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25 years agoNew utility: multiple scrolled lists in parallel
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 10 Mar 1999 05:13:29 +0000 (05:13 +0000)]
New utility: multiple scrolled lists in parallel

25 years ago- White background.
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 10 Mar 1999 05:10:49 +0000 (05:10 +0000)]
- White background.
- Display "(None)" (or text of your choosing) when empty.
- Don't set the focus.

25 years agoopen_http also had the 'data is None' test backwards. don't call with the
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:31:21 +0000 (19:31 +0000)]
open_http also had the 'data is None' test backwards.  don't call with the
extra argument if data is None.

25 years agoFix a number of typos and small grammatical nits pointed out by Detlef
Fred Drake [Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:36:55 +0000 (18:36 +0000)]
Fix a number of typos and small grammatical nits pointed out by Detlef
Lannert <lannert@lannert.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de>.

Added a comment explaining the cast in the method table for the
keyword arguments sample code, in response to another comment by
Detlef.

25 years agoCall Py_SetProgramName() instead of redefining getprogramname(),
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:07:24 +0000 (17:07 +0000)]
Call Py_SetProgramName() instead of redefining getprogramname(),
reflecting changes in the runtime around 1.5 or earlier.

25 years agoAlways test for an error return (usually NULL or -1) without setting
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 9 Mar 1999 16:16:45 +0000 (16:16 +0000)]
Always test for an error return (usually NULL or -1) without setting
an exception.

25 years agoPatch by Chris Herborth for BeOS code.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 9 Mar 1999 16:07:23 +0000 (16:07 +0000)]
Patch by Chris Herborth for BeOS code.
He writes:

I had an off-by-1000 error in floatsleep(),
and the problem with time.clock() is that it's not implemented properly
on QNX... ANSI says it's supposed to return _CPU_ time used by the
process, but on QNX it returns the amount of real time used... so I was
confused.

25 years agoSmall change by Jack Jansen.
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 9 Mar 1999 16:05:26 +0000 (16:05 +0000)]
Small change by Jack Jansen.
Test for self.returntype behaving like OSErr rather than being it.

25 years agoAdded collapse_ws option.
Greg Ward [Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:46:11 +0000 (21:46 +0000)]
Added collapse_ws option.

25 years agoOffscreen bitmap support, first stab. PixMaps are still treated as ordinary
Jack Jansen [Sun, 7 Mar 1999 23:11:21 +0000 (23:11 +0000)]
Offscreen bitmap support, first stab. PixMaps are still treated as ordinary
handles, not fullblown python objects, and UpdateGWorld returns a new GWorld
object in stead of modifying the existing one.

25 years agoAdded Qdoffs module.
Jack Jansen [Sun, 7 Mar 1999 23:10:32 +0000 (23:10 +0000)]
Added Qdoffs module.

25 years agoAdded a rewrite rule so the Str255 argument of GetControlTitle is seen as
Jack Jansen [Sun, 7 Mar 1999 20:05:20 +0000 (20:05 +0000)]
Added a rewrite rule so the Str255 argument of GetControlTitle is seen as
output parameter.

25 years agoAdded note about __builtin__._ to section dicussing classes of
Fred Drake [Fri, 5 Mar 1999 18:30:21 +0000 (18:30 +0000)]
Added note about __builtin__._ to section dicussing classes of
reserved names, just to avoid confusion on the part of users.

25 years agoAdded App module (appearance manager interface).
Jack Jansen [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 23:00:11 +0000 (23:00 +0000)]
Added App module (appearance manager interface).

25 years agoAdded App module (appearance manager interface). And of course codewarrior
Jack Jansen [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:56:46 +0000 (22:56 +0000)]
Added App module (appearance manager interface). And of course codewarrior
has touched various other projects again too, sigh.

25 years agoInterface to the appearance manager.
Jack Jansen [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:54:29 +0000 (22:54 +0000)]
Interface to the appearance manager.

25 years agoRe-generated with OSStatus treated like OSErr (i.e. not returned, but raising
Jack Jansen [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:53:24 +0000 (22:53 +0000)]
Re-generated with OSStatus treated like OSErr (i.e. not returned, but raising
an exception when negative).

