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23 years agoAdd a few ``__dynamic__ = 0'' lines in classes that need to preserve
Guido van Rossum [Sat, 29 Sep 2001 00:40:25 +0000 (00:40 +0000)]
Add a few ``__dynamic__ = 0'' lines in classes that need to preserve
staticness when __dynamic__ = 1 becomes the default:

- Some classes which are used to test the difference between static
  and dynamic.

- Subclasses of complex: complex uses old-style numbers and the slot
  wrappers used by dynamic classes only support new-style numbers.
  (Ideally, the complex type should be fixed, but that looks like a
  labor-intensive job.)

23 years agoIt's a fact: for binary operators, *under certain circumstances*,
Guido van Rossum [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:49:48 +0000 (23:49 +0000)]
It's a fact: for binary operators, *under certain circumstances*,
__rop__ now takes precendence over __op__.  Those circumstances are:

  - Both arguments are new-style classes
  - Both arguments are new-style numbers
  - Their implementation slots for tp_op differ
  - Their types differ
  - The right argument's type is a subtype of the left argument's type

Also did this for the ternary operator (pow) -- only the binary case
is dealt with properly though, since __rpow__ is not supported anyway.

23 years agoOuch. The wrapper for __rpow__ was the same as for __pow__, resulting
Guido van Rossum [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:58:52 +0000 (22:58 +0000)]
Ouch.  The wrapper for __rpow__ was the same as for __pow__, resulting
in bizarre outcomes.  Test forthcoming.

23 years agoMove XML-RPC-related docs to the "Internet Protocols" chapter.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:03:40 +0000 (22:03 +0000)]
Move XML-RPC-related docs to the "Internet Protocols" chapter.
Add entry for the SimpleXMLRPCServer module.

23 years agoAdd entry for the SimpleXMLRPCServer module.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:02:49 +0000 (22:02 +0000)]
Add entry for the SimpleXMLRPCServer module.

23 years agoPreliminary documentation for the SimpleXMLRPCServer module.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:02:21 +0000 (22:02 +0000)]
Preliminary documentation for the SimpleXMLRPCServer module.

23 years agoPost-release fiddling (prep for 2.2b1).
Tim Peters [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 21:53:42 +0000 (21:53 +0000)]
Post-release fiddling (prep for 2.2b1).

23 years agoMinor additions and rewrites.
Andrew M. Kuchling [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:46:46 +0000 (20:46 +0000)]
Minor additions and rewrites.
Bump version number.

23 years agoUpdate the xml.dom.minidom tests to cover the DOM-compliant parts of the
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:31:50 +0000 (20:31 +0000)]
Update the xml.dom.minidom tests to cover the DOM-compliant parts of the
NodeList interface.

23 years agoInstall the new compiler and email packages
Andrew M. Kuchling [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:29:15 +0000 (20:29 +0000)]
Install the new compiler and email packages

23 years agoTighten up the new NodeList implementation.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:25:45 +0000 (20:25 +0000)]
Tighten up the new NodeList implementation.
Clean up a little; do not create an alias that is only used once, or store
attributes with constant values in an instance.

23 years agoRemove an infelicitous space.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:16:30 +0000 (20:16 +0000)]
Remove an infelicitous space.

23 years agoregrtest's -g option stopped working, during the changes to improve
Tim Peters [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:14:46 +0000 (20:14 +0000)]
regrtest's -g option stopped working, during the changes to improve
 error-reporting for the classic compare-expected-output tests.
Curiously, the bug consisted of not simplifying the logic enough!

23 years agoReflect recent refinements of the regression testing framework.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:05:25 +0000 (20:05 +0000)]
Reflect recent refinements of the regression testing framework.

23 years agoBe more rigorous about making pathnames absolute, to address SF bug
Guido van Rossum [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:00:29 +0000 (20:00 +0000)]
Be more rigorous about making pathnames absolute, to address SF bug
#424002.

Refactor init_path_from_argv0() and rename to copy_absolute(); add
absolutize() which does the same in-place.

Clean up whitespace (leading tabs -> spaces, delete trailing
spaces/tabs).

