[Python-checkins] r52063 - in python/trunk: Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex Misc/NEWS
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Sat Sep 30 11:06:46 CEST 2006
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Sep 30 11:06:45 2006
New Revision: 52063
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex
python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Bug #1566663: remove obsolete example from datetime docs.
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex Sat Sep 30 11:06:45 2006
@@ -1421,19 +1421,21 @@
varies across platforms. Regardless of platform, years before 1900
cannot be used.
-\subsection{Examples}
-
-\subsubsection{Creating Datetime Objects from Formatted Strings}
-
-The \class{datetime} class does not directly support parsing formatted time
-strings. You can use \function{time.strptime} to do the parsing and create
-a \class{datetime} object from the tuple it returns:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
->>> s = "2005-12-06T12:13:14"
->>> from datetime import datetime
->>> from time import strptime
->>> datetime(*strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:6])
-datetime.datetime(2005, 12, 6, 12, 13, 14)
-\end{verbatim}
-
+%%% This example is obsolete, since strptime is now supported by datetime.
+%
+% \subsection{Examples}
+%
+% \subsubsection{Creating Datetime Objects from Formatted Strings}
+%
+% The \class{datetime} class does not directly support parsing formatted time
+% strings. You can use \function{time.strptime} to do the parsing and create
+% a \class{datetime} object from the tuple it returns:
+%
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% >>> s = "2005-12-06T12:13:14"
+% >>> from datetime import datetime
+% >>> from time import strptime
+% >>> datetime(*strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:6])
+% datetime.datetime(2005, 12, 6, 12, 13, 14)
+% \end{verbatim}
+%
Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS (original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS Sat Sep 30 11:06:45 2006
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@
Documentation
-------------
+- Bug #1566663: remove obsolete example from datetime docs.
+
- Bug #1541682: Fix example in the "Refcount details" API docs.
Additionally, remove a faulty example showing PySequence_SetItem applied
to a newly created list object and add notes that this isn't a good idea.
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