[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

Raúl Núñez de Arenas added the comment: Thanks to you, Berker, and SilentGhost, for applying and preparing the patch! -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

Berker Peksag added the comment: Thanks! -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 0cfac9efd895 by Berker Peksag in branch '3.5': Issue #26401: Fix compile() documentation https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0cfac9efd895 New changeset 45cf82f424ce by Berker Peksag in branch 'default': Issue #26401: Fix compile() documentation

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

SilentGhost added the comment: Updated patch. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file41989/issue26401_2.diff ___ Python tracker ___

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

Raúl Núñez de Arenas added the comment: I checked the Mercurial repository directly, and the change was introduced in 2014: http://bugs.python.org/issue22215 So, yes, looks like a 3.5 change and the versionchanged note suggested by Berker is a great idea! --

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

SilentGhost added the comment: TypeError is raised in 3.4 -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

Raúl Núñez de Arenas added the comment: I checked the sources at github and the change was introduced back in 2010, if I recall correctly, so maybe this change happened in 3.2? I can check again and try to determine the exact date and if at all possible the version. --

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

Berker Peksag added the comment: It would be good to add a versionchanged note. Something like: .. versionchanged:: 3.5 Previously, a :exc:`TypeError` was raised [...] -- nosy: +berker.peksag stage: -> patch review ___ Python tracker

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

SilentGhost added the comment: Here is the patch. -- keywords: +patch nosy: +SilentGhost versions: +Python 3.6 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file41985/issue26401.diff ___ Python tracker

[issue26401] Error in documentation for "compile" built-in function

New submission from Raúl Núñez de Arenas: According to the documentation, if the 'compile' built-in function encounters NUL bytes in the compiled source, it raises TypeError, but this is not true: >>> source = '\u' >>> compile(source, '', 'single') Traceback (most recent call last): File