Barry Warsaw 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								7a5e80e801 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Updates to describe function attributes.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2001-02-27 03:36:30 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								230d17d0d1 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Sequence indexes are non-negative, not natural (0 is not a natural number).  
							
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							Reported by Daniel May <mayds@ecn.purdue.edu>.
De-tabified everywhere. 
							
						 
						
							2001-02-22 21:28:04 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								c8e8281fb6 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Updated note about collection of cyclic garbage, based on comments from  
							
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							Chris Ryland. 
							
						 
						
							2001-01-22 17:46:18 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								ab782dd6cc 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Document rich comparisons.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2001-01-18 15:17:06 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								445f832060 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								__rcmp__() description:  Changed to indicate that this is no longer  
							
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							supported as of Python 2.1.  We still need to
                         have an entry for this since it is reasonable
                         for users to want to understand existing code.
This closes SF bug #122715 . 
							
						 
						
							2001-01-04 15:11:48 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Neil Schemenauer 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								48c2eb9165 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Document the NotImplemented object.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2001-01-04 01:25:50 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Andrew M. Kuchling 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								68abe832b9 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fix typo  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-12-19 14:09:21 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								035f7e88c8 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Clarify __repr__ and __str__.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-12-19 04:18:13 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Thomas Wouters 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								dc90cc2b15 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Additional docs for __iadd__ and family, closing SF bug  #117178  and SF patch  
							
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							#102169 . 
						
							2000-12-11 23:11:51 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								0c47559352 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Added a note that objects which emulate built-in types should only  
							
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							implement as many of the relevant methods as make sense for the particular
information being modelled. 
							
						 
						
							2000-12-07 04:49:34 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f89259786a 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>:  
							
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							Show how code can be written to handle __getslice__ & friends in a way that
is compatible with pre-2.0 versions of Python while still working with the
"new" way of handling slicing.
Additional explanation added by Fred Drake.
This closes SourceForge patch #101388 . 
							
						 
						
							2000-09-21 22:27:16 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								31575ce817 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Note that __getitem__() may receive a slice object as the index;  
							
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							reported by Detlef Lannert <lannert@uni-duesseldorf.de>. 
							
						 
						
							2000-09-21 05:28:26 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8d27f898b2 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Moshe Zadka <mzadka@geocities.com>:  
							
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							Document the __contains__() method.
(Patch slightly modified by FLD.)
This closes SourceForge patch #101387 . 
							
						 
						
							2000-09-19 18:21:25 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Thomas Wouters 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								12bba852a9 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Rough and incomplete documentation on augmented assignment, which follows  
							
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							shortly. Markup also needs checking. 
							
						 
						
							2000-08-24 20:06:04 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								a00738259f 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Adjust the way __getslice__() is marked as deprecated; this will also  
							
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							stand out more. 
							
						 
						
							2000-08-18 02:42:14 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Thomas Wouters 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								1d75a79c00 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Apply SF patch  #101029 : call __getitem__ with a proper slice object if there  
							
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							is no __getslice__ available. Also does the same for C extension types.
Includes rudimentary documentation (it could use a cross reference to the
section on slice objects, I couldn't figure out how to do that) and a test
suite for all Python __hooks__ I could think of, including the new
behaviour. 
							
						 
						
							2000-08-17 22:37:32 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Thomas Wouters 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f9b526dbfd 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								More of Rob W. W. Hooft's spelling fixes. The only ones left now are the  
							
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							distutils patches, which I'll leave to the distutils maintainers.
Tip: review the patch like this:
grep "^[\!+-] " <patchfile>
To get a quick and easy way to review the actual changes. Most of the
changes are single-line ones, anyway. 
							
						 
						
							2000-07-16 19:05:38 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								91826ed2a9 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Improve the descriptions of expected exceptions for __getitem__(),  
							
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							__setitem__(), and __delitem__().  Based on related comments from
Barry Warsaw. 
							
						 
						
							2000-07-13 04:57:58 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								35c09f2e51 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Revise the description of when functions retrieved from class instances  
							
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							are and are not turned into bound methods; some confusion was noted by
Andrew Dalke.
In particular, it has to be noted that functions located on the class
instance are not turned into any sort of method, only those which are
found via the underlying class. 
							
						 
						
							2000-06-28 20:15:47 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								e57a11441e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fix markup error that hid a tilde character; reported long ago by  
							
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							Carl Feynman <carlf@abinitio.com>. 
							