23 years agoClean up circular references in the Weak*Dictionary classes; this avoids
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 19:01:26 +0000 (19:01 +0000)]
Clean up circular references in the Weak*Dictionary classes; this avoids
depending on the cycle detector code in the library implementation.
This is a *slightly* different patch than SF patch #417795, but takes
the same approach.  (This version avoids calling the __len__() method of
the dict in the remove() functions.)
This closes SF patch #417795.

23 years agoReorder Still To Do items (highest priority on top), add one.
Guido van Rossum [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:19:21 +0000 (18:19 +0000)]
Reorder Still To Do items (highest priority on top), add one.

23 years agoAdd complex to the dispatch tables, to avoid going through the whole
Guido van Rossum [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:16:13 +0000 (18:16 +0000)]
Add complex to the dispatch tables, to avoid going through the whole
rigmarole of __reduce__.

23 years agoChanges to copy() and deepcopy() in copy.py to support __reduce__ as a
Guido van Rossum [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:13:29 +0000 (18:13 +0000)]
Changes to copy() and deepcopy() in copy.py to support __reduce__ as a
fallback for objects that are neither supported by our dispatch table
nor have a __copy__ or __deepcopy__ method.

Changes to _reduce() in copy_reg.py to support reducing objects that
don't have a __dict__ -- copy.copy(complex()) now invokes _reduce().

Add tests for copy.copy() and copy.deepcopy() to test_regrtest.py.

23 years agoRemoved files no longer needed.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:22:35 +0000 (17:22 +0000)]
Removed files no longer needed.

23 years agoPY_RELEASE_SERIAL => 4
Barry Warsaw [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:15:23 +0000 (17:15 +0000)]
PY_RELEASE_SERIAL => 4
PY_VERSION => "2.2a4+"

23 years agoConvert to string methods.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:14:35 +0000 (17:14 +0000)]
Convert to string methods.

For the real document element, make sure the prolog is migrated into
the document element so it isn't left stranded.

Make fixup_trailing_whitespace() whitespace do what was really intended.

Add the *desc environments used in the C API manual to the list of
things that can exist at the paragraph level so they don't get wrapped
in <para>...</para>.

23 years agoFixed a minor typo.
Barry Warsaw [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:01:02 +0000 (17:01 +0000)]
Fixed a minor typo.

23 years agoUse consistent version annotations instead of something ad hoc.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:57:16 +0000 (16:57 +0000)]
Use consistent version annotations instead of something ad hoc.

23 years agoConvert most uses of the string module to string methods.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:26:13 +0000 (16:26 +0000)]
Convert most uses of the string module to string methods.
(string.join() lives!)

23 years agoAdded note about non-support of UNC paths on Windows.
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:14:18 +0000 (16:14 +0000)]
Added note about non-support of UNC paths on Windows.
This fixes SF bug #465447.

23 years agoState that encode() and encodestring() append a newline to the input data
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:01:46 +0000 (16:01 +0000)]
State that encode() and encodestring() append a newline to the input data
if it does not already end with a newline.
This fixes SF bug #463330.

23 years agoFix SF bug 419062: building pbs on AIX 4.3.2
Guido van Rossum [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:59:38 +0000 (15:59 +0000)]
Fix SF bug 419062: building pbs on AIX 4.3.2

Apply patch from "china@thewrittenword.com" to put the correct
location for ld_so_aix in BLDSHARED.

23 years agoMerged changes from 22a4 branch.
Barry Warsaw [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:26:12 +0000 (15:26 +0000)]
Merged changes from 22a4 branch.

23 years agoFor Python 2.2 and newer, actually support the full NodeList interface by
Fred Drake [Fri, 28 Sep 2001 04:33:06 +0000 (04:33 +0000)]
For Python 2.2 and newer, actually support the full NodeList interface by
subclassing list to add the length and item() attributes.

23 years agoMerge branch changes (coercion, rich comparisons) into trunk.
Guido van Rossum [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:30:07 +0000 (20:30 +0000)]
Merge branch changes (coercion, rich comparisons) into trunk.

23 years agoAdd entries for the email and compiler packages.
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:11:07 +0000 (20:11 +0000)]
Add entries for the email and compiler packages.

23 years agoMarkup adjustments.
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:09:39 +0000 (20:09 +0000)]
Markup adjustments.

23 years agoAdded dependencies for the compiler and email packages.
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:08:20 +0000 (20:08 +0000)]
Added dependencies for the compiler and email packages.
(Migrate to branch, along with new files compiler.tex and asttable.tex.)

