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26 years agoGet rid of AC_CHECK_LIB(m, pow) since this is taken care of later with
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:00:56 +0000 (18:00 +0000)]
Get rid of AC_CHECK_LIB(m, pow) since this is taken care of later with
LIBM (from --with-libm=...); this actually broke the customizability
offered by the latter option.  Thanks go to Clay Spence for reporting
this.

26 years ago1. Print the error message (carefully) when a dl.open() fails in verbose mode.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:58:48 +0000 (17:58 +0000)]
1. Print the error message (carefully) when a dl.open() fails in verbose mode.
2. When no test case worked, raise ImportError instead of failing.

26 years ago1. Clarify that immutability isn't entirely the same as unchangeable
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:40:55 +0000 (16:40 +0000)]
1. Clarify that immutability isn't entirely the same as unchangeable
value (because of immutable containers containing mutable objects).

2. Document that func_code, func_defaults and func_doc / __doc__ are
now writable.

26 years agoPatch by Tim Peters to improve the range checks for range() and
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:11:01 +0000 (16:11 +0000)]
Patch by Tim Peters to improve the range checks for range() and
xrange(), especially for platforms where int and long are different
sizes (so sys.maxint isn't actually the theoretical limit for the
length of a list, but the largest C int is -- sys.maxint is the
largest Python int, which is actually a C long).

26 years ago1. Augment the DG/UX rule so it doesn't break the BeOS build.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:43:15 +0000 (15:43 +0000)]
1. Augment the DG/UX rule so it doesn't break the BeOS build.
2. Add $(EXE) to various occurrences of python so it will work on
   Cygwin with egcs (after setting EXE=.exe).  These patches by
   Norman Vine.

26 years agoAccording to Jeffrey Honig, bsd/os 2.0 - 4.0 should be added to the
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 04:14:32 +0000 (04:14 +0000)]
According to Jeffrey Honig, bsd/os 2.0 - 4.0 should be added to the
list (of bsd variants that have a different lock structure).

26 years agoAccording to Jeffrey Honig, bsd/os 4.0 should be added to the list.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 04:13:37 +0000 (04:13 +0000)]
According to Jeffrey Honig, bsd/os 4.0 should be added to the list.

26 years agoPatch by Tadayoshi Funaba (with some changes) to be smarter about
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:00:10 +0000 (00:00 +0000)]
Patch by Tadayoshi Funaba (with some changes) to be smarter about
guessing what happened when strftime() returns 0.  Is it buffer
overflow or was the result simply 0 bytes long?  (This happens for an
empty format string, or when the format string is a single %Z and the
timezone is unknown.)  if the buffer is at least 256 times as long as
the format, assume the latter.

26 years agoIncorporated updates to describe geturl() by Sjoerd Mullender
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 22:42:14 +0000 (22:42 +0000)]
Incorporated updates to describe geturl() by Sjoerd Mullender
<Sjoerd.Mullender@cwi.nl>.

26 years agoAs Des Barry points out, we need to call pathname2url(file) in two
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:01:42 +0000 (19:01 +0000)]
As Des Barry points out, we need to call pathname2url(file) in two
calls to addinfourl() in open_file().

26 years agoAdded note about *static* after description of *shared*.
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:21:17 +0000 (18:21 +0000)]
Added note about *static* after description of *shared*.

26 years agoDocument *static* -- in two places!
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:11:18 +0000 (18:11 +0000)]
Document *static* -- in two places!

26 years agoRefer to the right RFC in the intro.
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:12:42 +0000 (17:12 +0000)]
Refer to the right RFC in the intro.

26 years agoWe don't support leap seconds, so the seconds field of a time 9-tuple
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:19:52 +0000 (16:19 +0000)]
We don't support leap seconds, so the seconds field of a time 9-tuple
should be in the range [0-59].  Noted by Tadayoshi Funaba.