25 years agoOops, missed a couple of substitutions in the templates.
Fred Drake [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:33:55 +0000 (21:33 +0000)]
Oops, missed a couple of substitutions in the templates.

25 years agoPass in the 'Send comments to ...' on the mkmodindex command line,
Fred Drake [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:25:05 +0000 (21:25 +0000)]
Pass in the 'Send comments to ...' on the mkmodindex command line,
just like we do for mkhowto.

25 years agoAllow many more aspects of the generated page to be parameterized, and
Fred Drake [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:19:57 +0000 (21:19 +0000)]
Allow many more aspects of the generated page to be parameterized, and
add a useful usage message.  Use 'mkmodindex --help' to display it.

25 years agoAdded "Internet Config" to index.
Fred Drake [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 19:00:26 +0000 (19:00 +0000)]
Added "Internet Config" to index.

25 years agoadd_module_idx(): If \ignorePlatformAnnotation is used, only ignore
Fred Drake [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 18:41:17 +0000 (18:41 +0000)]
add_module_idx():  If \ignorePlatformAnnotation is used, only ignore
   the specified annotation, not any annotation.

25 years agoFixed description of WSTOPSIG(), added WTERMSIG(). Problem reported
Fred Drake [Thu, 4 Mar 1999 14:08:10 +0000 (14:08 +0000)]
Fixed description of WSTOPSIG(), added WTERMSIG().  Problem reported
by Jonathan Giddy <jon@dgs.monash.edu.au>.

25 years agoadded hasclosebox attr (jstrout) -- jvr
Just van Rossum [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 23:15:39 +0000 (23:15 +0000)]
added hasclosebox attr (jstrout) -- jvr

25 years agoRecord the value of $TEXINPUTS in the transcript.
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:57:58 +0000 (21:57 +0000)]
Record the value of $TEXINPUTS in the transcript.

Job.message():  New method.  Takes care of writing a message to the
user and adding it to the transcript.

25 years agoOops, missed version number for pdfTeX. Updated.
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:44:10 +0000 (21:44 +0000)]
Oops, missed version number for pdfTeX.  Updated.

25 years agoLots of small updates.
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:39:19 +0000 (21:39 +0000)]
Lots of small updates.

25 years agoObsolete; use the Python version instead.
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:28:17 +0000 (20:28 +0000)]
Obsolete; use the Python version instead.

25 years agoSwitch to the Python version of mkhowto.
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:27:10 +0000 (20:27 +0000)]
Switch to the Python version of mkhowto.

25 years agoRe-written mkhowto in Python; this should be at least a little more
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:24:30 +0000 (20:24 +0000)]
Re-written mkhowto in Python; this should be at least a little more
portable.

Several things that had been done by running a python script are now a
matter of importing the right module and running a function with a few
parameters.

25 years agoprocess(): New function that contains the "orchestration" of the
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:36:23 +0000 (19:36 +0000)]
process():  New function that contains the "orchestration" of the
    actual work.

main():  Just handle the command line and filename determination,
 calling process() to do the work.

These changes make this more import-friendly.

25 years agoprocess(): New function that contains the "orchestration" of the
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:25:56 +0000 (19:25 +0000)]
process():  New function that contains the "orchestration" of the
    actual work.

main():  Just handle the command line and filename determination,
 calling process() to do the work.

These changes make this more import-friendly.

25 years agoBe a little more friendly for the generation of the text version: for
Fred Drake [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:21:34 +0000 (16:21 +0000)]
Be a little more friendly for the generation of the text version: for
"blank" navigation icons, use ALT="" instead of ALT="blank"; also add
ALIGN=CENTER for the table, to get a slightly better affect in the
text (the table is full-width, so this doesn't change the appearance
when browsing the HTML).

25 years ago"\platform{UNIX}" should really be spelled "\platform{Unix}".
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 17:03:42 +0000 (17:03 +0000)]
"\platform{UNIX}" should really be spelled "\platform{Unix}".