23 years agoMigrate the compiler documentation from the Tools/compiler/doc/ directory.
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:06:07 +0000 (20:06 +0000)]
Migrate the compiler documentation from the Tools/compiler/doc/ directory.
Changes made to make it work in the new location.

23 years agoDo not distinguish \refmodule from \module in the generated output;
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:01:59 +0000 (17:01 +0000)]
Do not distinguish \refmodule from \module in the generated output;
whether or not a link will be generated will depend on the link database.
Add a couple of explanatory comments for one of the stranger constructs
(giving input an empty name).

23 years agoRe-write <ulink> elements as described in the conversion spec.
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:52:22 +0000 (16:52 +0000)]
Re-write <ulink> elements as described in the conversion spec.

23 years agoChange the sense of a test in how the profiler interprets exception events.
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:28:42 +0000 (16:28 +0000)]
Change the sense of a test in how the profiler interprets exception events.
This should fix a bug in how time is allocated during exception propogation
(esp. in the presence of finally clauses).

23 years agoBump Windows build numbers for 2.2a4; installer changes were done earlier.
Tim Peters [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:28:15 +0000 (16:28 +0000)]
Bump Windows build numbers for 2.2a4; installer changes were done earlier.

23 years agoTurn \input, \include, and \verbatiminput into XInclude elements instead
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:49:23 +0000 (15:49 +0000)]
Turn \input, \include, and \verbatiminput into XInclude elements instead
of something ad-hoc.

23 years agoAdded note about new StringIO/cStringIO feature.
Marc-André Lemburg [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:17:33 +0000 (14:17 +0000)]
Added note about new StringIO/cStringIO feature.

23 years agoAdd support for some more markup that had slipped in.
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 04:18:39 +0000 (04:18 +0000)]
Add support for some more markup that had slipped in.
Fixed a typo in a comment.

23 years agoFix comment typo
Andrew M. Kuchling [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 04:18:36 +0000 (04:18 +0000)]
Fix comment typo

23 years agoFix some markup errors.
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 04:17:20 +0000 (04:17 +0000)]
Fix some markup errors.

23 years agoMarkup adjustment: \[...\] is math markup and does not translate well when
Fred Drake [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 04:16:27 +0000 (04:16 +0000)]
Markup adjustment: \[...\] is math markup and does not translate well when
used with text as was done here.  Fixed so that the typeset version wraps
the warning text and the HTML version does not create images of the warning
text.

23 years agodocroutine() (both instances): Docstrings for class methods weren't
Tim Peters [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 04:08:16 +0000 (04:08 +0000)]
docroutine() (both instances):  Docstrings for class methods weren't
getting displayed, due to a special case here whose purpose I didn't
understand.  So just disabled the doc suppression here.

Another special case here skips the docs when picking apart a method
and finding that the im_func is also in the class __dict__ under
the same name.  That one I understood.  It has a curious consequence,
though, wrt inherited properties:  a static class copies inherited stuff
into the inheriting class's dict, and that affects whether or not this
special case triggers.  The upshoot is that pydoc doesn't show the
function docstrings of getter/setter/deleter functions of inherited
properties in the property section when the class is static, but does
when the class is dynamic (bring up Lib/test/pydocfodder.py under
GUI pydoc to see this).

23 years agoList class attrs in MRO order of defining class instead of by alphabetic
Tim Peters [Thu, 27 Sep 2001 03:29:51 +0000 (03:29 +0000)]
List class attrs in MRO order of defining class instead of by alphabetic
order of defining class's name.

23 years agoRemoved no-longer-true comment about pydoc working under all versions of
Tim Peters [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:39:22 +0000 (22:39 +0000)]
Removed no-longer-true comment about pydoc working under all versions of
Python since 1.5 (virtually everything I changed over the last week relies
on "modern" features, particularly nested scopes).

23 years agoRemove comment that no longer applies.
Fred Drake [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:26:45 +0000 (22:26 +0000)]
Remove comment that no longer applies.

23 years agoUpdates do email package documentation for markup, style, and
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:21:52 +0000 (22:21 +0000)]
Updates do email package documentation for markup, style, and
organization.