26 years agoIn atoi(), don't use isxdigit() to test whether the last character
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:18:44 +0000 (16:18 +0000)]
In atoi(), don't use isxdigit() to test whether the last character
converted was a "digit" -- use isalnum().  This test is there only to
guard against "+" or "-" being interpreted as a valid int literal.
Reported by Takahiro Nakayama.

26 years agoReflect the released version.
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:58:09 +0000 (15:58 +0000)]
Reflect the released version.

26 years agoAs Finn Bock points out, _P_WAIT etc. don't have a leading underscore
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:40:34 +0000 (15:40 +0000)]
As Finn Bock points out, _P_WAIT etc. don't have a leading underscore
so they don't need to be treated specially here.

26 years agoTypo: "apparentlt" --> "apparently"
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:38:58 +0000 (15:38 +0000)]
Typo:  "apparentlt" --> "apparently"

26 years agoSteve Clift pointed out that 'file' allows a netloc.
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:38:46 +0000 (15:38 +0000)]
Steve Clift pointed out that 'file' allows a netloc.

26 years agoThe docstring for ttyname(..) claims a second "mode" argument. The
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:29:15 +0000 (15:29 +0000)]
The docstring for ttyname(..) claims a second "mode" argument. The
actual code does not allow such an argument.  (Finn Bock.)

26 years agoDang. Even though this is obsolete code, somebody found a bug, and I
Guido van Rossum [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:19:47 +0000 (15:19 +0000)]
Dang.  Even though this is obsolete code, somebody found a bug, and I
fix it.  Oh well.

26 years agoRemoved "This will be discussed later." where it's not. Reported by
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:55:46 +0000 (14:55 +0000)]
Removed "This will be discussed later." where it's not.  Reported by
Clay Spence <cspence@sarnoff.com>; see entry in ../TODO.

26 years agoOther chapter titles refer to collections of modules as "Services"; do
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:48:00 +0000 (14:48 +0000)]
Other chapter titles refer to collections of modules as "Services"; do
the same here.

26 years agoNoted report of missing material in the extending & embedding manual,
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:37:18 +0000 (14:37 +0000)]
Noted report of missing material in the extending & embedding manual,
as reported by Clay Spence <cspence@sarnoff.com>.

26 years agoRevised description of blank line handling for the interpreter, based
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:32:18 +0000 (14:32 +0000)]
Revised description of blank line handling for the interpreter, based
on a comment from /F.

26 years agoBabylMailbox description: Properly escape the backslashes in the
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:26:16 +0000 (14:26 +0000)]
BabylMailbox description:  Properly escape the backslashes in the
string representations.

26 years agoOops, used a \label twice - fix one of them.
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:14:48 +0000 (14:14 +0000)]
Oops, used a \label twice - fix one of them.

26 years agoMore reasonable section titles.
Fred Drake [Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:45:09 +0000 (13:45 +0000)]
More reasonable section titles.

26 years agoShorten section title.
Fred Drake [Sat, 20 Feb 1999 05:20:49 +0000 (05:20 +0000)]
Shorten section title.

26 years agoAdded descriptions for BabylMailbox and Maildir (Qmail) mailbox
Fred Drake [Sat, 20 Feb 1999 05:04:59 +0000 (05:04 +0000)]
Added descriptions for BabylMailbox and Maildir (Qmail) mailbox
objects.

26 years agoShorten section title.
Fred Drake [Sat, 20 Feb 1999 04:51:16 +0000 (04:51 +0000)]
Shorten section title.

26 years agoShorten a few section titles.
Fred Drake [Sat, 20 Feb 1999 00:14:17 +0000 (00:14 +0000)]
Shorten a few section titles.

26 years agoGive subsections reasonable file names in the HTML.
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:48:05 +0000 (23:48 +0000)]
Give subsections reasonable file names in the HTML.

26 years agoAdded an index entry.
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:45:06 +0000 (23:45 +0000)]
Added an index entry.

26 years agodo_cmd_arabic(): Override the l2h-provided version to remove that
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:04:59 +0000 (23:04 +0000)]
do_cmd_arabic():  Override the l2h-provided version to remove that
obnoxious <SPAN CLASS="arabic">...</SPAN> markup.