25 years agoAdded \platform annotations.
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:37:17 +0000 (16:37 +0000)]
Added \platform annotations.

25 years agoAdd information about adding the portability statement.
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:24:22 +0000 (16:24 +0000)]
Add information about adding the portability statement.

25 years agoBe more flexible to support platform annotations.
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:22:56 +0000 (16:22 +0000)]
Be more flexible to support platform annotations.

25 years agoClean up *.pla files -- platform annotation information.
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:22:26 +0000 (16:22 +0000)]
Clean up *.pla files -- platform annotation information.

25 years agoIgnore *.pla -- the platform annotation information. Also, remove it for
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:20:42 +0000 (16:20 +0000)]
Ignore *.pla -- the platform annotation information.  Also, remove it for
'make clean'.

25 years agoIgnore *.pla -- the platform annotation information.
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:19:37 +0000 (16:19 +0000)]
Ignore *.pla -- the platform annotation information.

25 years agoAdded support for \platform, \platformof, and \ignorePlatformAnnotation.
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:17:44 +0000 (16:17 +0000)]
Added support for \platform, \platformof, and \ignorePlatformAnnotation.

25 years agoswallow_newline(): Removed function; not really needed. Modified all call
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:05:35 +0000 (16:05 +0000)]
swallow_newline():  Removed function; not really needed.  Modified all call
    sites.

do_cmd_ignorePlatformAnnotation(),
do_cmd_platform(),
do_cmd_platformof():  New functions to support platform dependency
      information.

process_all_platformofs():  New function to post-process \platformof macros
using information collected during the initial pass.

process_python_state():  New function. Call all post-processing functions
defined in this file to avoid having to have too much knowledge of
the internals for this stuff in l2hinit.perl.

25 years agoImprove handling of module index, to deal with platform annotations a little
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 16:00:37 +0000 (16:00 +0000)]
Improve handling of module index, to deal with platform annotations a little
better.

25 years agoChanges to accomodate the global module index and platform annotations.
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 15:58:20 +0000 (15:58 +0000)]
Changes to accomodate the global module index and platform annotations.

25 years agoOnly use 4 columns in the module index, to accomodate platform annotations.
Fred Drake [Tue, 2 Mar 1999 15:56:19 +0000 (15:56 +0000)]
Only use 4 columns in the module index, to accomodate platform annotations.

25 years agoadded "Save options" menu to popup so users can set the creator of scripts -- jvr
Just van Rossum [Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:18:30 +0000 (17:18 +0000)]
added "Save options" menu to popup so users can set the creator of scripts -- jvr

25 years agochanged creator to 'Pide' -- jvr
Just van Rossum [Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:16:54 +0000 (17:16 +0000)]
changed creator to 'Pide' -- jvr

25 years agoadded kludge so edit menus work in W.ModalDialogs -- jvr
Just van Rossum [Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:15:32 +0000 (17:15 +0000)]
added kludge so edit menus work in W.ModalDialogs -- jvr

25 years agoupdated 'vers' resource -- jvr
Just van Rossum [Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:59:31 +0000 (15:59 +0000)]
updated 'vers' resource -- jvr

25 years agoreverted Jack's mod: no longer neccesary since all BNDL & icon info is in the IDE...
Just van Rossum [Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:58:47 +0000 (15:58 +0000)]
reverted Jack's mod: no longer neccesary since all BNDL & icon info is in the IDE's resource file, just like the other applets -- jvr

25 years agoadded Jack's ad-hoc icon plus a BNDL resource, so the creator of the IDE will be...
Just van Rossum [Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:53:26 +0000 (15:53 +0000)]
added Jack's ad-hoc icon plus a BNDL resource, so the creator of the IDE will be 'Pide' -- jvr

25 years agoSet the signature for the IDE "by hand", the bundle is already included in the
Jack Jansen [Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:24:02 +0000 (15:24 +0000)]
Set the signature for the IDE "by hand", the bundle is already included in the
PythonEngine applet template.

25 years agoMoved all three bundles (for interpreter, applets and IDE) into bundle.rsrc.
Jack Jansen [Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:23:01 +0000 (15:23 +0000)]
Moved all three bundles (for interpreter, applets and IDE) into bundle.rsrc.