23 years agoDisplay a class's method resolution order, if it's non-trivial. "Trivial"
Tim Peters [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:31:51 +0000 (21:31 +0000)]
Display a class's method resolution order, if it's non-trivial.  "Trivial"
here means it has no more than one base class to rummage through (in which
cases there's no potential confusion about resolution order).

23 years agoMore test cases, including something that simulates what the profiler
Fred Drake [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:00:33 +0000 (21:00 +0000)]
More test cases, including something that simulates what the profiler
probably *should* be doing.

23 years agoA file just to look at (using pydoc).
Tim Peters [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:31:52 +0000 (20:31 +0000)]
A file just to look at (using pydoc).

23 years agoAdd tests for new PyErr_NormalizeException() behavior
Jeremy Hylton [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:01:13 +0000 (20:01 +0000)]
Add tests for new PyErr_NormalizeException() behavior

Add raise_exception() to the _testcapi module.  It isn't a test, but
the C API exists only to support test_exceptions.  raise_exception()
takes two arguments -- an exception class and an integer specifying
how many arguments it should be called with.

test_exceptions uses BadException() to test the interpreter's behavior
when there is a problem instantiating the exception.  test_capi1()
calls it with too many arguments.  test_capi2() causes an exception to
be raised in the Python code of the constructor.

23 years agoPyErr_NormalizeException()
Jeremy Hylton [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:58:38 +0000 (19:58 +0000)]
PyErr_NormalizeException()

If a new exception occurs while an exception instance is being
created, try harder to make sure there is a traceback.  If the
original exception had a traceback associated with it and the new
exception does not, keep the old exception.

Of course, callers to PyErr_NormalizeException() must still be
prepared to have tb set to NULL.

XXX This isn't an ideal solution, but it's better than no traceback at
all.  It occurs if, for example, the exception occurs when the call to
the constructor fails before any Python code is executed.  Guido
suggests that it there is Python code that was about to be executed
-- but wasn't, say, because it was called with the wrong number of
arguments -- then we should point at the first line of the code object
anyway.

23 years agoDon't export generators future info
Jeremy Hylton [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:54:08 +0000 (19:54 +0000)]
Don't export generators future info

23 years agoPrevent a NULL pointer from being pushed onto the stack.
Jeremy Hylton [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:24:45 +0000 (19:24 +0000)]
Prevent a NULL pointer from being pushed onto the stack.

It's possible for PyErr_NormalizeException() to set the traceback
pointer to NULL.  I'm not sure how to provoke this directly from
Python, although it may be possible.  The error occurs when an
exception is set using PyErr_SetObject() and another exception occurs
while PyErr_NormalizeException() is creating the exception instance.

XXX As a result of this change, it's possible for an exception to
occur but sys.last_traceback to be left undefined.  Not sure if this
is a problem.

23 years agoMove the styling for the HTML version of \mailheader into the CSS file.
Fred Drake [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:46:36 +0000 (18:46 +0000)]
Move the styling for the HTML version of \mailheader into the CSS file.
In both the HTML and typeset versions of the documentation, add a colon
after the name of a mail header so that it is more easily distinguished
from other text.

23 years agoNote that the colon following a mail header name should not be included
Fred Drake [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:43:20 +0000 (18:43 +0000)]
Note that the colon following a mail header name should not be included
when using the \mailheader markup.
Change a couple of inline examples to show the markup rather than the
result.

23 years agoTypo fix.
Greg Ward [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:12:49 +0000 (18:12 +0000)]
Typo fix.

23 years agoMove the \mailheader description to the right place.
Fred Drake [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:01:58 +0000 (17:01 +0000)]
Move the \mailheader description to the right place.
Clarify the \mimetype description; it can be used to refer to a part of a
MIME type name, so \mimetype{text} or \mimetype{plain} can be used, not
just \mimetype{text/plain}.

23 years agoStart making some markup adjustments; Barry has indicated he will work on
Fred Drake [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:52:18 +0000 (16:52 +0000)]
Start making some markup adjustments; Barry has indicated he will work on
this before we finish the integration, along with some restructuring.

23 years agoTest case for SF bugs #463359 and #462937, added to test_grammar for lack of
Thomas Wouters [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 12:43:39 +0000 (12:43 +0000)]
Test case for SF bugs #463359 and #462937, added to test_grammar for lack of
a better place. Excessively fragile code, but at least it breaks when
something in this area changes!