26 years agoSpecify the sizes of H? relative to the normal font size as
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:03:04 +0000 (23:03 +0000)]
Specify the sizes of H? relative to the normal font size as
percentages; using "large", "x-large" makes them too big for
some troublemakers.  ;-)

(Not specifying them at all causes some browsers to make them the same
size as normal text.  ;-(  )

26 years agoShortened the short synopsis -- too long.
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 22:59:56 +0000 (22:59 +0000)]
Shortened the short synopsis -- too long.

26 years agoUse more current approach to recording authors.
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 22:56:08 +0000 (22:56 +0000)]
Use more current approach to recording authors.

26 years agoShortened the short synopsis -- way too long.
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 22:33:51 +0000 (22:33 +0000)]
Shortened the short synopsis -- way too long.

26 years agoFix an amazing number of typos & malformed sentences reported by Detlef
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:54:10 +0000 (17:54 +0000)]
Fix an amazing number of typos & malformed sentences reported by Detlef
Lannert <lannert@uni-duesseldorf.de>.

26 years agoNoted that the module was added in 1.5.2.
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:46:38 +0000 (15:46 +0000)]
Noted that the module was added in 1.5.2.

26 years agoUpdate description of what modules "look like" when printed.
Fred Drake [Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:30:25 +0000 (15:30 +0000)]
Update description of what modules "look like" when printed.

26 years agoUse current approach to record documentation author.
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 21:13:03 +0000 (21:13 +0000)]
Use current approach to record documentation author.

26 years agoRecord module & documentation author.
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 21:10:32 +0000 (21:10 +0000)]
Record module & documentation author.

26 years agoDocumentation for pyclbr and tokenize modules.
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 21:06:50 +0000 (21:06 +0000)]
Documentation for pyclbr and tokenize modules.

26 years agoBow to font-lock at the end of the docstring, since it throws stuff
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:51:50 +0000 (20:51 +0000)]
Bow to font-lock at the end of the docstring, since it throws stuff
off.

Make sure the path paramter to readmodule() is a list before adding it
with sys.path, or the addition could fail.

26 years agoAdded sections for pyclbr and tokenize.
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:40:26 +0000 (20:40 +0000)]
Added sections for pyclbr and tokenize.

26 years agoRemove the "Parsing Python" section. Hurray!
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:39:44 +0000 (20:39 +0000)]
Remove the "Parsing Python" section.  Hurray!

26 years agoMore files.
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:39:04 +0000 (20:39 +0000)]
More files.

26 years agoMark <verbatim> elements that represent interactive sessions; these
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:32:21 +0000 (16:32 +0000)]
Mark <verbatim> elements that represent interactive sessions; these
become <interpreter-session> elements.

26 years agoMinor adjustments to reflect esis2sgml.py changes.
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:31:05 +0000 (16:31 +0000)]
Minor adjustments to reflect esis2sgml.py changes.

Added "esis" target to only generate the ESIS data.

26 years agoSome adjustments, mostly to make it more general.
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:30:16 +0000 (16:30 +0000)]
Some adjustments, mostly to make it more general.

26 years agoMake the _rmtt regular expression deal with the new CSS-friendly
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:11:12 +0000 (16:11 +0000)]
Make the _rmtt regular expression deal with the new CSS-friendly
changes to the HTML documentation.

26 years agoAdd notes to __builtin__.float() and string.atof() that the NaN and Inf
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:08:36 +0000 (16:08 +0000)]
Add notes to __builtin__.float() and string.atof() that the NaN and Inf
results are possible but non-portable.

26 years agoThis commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'r152b2'. v1.5.2b2
cvs2svn [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:04:35 +0000 (16:04 +0000)]
This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'r152b2'.

26 years agoUpdated for 1.5.2b2 release.
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:04:35 +0000 (16:04 +0000)]
Updated for 1.5.2b2 release.

26 years agoNew in 1.5.2b2.
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:02:20 +0000 (16:02 +0000)]
New in 1.5.2b2.