25 years agoadded "dummy" makeopenwindowsmenu method to simplify making a standalone W app -...
Just van Rossum [Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:30:19 +0000 (21:30 +0000)]
added "dummy" makeopenwindowsmenu method to simplify making a standalone W app -- jvr

25 years agoopen res file(s) read only; upped __version__ -- jvr
Just van Rossum [Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:19:50 +0000 (21:19 +0000)]
open res file(s) read only; upped __version__ -- jvr

25 years agoextract_tb(): Only describe this function once. Problem reported by
Fred Drake [Fri, 26 Feb 1999 18:51:21 +0000 (18:51 +0000)]
extract_tb():  Only describe this function once.  Problem reported by
       Jonathan Giddy <jon@dgs.monash.edu.au>.

26 years agoTypo: "Availabilty" --> "Availability"
Fred Drake [Fri, 26 Feb 1999 14:05:02 +0000 (14:05 +0000)]
Typo: "Availabilty" --> "Availability"
Thanks to /F!

26 years agoadded slight delay in Scrollbar.click() for more intuitive response -- jvr
Just van Rossum [Thu, 25 Feb 1999 23:00:43 +0000 (23:00 +0000)]
added slight delay in Scrollbar.click() for more intuitive response -- jvr

26 years agofixed "crashing" bug when scripts folder as stored in prefs file does not exist.
Just van Rossum [Thu, 25 Feb 1999 22:33:05 +0000 (22:33 +0000)]
fixed "crashing" bug when scripts folder as stored in prefs file does not exist.

26 years agoUncommented AskYesNoCancel docstring (how did it get commented in the first place?)
Jack Jansen [Thu, 25 Feb 1999 22:05:45 +0000 (22:05 +0000)]
Uncommented AskYesNoCancel docstring (how did it get commented in the first place?)

26 years agohttp_error had the 'data is None' test backwards. don't call with the
Jeremy Hylton [Thu, 25 Feb 1999 16:14:58 +0000 (16:14 +0000)]
http_error had the 'data is None' test backwards.  don't call with the
extra argument if data is None.

26 years agochange indentation from 8 spaces to 4 spaces
Jeremy Hylton [Thu, 25 Feb 1999 16:12:12 +0000 (16:12 +0000)]
change indentation from 8 spaces to 4 spaces

26 years agopleasing the tabnanny
Jeremy Hylton [Thu, 25 Feb 1999 15:59:54 +0000 (15:59 +0000)]
pleasing the tabnanny

26 years agoOops, one more "x, y, z" to convert...
Fred Drake [Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:26:02 +0000 (14:26 +0000)]
Oops, one more "x, y, z" to convert...

26 years agoAdjusted comment at the top to be less confusing, following Fredrik
Fred Drake [Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:24:22 +0000 (14:24 +0000)]
Adjusted comment at the top to be less confusing, following Fredrik
Lundh's example.

Converted comment to docstring.

26 years agoAdded note about comments, from Christopher Petrilli.
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:36:44 +0000 (22:36 +0000)]
Added note about comments, from Christopher Petrilli.

26 years agoUpdate some of the top comments and shorten title of the first
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:57:14 +0000 (19:57 +0000)]
Update some of the top comments and shorten title of the first
section.

26 years agoMoved whatsound to lib-old/, since it was declared obsolete and is documented
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:59:24 +0000 (18:59 +0000)]
Moved whatsound to lib-old/, since it was declared obsolete and is documented
as such.

26 years agoUse sndhdr instead of the obsolete whatsound module.
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:49:15 +0000 (18:49 +0000)]
Use sndhdr instead of the obsolete whatsound module.

26 years agoWhen performing a POST request, i.e. when the second argument to
Jeremy Hylton [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:42:38 +0000 (18:42 +0000)]
When performing a POST request, i.e. when the second argument to
urlopen is used to specify form data, make sure the second argument is
threaded through all of the http_error_NNN calls.  This allows error
handlers like the redirect and authorization handlers to properly
re-start the connection.