23 years agoUpdate the tests for the current incarnation of the email package, and
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:47:08 +0000 (05:47 +0000)]
Update the tests for the current incarnation of the email package, and
added some new tests of message/delivery-status content type messages.

23 years agoMore test messages for test_email.py
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:45:17 +0000 (05:45 +0000)]
More test messages for test_email.py

23 years ago_parsebody(): Use get_boundary() and get_type().
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:44:09 +0000 (05:44 +0000)]
_parsebody(): Use get_boundary() and get_type().

    Also, add a clause to the big-if to handle message/delivery-status
    content types.  These create a message with subparts that are
    Message instances, which best represent the header blocks of this
    content type.

23 years agohas_key(): Implement in terms of get().
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:41:51 +0000 (05:41 +0000)]
has_key(): Implement in terms of get().

get_type(): Use a compiled regular expression, which can be shared.

_get_params_preserve(): A helper method which extracts the header's
    parameter list preserving value quoting.  I'm not sure that this
    needs to be a public method.  It's necessary because we want
    get_param() and friends to return the unquoted parameter value,
    however we want the quote-preserved form for set_boundary().

get_params(), get_param(), set_boundary(): Implement in terms of
    _get_params_preserve().

walk(): Yield ourself first, then recurse over our subparts (if any).

23 years ago__init__(): Arguments major renamed to maintype and minor renamed to
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:36:36 +0000 (05:36 +0000)]
__init__(): Arguments major renamed to maintype and minor renamed to
    subtype for consistency with the rest of the package.

23 years agoUpdated docstrings. Also,
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:35:47 +0000 (05:35 +0000)]
Updated docstrings.  Also,

typed_subpart_iterator(): Arguments major renamed to maintype and
    minor renamed to subtype for consistency with the rest of the
    package.

23 years agoImage.py and class Image => MIMEImage.py and MIMEImage
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:34:30 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
Image.py and class Image => MIMEImage.py and MIMEImage

Text.py and class Text => MIMEText.py and MIMEText

MessageRFC822.py and class MessageRFC822 => MIMEMessage.py and MIMEMessage

These are renamed so as to be more consistent; these are MIME specific
derived classes for when creating the object model out of whole cloth.

23 years agoIn class Generator:
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:32:41 +0000 (05:32 +0000)]
In class Generator:

    _handle_text(): If the payload is None, then just return (i.e. don't
write anything).  Subparts of message/delivery-status types
will have this property since they are just blocks of headers.

Also, when raising the TypeError, include the type of the
payload in the error message.

    _handle_multipart(), _handle_message(): When creating a clone of self,
pass in our _mangle_from_ and maxheaderlen flags so the clone
has the same behavior.

    _handle_message_delivery_status(): New method to do the proper
printing of message/delivery-status type messages.  These have
to be handled differently than other message/* types because
their payloads are subparts containing just blocks of headers.

In class DecodedGenerator:

    _dispatch(): Skip over multipart/* messages since we don't care
        about them, and don't want the non-text format to appear in
        the printed results.

23 years agocosmetic
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:26:22 +0000 (05:26 +0000)]
cosmetic

23 years agoThe email package documentation, currently organized the way I think
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 26 Sep 2001 05:23:47 +0000 (05:23 +0000)]
The email package documentation, currently organized the way I think
Fred prefers.  I'm not sure I like this organization, so it may change.

23 years agoSF [#463737] Add types.CallableIterType
Tim Peters [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 22:02:03 +0000 (22:02 +0000)]
SF [#463737] Add types.CallableIterType
Rather than add umpteen new obscure internal Iter types, got rid of all of
them.  See the new comment.

23 years agotest_iterator(): Don't do a type comparison to see if it's an
Barry Warsaw [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:40:04 +0000 (21:40 +0000)]
test_iterator(): Don't do a type comparison to see if it's an
iterator, just test to make sure it has the two required iterator
protocol methods __iter__() and next() -- actually just test
hasattr-ness.

23 years agoadd_operators(): the __floordiv__ and __truediv__ descriptors (and
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:16:33 +0000 (21:16 +0000)]
add_operators(): the __floordiv__ and __truediv__ descriptors (and
their 'i' and 'r' variants) were not being generated if the
corresponding nb_ slots were present in the type object.  I bet this
is because floor and true division were introduced after I last
looked at that part of the code.

