[issue30880] PCG random number generator

2017-07-08 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: Mark, thanks for the background links. My suggestion is much more constrained than the territory covered by those links. -- ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue30880] PCG random number generator

2017-07-08 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
New submission from Evelyn Mitchell: John Cook tested the quality of the PCG Random Number generator (http://www.pcg-random.org/index.html) and it appears to have good performance. His report is at: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/07/07/testing-the-pcg-random-number-generator

[issue27726] ctags -t does not exists in Makefile.pre.in

2016-08-16 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Changes by Evelyn Mitchell <efmph...@gmail.com>: -- nosy: -Evelyn Mitchell ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27726> ___

[issue27727] Update Tools/freeze to use .vcxproj files

2016-08-16 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Changes by Evelyn Mitchell <efmph...@gmail.com>: -- nosy: -Evelyn Mitchell ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27727> ___

[issue27763] Add complex case to test_builtin abs()

2016-08-14 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: test_cmath includes abs() of zeros, infinities, and real or imaginary part NaN, but does not include a test for the magnitude conversion, which would be triggered by something like >>> abs(complex(2.1,3.5)) 4.08166632639171 >>> abs

[issue27763] Add complex case to test_builtin abs()

2016-08-14 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
New submission from Evelyn Mitchell: The description of abs() says "If the argument is a complex number, its magnitude is returned." but test_builtin doesn't include any complex number test cases. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 272688 nosy: Evelyn Mitchell pri

[issue12345] Add math.tau

2016-08-11 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Changes by Evelyn Mitchell <efmph...@gmail.com>: -- nosy: -Evelyn Mitchell ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12345> ___

[issue27720] decimal.Context.to_eng_string wrong docstring

2016-08-11 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: Thank you Raymond for a detailed patch update. I will mention that matlab does not support this conversion [1]. R doesn't support engineering notation, either. It may be that this conversion isn't expected to be part of the standard library, and people

[issue27720] decimal.Context.to_eng_string wrong docstring

2016-08-10 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: I had to look up what engineering notation meant, so I added detail to the docstring. -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell stage: -> patch review Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file44072/patch27720 ___ Python trac

[issue12345] Add math.tau

2016-08-10 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: I also agree with Raymond's arguments. Adding tau doesn't add clarity to the math module, it just adds complexity. -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.p

[issue27726] ctags -t does not exists in Makefile.pre.in

2016-08-10 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: It looks to me the patch only removes the -t argument, as required. -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell stage: patch review -> commit review ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.or

[issue27727] Update Tools/freeze to use .vcxproj files

2016-08-10 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: Kaeptm, thanks for submitting this. Is this a Windows issue? -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue23710] C API doc for PyObject_HEAD is outdated

2016-08-02 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: Changed to commit review. -- stage: needs patch -> commit review ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.or

[issue23710] C API doc for PyObject_HEAD is outdated

2016-08-02 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: There is a patch, and it looks good to me. This should be moved into 'commit review' state. -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue20767] Some python extensions can't be compiled with clang 3.4

2016-08-02 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: Stefan, I've commented on the llvm bugzilla. Thanks for suggesting that. -- ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue20767] Some python extensions can't be compiled with clang 3.4

2016-08-02 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: I think this patch should pass to the next stage. Thank you, koobs. -- ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue20767] Some python extensions can't be compiled with clang 3.4

2016-08-02 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: The patch looks reasonable, but needs to be tested on FreeBSD. -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue25393] 'resource' module documentation error

2016-07-19 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: I've looked at the patch, and the fix looks correct to me. Thanks Alakshendra! I'll verify it builds correctly. -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.p

[issue27466] [Copy from github user macartur] time2netscape missing comma

2016-07-07 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: http://web.archive.org/web/19990128171928/http://www51.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html says: The date string is formatted as: Wdy, DD-Mon- HH:MM:SS GMT so the comma should be there. -- nosy: +efm

[issue8491] Need readline command and keybinding information

2016-06-08 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: Revised patch following Martin Panter's review comments. -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43306/patch8491a ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.p

[issue26446] Mention in the devguide that core dev stuff falls under the PSF CoC

2016-06-07 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: Thank you for your help Berker. -- nosy: +Evelyn Mitchell Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43297/patchCoreDevCoC ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue26446] Mention in the devguide that core dev stuff falls under the PSF CoC

2016-06-07 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Changes by Evelyn Mitchell <efmph...@gmail.com>: Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43294/patchCoreCoC ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python

[issue8491] Need readline command and keybinding information

2016-06-07 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Changes by Evelyn Mitchell <efmph...@gmail.com>: Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43293/patch8491 ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.pytho

[issue27180] Doc/pathlib: Please describe the behaviour of Path().rename() is depends on the platform (same as os.rename())

2016-06-07 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Changes by Evelyn Mitchell <efmph...@gmail.com>: Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43289/patch27180 ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python

[issue27180] Doc/pathlib: Please describe the behaviour of Path().rename() is depends on the platform (same as os.rename())

2016-06-07 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell added the comment: *** cpythonmod/Doc/library/pathlib.rst 2016-06-07 11:29:07.200774979 -0600 --- cpython/Doc/library/pathlib.rst 2016-06-07 11:29:59.372777817 -0600 *** *** 887,896 .. method:: Path.rename(target) !Rename this file or directory

[issue8707] Duplicated document in telnetlib.

2010-05-18 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell efm-pythonb...@tummy.com added the comment: Fixed for 3.2 branch. -- keywords: +patch nosy: +efm Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17394/telnetlib3.2.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8707

[issue8707] Duplicated document in telnetlib.

2010-05-18 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell efm-pythonb...@tummy.com added the comment: Fixed for 2.6 branch -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17395/telnetlib2.6.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8707

[issue8707] Duplicated document in telnetlib.

2010-05-18 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell efm-pythonb...@tummy.com added the comment: Fixed for 2.7 branch -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17396/telnetlib2.7.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8707

[issue8707] Duplicated document in telnetlib.

2010-05-18 Thread Evelyn Mitchell
Evelyn Mitchell efm-pythonb...@tummy.com added the comment: Fixed for 3.1 branch -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17397/telnetlib3.1.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8707