1) The reference guide occasionally refers to past Python versions, mentioning that a feature was introduced in such-and-such a version. For example, in lexical_analysis.rst:
. [#] In versions of Python prior to 2.4, octal and hexadecimal literals in the range just above the largest representable plain integer but below the largest unsigned 32-bit number (on a machine using 32-bit arithmetic), 4294967296, were taken as the negative plain integer obtained by subtracting 4294967296 from their unsigned value. Should the reference guide include this past history, or just describe the version of Python it's shipped with? 2) With the shift to HTML and Sphinx, it's probably much easier to include images in the docs. (I'm thinking of reviving the railroad syntax diagrams.) What image format would be best? Bitmaps (PNG/JPG) or vector (SVG)? 3) In the 'what's new', I have comments recording bug and patch numbers, because it's useful information for me. It strikes me that this information might be interesting to include as part of the published HTML. Does that seem like a good idea? I envision something very brief; perhaps the text would read "Contributed by so-so; <patch #X>. Can anyone suggest a better rendering? --amk _______________________________________________ Doc-SIG maillist - Doc-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/doc-sig
