:16 +0000 (13:33 +0000)]
Add DebugBreak() call to Py_FatalError() for Mark Hammond (only on
Win32 in Debug mode).

26 years agoNeed mytime.h for Sleep().
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:29:22 +0000 (13:29 +0000)]
Need mytime.h for Sleep().

26 years agoSecond definition of popen2 should be popen3.
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 13 Aug 1998 01:27:01 +0000 (01:27 +0000)]
Second definition of popen2 should be popen3.

26 years agoImproved some error messages for command line processing.
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:07:51 +0000 (18:07 +0000)]
Improved some error messages for command line processing.

Added --all to produce all formats at once.

26 years agoAdded more informaton about the mkhowto.sh script.
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:53:46 +0000 (17:53 +0000)]
Added more informaton about the mkhowto.sh script.

26 years agoOops, the --text option wasn't documented!
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:52:16 +0000 (17:52 +0000)]
Oops, the --text option wasn't documented!

26 years agoAdded a comment about not using a symbolic link to access the script.
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:50:07 +0000 (17:50 +0000)]
Added a comment about not using a symbolic link to access the script.

26 years agoNew tool: reverse grep (greps from the end). Uses a fairly efficient
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:47:52 +0000 (17:47 +0000)]
New tool: reverse grep (greps from the end).  Uses a fairly efficient
strategy to read from the end of the file.

26 years agoSome minor updates.
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:13:28 +0000 (17:13 +0000)]
Some minor updates.

26 years agoMassive cleanup: Use Makefiles in subdirs properly, move most of the
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:08:37 +0000 (17:08 +0000)]
Massive cleanup:  Use Makefiles in subdirs properly, move most of the
detailed build rules to the subdirs.  Allow pretty much every useful target
to be built directly from the top dir (no change in output location).

26 years agoRe-written to actually perform the conversion instead of using a sub-make
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:06:03 +0000 (17:06 +0000)]
Re-written to actually perform the conversion instead of using a sub-make
with the parent Makefile.  Will also force the auxillary files to be
created if they need to be.

26 years agoUpdate date & version number for release 1.5.2a1.
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:02:50 +0000 (17:02 +0000)]
Update date & version number for release 1.5.2a1.

26 years agoNew Makefile; includes ../paper-letter/Makefile and sets PAPER=a4.
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:01:27 +0000 (17:01 +0000)]
New Makefile; includes ../paper-letter/Makefile and sets PAPER=a4.

26 years agoNew Makefile, contains rules for building typeset versions.
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:00:24 +0000 (17:00 +0000)]
New Makefile, contains rules for building typeset versions.

26 years agoNew makefile which only contains the source dependencies specific to each
Fred Drake [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:16:49 +0000 (16:16 +0000)]
New makefile which only contains the source dependencies specific to each
document.  The main Makefile will only contain rules and "system" dependencies.

26 years agoThis commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'r152a1'. v1.5.2a1
cvs2svn [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 02:38:11 +0000 (02:38 +0000)]
This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'r152a1'.

26 years agoThe usual.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 02:38:11 +0000 (02:38 +0000)]
The usual.

26 years agoGet rid of mysterious bsddb.txt.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 02:31:42 +0000 (02:31 +0000)]
Get rid of mysterious bsddb.txt.

26 years agoDefine HAVE_STRERROR.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 02:10:05 +0000 (02:10 +0000)]
Define HAVE_STRERROR.

26 years agoDelete CurrentVersion instead of setting it.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 01:55:26 +0000 (01:55 +0000)]
Delete CurrentVersion instead of setting it.

26 years agoAdded dependencies between projects.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 12 Aug 1998 01:54:43 +0000 (01:54 +0000)]
Added dependencies between projects.

26 years agoBack out of a recent policy change (Mark Hammond disagreed).
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:35:56 +0000 (20:35 +0000)]
Back out of a recent policy change (Mark Hammond disagreed).
The registry always comes first and the default is always appended.