26 years agoignore_from_idx(): Fixed bug in regular expression.
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:39:47 +0000 (18:39 +0000)]
ignore_from_idx():  Fixed bug in regular expression.

26 years agoAdd target for modindex.html; a combined lib+mac module index. Also
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:34:12 +0000 (17:34 +0000)]
Add target for modindex.html; a combined lib+mac module index.  Also
built with target "all".

26 years agoScript to combine module index files. Given a list of files that look
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:33:07 +0000 (17:33 +0000)]
Script to combine module index files.  Given a list of files that look
like modindex.html, create a combined modindex.html file that lists
all the modules.  Takes the same parameters as buildindex.py.

26 years agoIgnore a file called modindex.html.
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:13:54 +0000 (17:13 +0000)]
Ignore a file called modindex.html.

26 years agoprocess_nodes(): New function.
Fred Drake [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:36:48 +0000 (16:36 +0000)]
process_nodes():  New function.

main():  Moved the node processing between input and ouptut to
 process_nodes().

26 years agoPatch by Lars Wirzenius:
Guido van Rossum [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:25:17 +0000 (16:25 +0000)]
Patch by Lars Wirzenius:

o the initial comment is wrong: creating messages is already
  implemented

o Message.getbodytext: if the mail or it's part contains an
  empty content-transfer-encoding header, the code used to
  break; the change below treats an empty encoding value the same
  as the other types that do not need decoding

o SubMessage.getbodytext was missing the decode argument; the
  change below adds it; I also made it unconditionally return
  the raw text if decoding was not desired, because my own
  routines needed that (and it was easier than rewriting my
  own routines ;-)

26 years ago(initerrors): Make sure that the exception tuples ("base-classes" when
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 00:35:43 +0000 (00:35 +0000)]
(initerrors): Make sure that the exception tuples ("base-classes" when
string-based exceptions are used) reflect the real class hierarchy,
i.e. that SystemExit derives from Exception not StandardError.

26 years agoDocument the correct class hierarchy for SystemExit. It is not an
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 00:27:39 +0000 (00:27 +0000)]
Document the correct class hierarchy for SystemExit.  It is not an
error and so it derives from Exception and not SystemError.  The
docstring was incorrect but the implementation was fine.

26 years agoDocument the correct class hierarchy for SystemExit. It is not an
Barry Warsaw [Wed, 24 Feb 1999 00:27:14 +0000 (00:27 +0000)]
Document the correct class hierarchy for SystemExit.  It is not an
error and so it derives from Exception and not SystemError.

26 years agoAdd import sys, needed by reference to sys.exc_info() in rmtree().
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 23:07:51 +0000 (23:07 +0000)]
Add import sys, needed by reference to sys.exc_info() in rmtree().
Discovered by Mitch Chapman.

26 years agoScript to help identify undocumented modules. Use -h or --help for
Fred Drake [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 23:07:48 +0000 (23:07 +0000)]
Script to help identify undocumented modules.  Use -h or --help for
usage information.

26 years agoDictionaries are created using the "{...}" notation, not the "..."
Fred Drake [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:50:38 +0000 (18:50 +0000)]
Dictionaries are created using the "{...}" notation, not the "..."
notation.  Problem reported by Magnus L. Hetland <mlh@idt.ntnu.no>.

26 years ago# Typo in docstring (Retrun -> Return).
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:34:43 +0000 (18:34 +0000)]
# Typo in docstring (Retrun -> Return).

26 years ago# the usual
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:07:51 +0000 (18:07 +0000)]
# the usual

26 years agoNow that we don't have AC_CHECK_LIB(m, pow), the HAVE_LIBM symbol
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:07:31 +0000 (18:07 +0000)]
Now that we don't have AC_CHECK_LIB(m, pow), the HAVE_LIBM symbol
disappears.  It wasn't used anywhere anyway...

26 years agoCarefully check for overflow when allocating the memory for fromfile
Guido van Rossum [Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:05:22 +0000 (18:05 +0000)]
Carefully check for overflow when allocating the memory for fromfile
-- someone tried to pass in sys.maxint and got bitten by the bogus
calculations.

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.