[issue32051] Possible issue in multiprocessing doc

2017-11-16 Thread jason
jason added the comment: Thank you for answering! Yes, I would be very happy to do that, this is going to be my first contribution! :) -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue29753] Ctypes Packing Bitfields Incorrectly - Linux

2017-11-16 Thread Charles Machalow
Charles Machalow added the comment: Antti, is there a place in the ctypes documentation that explicitly says ctypes is not meant to be used cross-platform? If not, shouldn't that be mentioned? I think ultimately ctypes should default to standard OS/compiler behavior, but should allow the flex

[issue31822] Document that urllib.parse.{Defrag, Split, Parse}Result are namedtuples

2017-11-16 Thread Lisa Roach
Change by Lisa Roach : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +4378 stage: needs patch -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-

[issue31956] Add start and stop parameters to the array.index()

2017-11-16 Thread Roundup Robot
Change by Roundup Robot : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +4379 stage: -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-lis

[issue32055] Reconsider comparison chaining for containment tests

2017-11-16 Thread Nick Coghlan
New submission from Nick Coghlan : (I thought there was an open low priority issue for this, but I can't find it, so filing a new one) Currently, "in" and "not in" are classified as comparison operations in the language grammar, even though they're not actually documented as such (see https:/

[issue28617] Why isn't "in" called a comparison operation?

2017-11-16 Thread Nick Coghlan
Nick Coghlan added the comment: Also see https://bugs.python.org/issue32055 regarding the prospect of bringing the implementation into line with the intuitive semantics, and preventing implicit comparison chaining for containment tests. -- nosy: +ncoghlan

[issue32055] Reconsider comparison chaining for containment tests

2017-11-16 Thread Nick Coghlan
Nick Coghlan added the comment: https://bugs.python.org/issue14247 is another older issue related to this point (again related to a user finding the current behaviour genuinely unintuitive) -- ___ Python tracker

[issue32045] Does json.dumps have a memory leak?

2017-11-16 Thread Rohan D'Sa
Rohan D'Sa added the comment: you are right. i realized later i actually had a leak in a com instantiated object, assumed it was a leak in the python and tried to find it using the gc module. The gc documentation led me down the garden path. QUOTE gc.garbage A list of objects which the col

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