26 years agoCouple of new names.
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:01:43 +0000 (16:01 +0000)]
Couple of new names.

26 years agoComment out confusing write call.
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 14:22:05 +0000 (14:22 +0000)]
Comment out confusing write call.

26 years agoUpdate note about the (...) format specifier for PyArg_ParseTuple().
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 03:50:01 +0000 (03:50 +0000)]
Update note about the (...) format specifier for PyArg_ParseTuple().

26 years agoatof() description: Add information about accepting 'NaN' to produce
Fred Drake [Thu, 18 Feb 1999 03:49:20 +0000 (03:49 +0000)]
atof() description:  Add information about accepting 'NaN' to produce
the NaN value.

26 years agoSome new stuff. Get the HTML docs via a new variable.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:53:35 +0000 (23:53 +0000)]
Some new stuff.  Get the HTML docs via a new variable.
Comment out freeze script (doesn't work at all).
Add dialog to get program manager group.

26 years agoPatch by Tommy Burnette to accept an arbitrary sequence when "(...)"
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:16:43 +0000 (23:16 +0000)]
Patch by Tommy Burnette to accept an arbitrary sequence when "(...)"
is used in the format string, instead of requiring a tuple.  This is
in line with the general trend towards accepting arbitrary sequences.

26 years agoUpdated list of standard exceptions in section 4.1.
Fred Drake [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:09:05 +0000 (23:09 +0000)]
Updated list of standard exceptions in section 4.1.

26 years agoNews in 0.3.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:47:41 +0000 (22:47 +0000)]
News in 0.3.

26 years agoSmall updates and grammatical adjustments.
Fred Drake [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 18:12:14 +0000 (18:12 +0000)]
Small updates and grammatical adjustments.

Remove comment about this manual being out of date from the abstract.

26 years agoBump version to 0.3.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:37:24 +0000 (17:37 +0000)]
Bump version to 0.3.

26 years agoWhen the parameter to PyInt_AsLong() has already been checked with
Fred Drake [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:35:53 +0000 (17:35 +0000)]
When the parameter to PyInt_AsLong() has already been checked with
PyInt_Check(), use PyInt_AS_LONG() instead (two places).

26 years agoAfter all, we don't need to call the callbacks ourselves!
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:34:58 +0000 (17:34 +0000)]
After all, we don't need to call the callbacks ourselves!

26 years agoWhen deleting, call the callbacks *after* deleting the window from our list!
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:34:25 +0000 (17:34 +0000)]
When deleting, call the callbacks *after* deleting the window from our list!

26 years ago_safe_repr(): Simplify the condition tests in the first possible
Fred Drake [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:30:52 +0000 (17:30 +0000)]
_safe_repr():  Simplify the condition tests in the first possible
       return path.

26 years agoFix up the Windows menu via the new callback mechanism instead of
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:20:50 +0000 (17:20 +0000)]
Fix up the Windows menu via the new callback mechanism instead of
depending on menu post commands (which don't work when the menu is
torn off).

26 years agoSupport callbacks to patch up Windows menus everywhere.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:19:37 +0000 (17:19 +0000)]
Support callbacks to patch up Windows menus everywhere.

26 years agoOh, why not. Checking in the Emacs-generated change log.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:20:08 +0000 (16:20 +0000)]
Oh, why not.  Checking in the Emacs-generated change log.

26 years ago(py-shell): Added optional argprompt, which will prompt for additional
Barry Warsaw [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:52:46 +0000 (23:52 +0000)]
(py-shell): Added optional argprompt, which will prompt for additional
switches to pass into the shell process (only on initial startup).

26 years ago(py-default-interpreter): New variable which selects whether CPython
Barry Warsaw [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:36:16 +0000 (23:36 +0000)]
(py-default-interpreter): New variable which selects whether CPython
or JPython is the default interpreter to use when `C-c !' is entered
for the first time.

26 years agoRemoved old dynamic linking chapter.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:06:32 +0000 (23:06 +0000)]
Removed old dynamic linking chapter.

