[issue17390] display python version on idle title bar

2014-06-04 Thread Kent Johnson
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[issue17719] IDLE help text refers to incorrect Python version

2013-04-13 Thread Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson added the comment: Note: this text does not appear in Doc/library/idle.rst so it does not have to be corrected there. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue17

[issue17719] IDLE help text refers to incorrect Python version

2013-04-13 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson: The IDLE help text says, "Running without a subprocess: (DEPRECATED in Python 3.5 see Issue 16123)." According to the referenced issue, this feature is scheduled to be deprecated in *3.4* and *removed* in 3.5. The attached patch corrects the

[issue17390] display python version on idle title bar

2013-04-13 Thread Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson added the comment: issue17390_editor_title.patch is not correct, it changes the title on any window that inherits from EditorWindow, including the shell window. Here is a new patch that changes short_title() instead of saved_change_hook(), so it can be overridden by derived

[issue10303] small inconsistency in tutorial

2010-11-07 Thread Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson added the comment: Attached patch deletes the referenced sentence. -- keywords: +patch nosy: +kjohnson Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file19536/issue10303.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue10

[issue7935] Cross-reference ast.literal_eval() from eval() docs

2010-02-15 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson : eval() is a known security hole. Since Python 2.6 ast.literal_eval() provides a better alternative in many cases. literal_eval() is not as well known as eval() and not easy to find even if you know it exists (but don't remember the name). eval() com

[issue7310] Unhelpful __repr__() in os.environ

2009-11-12 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson : In Python 2.x, os.environ extends UserDict.IterableUserDict and therefore os.environ.__repr__() shows the environment. This makes it easy and intuitive to view the entire environment in the interactive interpreter. In Python 3.1, os.environ extends

[issue4156] Docs for BaseHandler.protocol_xxx methods are unclear

2008-10-21 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: In the docs for urllib2.BaseHandler previous to Python 2.6, the names of the protocol_xxx() methods were spelled with 'protocol' in italics to indicate that it is a placeholder; the actual method name is e.g. htt

[issue4017] IDLE 2.6 broken on OSX (Leopard)

2008-10-07 Thread Kent Johnson
Changes by Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- nosy: +kjohnson ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4017> ___ ___ Python

[issue4012] Minor errors in multiprocessing docs

2008-10-02 Thread Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Jesse Noller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jesse Noller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: > > Which examples are you talking about Georg? I think you mean me, not Georg...

[issue4012] Minor errors in multiprocessing docs

2008-10-01 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: In the docs for AsyncResult http://docs.python.org/dev/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.pool.AsyncResult "get([timeout)" is missing a ] In the example following, it refers to pool.applyAsync() in two places; the

[issue3866] int() doesn't 'guess'

2008-09-14 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The library reference for int() says, "If radix is zero, the proper radix is guessed based on the contents of string; the interpretation is the same as for integer literals." The use of the word 'guess' implies th

[issue3671] What's New in 2.6 - corrections

2008-09-04 Thread Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: For the itertools examples, perhaps you could remove the [ ] from the result text so it doesn't look like a list. For example: itertools.izip_longest([1,2,3], [1,2,3,4,5]) -> (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (None

[issue3670] Reporting bugs - no such sections

2008-08-24 Thread Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: You should add something like the old "About this document" footer. AFAICT there is no information in the new docs about how to report a problem with the docs. ___ Python tracker <[EMAI

[issue3671] What's New in 2.6 - corrections

2008-08-24 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: These are minor corrections to the What's New in Python 2.6[b3] doc. Note: the PEP references are to the headers in What's New, not the actual PEPs - PEP 371: The multiprocessing Package - "apply() or apply_a

[issue3670] Reporting bugs - no such sections

2008-08-24 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The "Reporting Bugs" section of the Python 2.6b3 docs http://docs.python.org/dev/bugs.html says, please use either the “Add a comment” or the “Suggest a change” features of the relevant page in the most recent online docum

[issue1163367] correct/clarify documentation for super

2008-03-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: This issue seems to have foundered on finding an explanation for the finer points of super(). Perhaps the glaring errors could at least be corrected, or the fine points could be omitted or glossed over? For example change the first sente

[issue1463] Minor error in mimetypes docs

2007-11-19 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson: In the mimetypes module docs http://docs.python.org/lib/module-mimetypes.html the section on add_type() should read "When strict is *true (the default)* the mapping". -- components: Documentation messages: 57636 nosy: kjohnson severity: mi

[issue1462] About this document refers to SourceForge tracker

2007-11-19 Thread Kent Johnson
New submission from Kent Johnson: "About this document" http://docs.python.org/lib/about.html still refers to "the Python Bug Tracker at SourceForge". The bug tracker link is incorrect (should be the new tracker) and the SF reference is obsolete. -- components: Do