26 years agoTwo fixes to find_class:
Jeremy Hylton [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:52:51 +0000 (19:52 +0000)]
Two fixes to find_class:

1. Only DECREF the class's module when the module is retrieved via
PyImport_Import.  If it is retrieved from the modules dictionary with
PyDict_GetItem, it is using a borrowed reference.

2. If the module doesn't define the desired class, raise the same
SystemError that pickle.py does instead of returning an AttributeError
(which is cryptic at best).

Also, fix the PyArg_ParseTuple in cpm_loads (the externally visible
loads) function:  Use "S" instead of "O" because cStringIO will croak
with a "bad arguments to internal function" if passed anything other
than a string.

26 years agoBump RELEASE to 1.5.2a1.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:38:00 +0000 (19:38 +0000)]
Bump RELEASE to 1.5.2a1.

26 years agoClean things up just a bit.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:36:35 +0000 (19:36 +0000)]
Clean things up just a bit.

26 years agoHelper script used in creating navigation buttons.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:35:03 +0000 (19:35 +0000)]
Helper script used in creating navigation buttons.

26 years agoGet the <IMG> sizes right for the navigation buttons.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:33:38 +0000 (19:33 +0000)]
Get the <IMG> sizes right for the navigation buttons.

26 years agoNew contributor.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:23:31 +0000 (19:23 +0000)]
New contributor.

26 years agoFredrik Lundh's font wrapper.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:07:58 +0000 (19:07 +0000)]
Fredrik Lundh's font wrapper.

26 years agoAdded coords() and identify() methods to Scale class.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:07:14 +0000 (19:07 +0000)]
Added coords() and identify() methods to Scale class.

26 years agoOk, blank.pbm is free to go.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:52:33 +0000 (18:52 +0000)]
Ok, blank.pbm is free to go.

The rest of these are new or replaced.  The buttons are now all the same
width.  They have the transparency set right.  They still need the attention
of a designer.  But they work, and we have a real button for the Modules
Index.

26 years agoI think this is the last of them.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:50:04 +0000 (18:50 +0000)]
I think this is the last of them.

26 years agoGosh, there's a lot of them....
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:47:26 +0000 (18:47 +0000)]
Gosh, there's a lot of them....

26 years agoMore files never used here.....
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:42:30 +0000 (18:42 +0000)]
More files never used here.....

26 years agoReordered the news to make it more accessible. Also removed some dups.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:42:26 +0000 (18:42 +0000)]
Reordered the news to make it more accessible.  Also removed some dups.

26 years agoIcons only needed if using the change control marks, which are bogus.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:40:03 +0000 (18:40 +0000)]
Icons only needed if using the change control marks, which are bogus.

26 years agoRemove files we never used; l2h would only use these if you use the
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:31:35 +0000 (18:31 +0000)]
Remove files we never used; l2h would only use these if you use the
special "html" package, which we don't and won't.

26 years agoUse Perl's rename() function instead of system(); there's no need for two
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:17:47 +0000 (18:17 +0000)]
Use Perl's rename() function instead of system(); there's no need for two
additional processes for each name change!

26 years agoAdded the test package under "Frameworks".
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:13:31 +0000 (18:13 +0000)]
Added the test package under "Frameworks".

26 years agoUse repr() on the filename in EnvironmentError.__str__(). This
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:01:32 +0000 (18:01 +0000)]
Use repr() on the filename in EnvironmentError.__str__().  This
displays funny characters, like spaces or control characters, more
clearly (one of my pet peeves in error messages).  Also only suppress
the filename if it is None; display it if it is '', since that would
be a genuine (illegal) filename passed in!

26 years agoTemplate file for \documentclass{manual}.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:59:07 +0000 (17:59 +0000)]
Template file for \documentclass{manual}.

26 years agoAdded a module docstring (that's all this module needs).
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:50:22 +0000 (17:50 +0000)]
Added a module docstring (that's all this module needs).