Integrated information on Windows DLLs from Chris Phoenix (Thanks!).

Added "Acknowledgements" area to thank contributing authors.

26 years ago# Accidentally checked in a test version of this file with a bogus
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:05:46 +0000 (23:05 +0000)]
# Accidentally checked in a test version of this file with a bogus
# "import fooblurg" :-)

26 years agoRemove all email addresses.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:51:09 +0000 (22:51 +0000)]
Remove all email addresses.

26 years agoOnly pop up the stack viewer when requested in the Debug menu.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:34:17 +0000 (22:34 +0000)]
Only pop up the stack viewer when requested in the Debug menu.

26 years agoUse the portable form of initializing the ob_type field for new types.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:15:42 +0000 (22:15 +0000)]
Use the portable form of initializing the ob_type field for new types.

26 years agoFinn Bock.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:30:18 +0000 (21:30 +0000)]
Finn Bock.

26 years agoIntegrated notes on building extension modules on Windows, by Neil
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:14:16 +0000 (21:14 +0000)]
Integrated notes on building extension modules on Windows, by Neil
Schemenauer <neil_schemenauer@transcanada.com>.

Thanks, Neil!

26 years agoCopy in the stylesheet after latex2html is done.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:43:53 +0000 (20:43 +0000)]
Copy in the stylesheet after latex2html is done.

26 years agoCopy in the stylesheet after latex2html is done.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:28:25 +0000 (20:28 +0000)]
Copy in the stylesheet after latex2html is done.

26 years agoBecome more stylesheet-friendly.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:27:42 +0000 (20:27 +0000)]
Become more stylesheet-friendly.

26 years agoCSS style sheet for the documentation.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:27:08 +0000 (20:27 +0000)]
CSS style sheet for the documentation.

26 years agoBump release to 1.5.2b2.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:23:55 +0000 (20:23 +0000)]
Bump release to 1.5.2b2.

26 years agoMake sure errors get propogated.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:05:43 +0000 (20:05 +0000)]
Make sure errors get propogated.

26 years agoThe usual
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:05:35 +0000 (20:05 +0000)]
The usual

26 years agoAdd source file winsound.c and library winmm.lib
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:56:27 +0000 (19:56 +0000)]
Add source file winsound.c and library winmm.lib

26 years agoThe _O_* constants are defined as O_* in the os module.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:41:01 +0000 (19:41 +0000)]
The _O_* constants are defined as O_* in the os module.

26 years agoRemove "_" from the P_* symbols used with the spawn*() functions.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:40:19 +0000 (19:40 +0000)]
Remove "_" from the P_* symbols used with the spawn*() functions.

26 years agoCheck for potential error returned by _ungetch().
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:40:02 +0000 (19:40 +0000)]
Check for potential error returned by _ungetch().

26 years agoThe symbols P_* (for spawn*(), MS specific) should not have a leading
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:38:04 +0000 (19:38 +0000)]
The symbols P_* (for spawn*(), MS specific) should not have a leading
underscore after all, for consistency with the O_* symnbols.

26 years agoAdded chapter on Windows modules, including msvcrt and winsound.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:18:38 +0000 (19:18 +0000)]
Added chapter on Windows modules, including msvcrt and winsound.

26 years agoAdded some files to the library reference.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:08:16 +0000 (19:08 +0000)]
Added some files to the library reference.

26 years agoSmall grammatical fix; missing comma.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:34:51 +0000 (17:34 +0000)]
Small grammatical fix; missing comma.

26 years agoMake it clear that Demo/embed/ is from the source distribution.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:29:42 +0000 (17:29 +0000)]
Make it clear that Demo/embed/ is from the source distribution.

26 years agoMake navigation panels more CSS-friendly.
Fred Drake [Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:22:32 +0000 (17:22 +0000)]
Make navigation panels more CSS-friendly.

Make sure the contents page always has the "table of child links"
turned off; this wasn't being handled properly by latex2html for
"howto" ("article") documents, so just do it ourselves for all
document types.