23 years agoUpdate to support \mailheader and 5-column tables.
Fred Drake [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:58:13 +0000 (20:58 +0000)]
Update to support \mailheader and 5-column tables.

23 years agoSimplify a helper by returning fewer values.
Fred Drake [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:57:36 +0000 (20:57 +0000)]
Simplify a helper by returning fewer values.

23 years agoFactor out the protect-from-exceptions helpers and make capture_events()
Fred Drake [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:48:14 +0000 (20:48 +0000)]
Factor out the protect-from-exceptions helpers and make capture_events()
use it.  This simplifies the individual tests a little.

Added some new tests related to exception handling.

23 years agoGuido points out that sys.__stdout__ is a bit bucket under IDLE. So keep
Tim Peters [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:05:11 +0000 (20:05 +0000)]
Guido points out that sys.__stdout__ is a bit bucket under IDLE.  So keep
the local save/modify/restore of sys.stdout, but add machinery so that
regrtest can tell test_support the value of sys.stdout at the time
regrtest.main() started, and test_support can pass that out later to anyone
who needs a "visible" stdout.

23 years ago_reconstructor(): there's no need for tricks with assignment to
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:46:05 +0000 (19:46 +0000)]
_reconstructor(): there's no need for tricks with assignment to
__class__.  The __new__ protocol is up to this.  (Thanks to Tim for
pointing this out.)

23 years agotest_support should be imported directly, not via test.test_support.
Tim Peters [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:29:35 +0000 (19:29 +0000)]
test_support should be imported directly, not via test.test_support.

23 years agoGet rid of the increasingly convoluted global tricks w/ sys.stdout, in
Tim Peters [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:13:20 +0000 (19:13 +0000)]
Get rid of the increasingly convoluted global tricks w/ sys.stdout, in
favor of local save/modify/restore.  The test suite should run fine again.

23 years agoClarified some points about the interface to the mmap() function.
Fred Drake [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:00:08 +0000 (19:00 +0000)]
Clarified some points about the interface to the mmap() function.
This closes SF bug #448918.

23 years agoMinor changes.
Fred Drake [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:32:02 +0000 (16:32 +0000)]
Minor changes.

23 years agoRevise the example to be more resiliant in the face of continued use after
Fred Drake [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:29:17 +0000 (16:29 +0000)]
Revise the example to be more resiliant in the face of continued use after
the object has been pickled; don't mutate the instance dict in the
__getstate__() method.  Other minor changes for style.  Broke up the
displayed interactive session to get better page-breaking behavior for
typeset versions, and to point out an important aspect of the example.

This closes SF bug #453914.

23 years ago- Provisional support for pickling new-style objects. (*)
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:25:58 +0000 (16:25 +0000)]
- Provisional support for pickling new-style objects. (*)

- Made cls.__module__ writable.

- Ensure that obj.__dict__ is returned as {}, not None, even upon first
  reference; it simply springs into life when you ask for it.

(*) The pickling support is provisional for the following reasons:

- It doesn't support classes with __slots__.

- It relies on additional support in copy_reg.py: the C method
  __reduce__, defined in the object class, really calls calling
  copy_reg._reduce(obj).  Eventually the Python code in copy_reg.py
  needs to be migrated to C, but I'd like to experiment with the
  Python implementation first.  The _reduce() code also relies on an
  additional helper function, _reconstructor(), defined in
  copy_reg.py; this should also be reimplemented in C.

23 years agoSet sys.save_stdout (to sys.stdout), so doctest-using tests can be run
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:21:39 +0000 (16:21 +0000)]
Set sys.save_stdout (to sys.stdout), so doctest-using tests can be run
standalone.

23 years agoAdded documentation for the SSL interface, contributed by Gerhard Häring.
Fred Drake [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:48:11 +0000 (15:48 +0000)]
Added documentation for the SSL interface, contributed by Gerhard Häring.
This closes SF patch #461337.

23 years agoFix a URL (closing SF patch #462195).
Fred Drake [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:12:41 +0000 (15:12 +0000)]
Fix a URL (closing SF patch #462195).
Cleaned up a bunch of XXX comments containing links to additional
information, replacing them with proper references.
Replaced "MacOS" with "Mac OS", since that's what the style guide says.