						 
						
							2000-06-15 20:07:25 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8b3ce9e099 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								But don't do the funny \UNICODE macro; we're trying to get away from  
							
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							those markups!  <with-mixed-feelings> 
							
						 
						
							2000-04-06 14:00:14 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f0aff8e759 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Patch from Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:  
							
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							Added Unicode type to the language reference. 
							
						 
						
							2000-04-06 13:57:21 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								e15956b465 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Merged changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-04-03 04:51:13 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								e15eb35fd0 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Use \citetitle as appropriate.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1999-11-10 16:13:25 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								b894370f6a 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fixed some index entries.  
							
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							In the __coerce__ description, None should be returned if the
conversion is *impossible*, not *possible*.  Reported by Robert Kern
<kernr@ncifcrf.gov>. 
							
						 
						
							1999-05-10 13:43:22 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8cdee961bf 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Dictionaries are created using the "{...}" notation, not the "..."  
							
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							notation.  Problem reported by Magnus L. Hetland <mlh@idt.ntnu.no>. 
							
						 
						
							1999-02-23 18:50:38 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								264bd59221 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								1. Clarify that immutability isn't entirely the same as unchangeable  
							
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							value (because of immutable containers containing mutable objects).
2. Document that func_code, func_defaults and func_doc / __doc__ are
now writable. 
							
						 
						
							1999-02-23 16:40:55 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								15988fdbbb 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Documented __complex__(), made sure all the discipline names hit the  
							
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							index. 
							
						 
						
							1999-02-12 18:14:57 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								ae3e574170 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								"numberic" --> "numeric", two places  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1999-01-28 23:21:49 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								4856d01797 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Removed a lot of unnecessary comment markers which cause unexplained  
							
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							numbers to appear in the HTML version of the manual. 
							
						 
						
							1999-01-12 04:15:20 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								78eebfdbf4 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Remove two remaining {\tt ...} constructs.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-11-25 19:09:24 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								1e42d8aaab 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Massive change to just about every construct that impacts the index.  
							
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							Blame it on Just.  ;-) 
							
						 
						
							1998-11-25 17:58:50 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								3041b0715b 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Remove an unnecessary "%" character that seems to cause a minor glitch  
							
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							with the latest latex2html. 
							
						 
						
							1998-10-21 00:25:32 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								82385872e9 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fix some confusion in the __repr__() and __str__() descriptions.  
							
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							Reported by Lorenzo M. Catucci <lorenzo@argon.roma2.infn.it>. 
							
						 
						
							1998-10-01 20:40:43 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								d82575d5bf 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Markup changes in the section on disciplines to match method descriptions  
							
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							a little better, and produce better HTML.
Add some index entries. 
							
						 
						
							1998-08-28 20:03:12 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Barry Warsaw 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								92a6ed9940 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Minor refilling of a paragraph...  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-08-07 16:33:51 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								70da192f63 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								im_function --> im_func  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-08-07 16:28:13 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								61c7728cc9 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Make sure all chapters, sections, and subsections have a \label to give them  
							
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							semantic file names in the HTML.  No more node#.html files! 
							
						 
						
							1998-07-28 19:34:22 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								7c0240f112 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								e.g. -> e.g.,  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-07-24 15:36:43 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								dfb658c386 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								'name space' -> 'namespace'  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-07-23 17:54:36 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								83b2f8ad3d 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Lots of changes copied from the FrameMaker version.  Also documented  
							
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							some previously undocumented features. 
							
						 
						
							1998-07-23 17:12:46 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								5c07d9b028 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Updated markup style (got rid of \verb@...@, mostly).  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-05-14 19:37:06 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f666917ab7 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								The Python Reference Manual.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-05-06 19:52:49 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								1f17543ee7 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Removed LaTeX version of reference manual.  Added ref/ref.ps.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1996-10-22 20:00:02 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								1fd5b21425 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Mention warning for exception in __del__.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1996-08-20 18:03:48 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								45687bb976 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Add warning about exceptions in __del__ being ignored.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1996-08-09 20:59:25 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								1dead9bd0a 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Added __doc__ to predefined module attributes.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1996-06-26 19:29:21 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8fd02194c5 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								typos  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-07-07 23:05:13 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								aaec403a75 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								added index entries for __*__ identifiers  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-03-21 14:41:57 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								a54754719d 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								made palatable for latex2html:  
							
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							removed $math$, added braces to \item[\tt...] 
							
						 
						
							1995-03-16 14:44:07 +00:00