26 years agoAdded step 0: copy this file to <somedir>/lib<module>.tex, and edit the copy.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:43:45 +0000 (17:43 +0000)]
Added step 0: copy this file to <somedir>/lib<module>.tex, and edit the copy.

26 years agoUpdated to reflect recent changes.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:41:20 +0000 (17:41 +0000)]
Updated to reflect recent changes.

26 years agoPrepping for 1.5.2a1 release...
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:31:39 +0000 (17:31 +0000)]
Prepping for 1.5.2a1 release...

26 years agoMoved to ../templates/module.tex.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:30:02 +0000 (17:30 +0000)]
Moved to ../templates/module.tex.

26 years agoRelocating file to Doc/templates.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:25:48 +0000 (17:25 +0000)]
Relocating file to Doc/templates.

26 years agoGuess what -- BSD has bifurcated again. :-(
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:21:04 +0000 (16:21 +0000)]
Guess what -- BSD has bifurcated again. :-(

26 years agoAdded new files to the LIBFILES variable.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:50:35 +0000 (15:50 +0000)]
Added new files to the LIBFILES variable.

26 years agoRemoved now-documented modules from the list.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:49:09 +0000 (15:49 +0000)]
Removed now-documented modules from the list.

26 years agoAdded new sections.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:47:16 +0000 (15:47 +0000)]
Added new sections.

26 years agoDocumentation for the compileall module.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:46:42 +0000 (15:46 +0000)]
Documentation for the compileall module.

26 years agoDocumentation for the py_compile module.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:46:25 +0000 (15:46 +0000)]
Documentation for the py_compile module.

26 years agoAdded index entries.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:18:45 +0000 (15:18 +0000)]
Added index entries.

Small markup nits.

26 years agoPatch by Just van Rossum that changes how we search for submodules of
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:07:39 +0000 (15:07 +0000)]
Patch by Just van Rossum that changes how we search for submodules of
frozen packages.  (I *think* this means that we can now have a
built-in module bar that's a submodule of a frozen package foo, by
registering the built-in module with a name "foo.bar" in the table of
builtin modules.)

26 years agoTwo patches by Jason Harper:
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:04:47 +0000 (15:04 +0000)]
Two patches by Jason Harper:

- Faster conversion to string for binary bases: linear instead of quadratic!

- Allocate smaller result for certain masking ops, e.g. (1L<<30000) & 1.

26 years agoOn the mac, shouldn't change the creator+type of the *source* file!
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:13:44 +0000 (14:13 +0000)]
On the mac, shouldn't change the creator+type of the *source* file!

26 years agoAdd a comment explaining that this script is probably not useful outside the
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:10:40 +0000 (14:10 +0000)]
Add a comment explaining that this script is probably not useful outside the
standard Python documentation, since the mkhowto.sh script is.  Let there be
no doubts....

26 years agoMake sure the icons/ directory is created even if only one document is
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:18:52 +0000 (13:18 +0000)]
Make sure the icons/ directory is created even if only one document is
converted.

26 years agoBetter check in the date from the last magic-fix-release. ;-)
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:14:08 +0000 (13:14 +0000)]
Better check in the date from the last magic-fix-release.  ;-)

26 years agoControl when/where navigation bars will appear: top & bottom of each page.
Fred Drake [Tue, 11 Aug 1998 03:14:50 +0000 (03:14 +0000)]
Control when/where navigation bars will appear: top & bottom of each page.

Include an additional button to the module index in the nav. bars if we
generate a module index.  Still need a button image, but the ALT text should
do for now.

26 years agoGot all the 1.5.2 news that's fit to print. Now we may need to
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 22:01:13 +0000 (22:01 +0000)]
Got all the 1.5.2 news that's fit to print.  Now we may need to
organize it better...

26 years agoAdd a link to the Macintosh Module Reference here, too.
Fred Drake [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:48:31 +0000 (21:48 +0000)]
Add a link to the Macintosh Module Reference here, too.