23 years agoSF patch #459385 (Norman Vine): time.timezone fix for Cygwin.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:59:01 +0000 (13:59 +0000)]
SF patch #459385 (Norman Vine): time.timezone fix for Cygwin.

Also did some whitespace normalization.

23 years ago+ Display property functions in the same order they're specified to
Tim Peters [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 06:30:51 +0000 (06:30 +0000)]
+ Display property functions in the same order they're specified to
  property() (get, set, del; not set, get, del).

+ Change "Data defined/inherited in ..." header lines to
  "Data and non-method functions defined/inherited in ...".  Things like
  the value of __class__, and __new__, and class vrbls like the i in
      class C:
          i = int
  show up in this section too.  I don't think it's worth a separate
  section to distinguish them from non-callable attrs, and there's no
  obvious reliable way to distinguish callable from non-callable attrs
  anyway.

23 years agoNote a few tasks that are done now.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 06:20:52 +0000 (06:20 +0000)]
Note a few tasks that are done now.

23 years agoSeparate out the type/class-related news and reword some items.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 04:15:41 +0000 (04:15 +0000)]
Separate out the type/class-related news and reword some items.

Add news items about comparisons, repr(), __class__ assignment.

23 years agoChange repr() of a new-style class to say <class 'ClassName'> rather
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 03:56:29 +0000 (03:56 +0000)]
Change repr() of a new-style class to say <class 'ClassName'> rather
than <type 'ClassName'>.  Exception: if it's a built-in type or an
extension type, continue to call it <type 'ClassName>.  Call me a
wimp, but I don't want to break more user code than necessary.

23 years agoMake __class__ assignment possible, when the object structures are the
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 03:43:42 +0000 (03:43 +0000)]
Make __class__ assignment possible, when the object structures are the
same.  I hope the test for structural equivalence is stringent enough.
It only allows the assignment if the old and new types:

- have the same basic size
- have the same item size
- have the same dict offset
- have the same weaklist offset
- have the same GC flag bit
- have a common base that is the same except for maybe the dict and
  weaklist (which may have been added separately at the same offsets
  in both types)

23 years ago+ Got rid of all instances of <small>. Under IE5, GUI-mode pydoc has
Tim Peters [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 03:18:32 +0000 (03:18 +0000)]
+ Got rid of all instances of <small>.  Under IE5, GUI-mode pydoc has
  always been close to useless, because the <small>-ified docstrings
  were too small to read, even after cranking up my default font size
  just for pydoc.  Now it reads fine under my defaults (as does most
  of the web <0.5 wink>).  If it's thought important to play tricks
  with font size, tough, then someone should rework pydoc to use style
  sheets, and (more) predictable percentage-of-default size controls.

+ Tried to ensure that all <dt> and <dd> tags are closed.  I've read (but
  don't know) that some browsers get confused if they're not, and esp.
  when style sheets are in use too.

23 years agoGUI mode now displays useful stuff for properties. This is usually better
Tim Peters [Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:01:06 +0000 (00:01 +0000)]
GUI mode now displays useful stuff for properties.  This is usually better
than text mode, since here we can hyperlink from the getter etc methods
back to their definitions.

23 years ago+ Text-mode (but not yet GUI mode) pydoc now produces useful stuff for
Tim Peters [Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:40:47 +0000 (22:40 +0000)]
+ Text-mode (but not yet GUI mode) pydoc now produces useful stuff for
  properties:  the docstring (if any) is displayed, and the getter, setter
  and deleter (if any) functions are named.  All that is shown indented
  after the property name.

+ Text-mode pydoc class display now draws a horizontal line between
  class attribute groups (similar to GUI mode -- while visually more
  intrusive in text mode, it's still an improvement).

23 years agoMake properties discoverable from Python:
Tim Peters [Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:17:50 +0000 (21:17 +0000)]
Make properties discoverable from Python:

- property() now takes 4 keyword arguments:  fget, fset, fdel, doc.
  Note that the real purpose of the 'f' prefix is to make fdel fit in
  ('del' is a keyword, so can't used as a keyword argument name).

- These map to visible readonly attributes 'fget', 'fset', 'fdel',
  and '__doc__' in the property object.

- fget/fset/fdel weren't discoverable from Python before.

- __doc__ is new, and allows to associate a docstring with a property.