26 years ago(imenu-example--python-method-regexp): Patch from Christian Tanzer:
Barry Warsaw [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:46:24 +0000 (21:46 +0000)]
(imenu-example--python-method-regexp): Patch from Christian Tanzer:
"3.67 fixes Imenu as far as classes are concerned, but some default
values for function arguments are still not supported."

This ought to fix that problem.

26 years ago(py-compute-indentation): Changes to the `t' condition which affect
Barry Warsaw [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:44:37 +0000 (21:44 +0000)]
(py-compute-indentation): Changes to the `t' condition which affect
indetnation of normal statements: The regular expression that searches
for indenting comment lines has been changed to not require a
space/tab after the first `#'.  We then explicitly look for
py-block-comment-prefix depending on the value of
py-honor-comment-indentation.

I think this more accurately reflects the documentation for
py-honor-comment-indentation.

26 years agoChecking in BeOS specific socket module.
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:15:32 +0000 (20:15 +0000)]
Checking in BeOS specific socket module.

26 years agoNannified.
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:13:17 +0000 (20:13 +0000)]
Nannified.

26 years agoNannified, and re-indented with 4 spaces.
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:12:34 +0000 (20:12 +0000)]
Nannified, and re-indented with 4 spaces.

26 years agoFixed a few lines that tabnanny complained about (one space before the
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:07:53 +0000 (20:07 +0000)]
Fixed a few lines that tabnanny complained about (one space before the
tabs).

26 years agoUntabified and deleted trailing blank lines.
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:07:00 +0000 (20:07 +0000)]
Untabified and deleted trailing blank lines.

26 years agoNew section header style.
Fred Drake [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:42:37 +0000 (19:42 +0000)]
New section header style.

Fix up a few synopses.

26 years agodo_cmd_moduleauthor(),
Fred Drake [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:40:44 +0000 (19:40 +0000)]
do_cmd_moduleauthor(),
do_cmd_sectionauthor():  Parallel the new macros.

26 years ago\moduleauthor,
Fred Drake [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:41:43 +0000 (18:41 +0000)]
\moduleauthor,
\sectionauthor:  New macros to record attributions; no output.

26 years agoNew style section headers.
Fred Drake [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:40:22 +0000 (18:40 +0000)]
New style section headers.

26 years agoSome logical markup, some nits.
Fred Drake [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:46:22 +0000 (17:46 +0000)]
Some logical markup, some nits.

26 years ago# mention Porting in list of files
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:38:58 +0000 (16:38 +0000)]
# mention Porting in list of files

26 years agomini-faq on porting python
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:36:48 +0000 (16:36 +0000)]
mini-faq on porting python

26 years ago#Typos from previous checkin
Barry Warsaw [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:34:33 +0000 (16:34 +0000)]
#Typos from previous checkin

26 years agoHuge number of docstring changes, typo fixes, rewordings, GNU standard
Barry Warsaw [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:33:12 +0000 (16:33 +0000)]
Huge number of docstring changes, typo fixes, rewordings, GNU standard
conformations, etc., etc. inspired and given by Michael Ernst.  These
include error string fixes, moving of comments to docstrings, some
other non-related typos, terminology standardizing (b/w TP and myself,
and b/w myself and myself :-) although more can still be done.
E.g. "outdenting" => "dedenting".

26 years agoCorrected some spelling and one technical error.
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:18:11 +0000 (13:18 +0000)]
Corrected some spelling and one technical error.

26 years agoA script by Mark-Andre Lemburg to produce the PC/python_nt.def file
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:12:22 +0000 (13:12 +0000)]
A script by Mark-Andre Lemburg to produce the PC/python_nt.def file
automatically.

26 years agoVladimir Marangozov's explanatory message.
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 10 Aug 1998 01:56:14 +0000 (01:56 +0000)]
Vladimir Marangozov's explanatory message.