[Python-checkins] r75773 - in python/branches/release26-maint: Doc/library/decimal.rst Doc/library/functions.rst Doc/library/struct.rst Doc/library/symtable.rst Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
georg.brandl
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Tue Oct 27 14:54:57 CET 2009
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Tue Oct 27 14:54:57 2009
New Revision: 75773
Log:
Merged revisions 70171,70183,70290,70292,70315,70438,70464 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
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r70171 | facundo.batista | 2009-03-04 22:18:17 +0100 (Mi, 04 Mär 2009) | 3 lines
Fixed a typo.
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r70183 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-03-05 01:17:57 +0100 (Do, 05 Mär 2009) | 1 line
add example
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r70290 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-03-10 02:07:30 +0100 (Di, 10 Mär 2009) | 1 line
Update url for the spec.
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r70292 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-03-10 05:40:24 +0100 (Di, 10 Mär 2009) | 1 line
Clarify the meaning of normal and subnormal.
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r70315 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-03-12 01:25:03 +0100 (Do, 12 Mär 2009) | 1 line
Add reference to solution for a commonly asked question.
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r70438 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-03-17 21:29:51 +0100 (Di, 17 Mär 2009) | 1 line
I thought this was begging for an example
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r70464 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-03-18 21:58:09 +0100 (Mi, 18 Mär 2009) | 1 line
a much better example
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Modified:
python/branches/release26-maint/ (props changed)
python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/decimal.rst
python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst
python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/struct.rst
python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/symtable.rst
python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/decimal.rst
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--- python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/decimal.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/decimal.rst Tue Oct 27 14:54:57 2009
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
.. seealso::
* IBM's General Decimal Arithmetic Specification, `The General Decimal Arithmetic
- Specification <http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/decarith.html>`_.
+ Specification <http://speleotrove.com/decimal/>`_.
* IEEE standard 854-1987, `Unofficial IEEE 854 Text
<http://754r.ucbtest.org/standards/854.pdf>`_.
@@ -531,8 +531,11 @@
.. method:: is_normal()
- Return :const:`True` if the argument is a *normal* finite number. Return
- :const:`False` if the argument is zero, subnormal, infinite or a NaN.
+ Return :const:`True` if the argument is a *normal* finite non-zero
+ number with an adjusted exponent greater than or equal to *Emin*.
+ Return :const:`False` if the argument is zero, subnormal, infinite or a
+ NaN. Note, the term *normal* is used here in a different sense with
+ the :meth:`normalize` method which is used to create canonical values.
.. versionadded:: 2.6
@@ -560,7 +563,8 @@
.. method:: is_subnormal()
Return :const:`True` if the argument is subnormal, and :const:`False`
- otherwise.
+ otherwise. A number is subnormal is if it is nonzero, finite, and has an
+ adjusted exponent less than *Emin*.
.. versionadded:: 2.6
Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst
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--- python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst Tue Oct 27 14:54:57 2009
@@ -603,6 +603,14 @@
its :meth:`next` method; if the value returned is equal to *sentinel*,
:exc:`StopIteration` will be raised, otherwise the value will be returned.
+ One useful application of the second form of :func:`iter` is to read lines of
+ a file until a certain line is reached. The following example reads a file
+ until ``"STOP"`` is reached: ::
+
+ with open("mydata.txt") as fp:
+ for line in iter(fp.readline, "STOP"):
+ process_line(line)
+
.. versionadded:: 2.2
Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/struct.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/struct.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/struct.rst Tue Oct 27 14:54:57 2009
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
.. function:: unpack_from(fmt, buffer[,offset=0])
- Unpack the *buffer* according to tthe given format. The result is a tuple even
+ Unpack the *buffer* according to the given format. The result is a tuple even
if it contains exactly one item. The *buffer* must contain at least the amount
of data required by the format (``len(buffer[offset:])`` must be at least
``calcsize(fmt)``).
Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/symtable.rst
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--- python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/symtable.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/symtable.rst Tue Oct 27 14:54:57 2009
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@
If the name is used as the target of a function or class statement, this
will be true.
+ For example::
+
+ >>> table = symtable.symtable("def some_func(): pass", "string", "exec")
+ >>> table.lookup("some_func").is_namespace()
+ True
+
Note that a single name can be bound to multiple objects. If the result
is ``True``, the name may also be bound to other objects, like an int or
list, that does not introduce a new namespace.
Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst Tue Oct 27 14:54:57 2009
@@ -1347,6 +1347,9 @@
Arguments to rich comparison methods are never coerced.
+ To automatically generate ordering operations from a single root operation,
+ see the `Total Ordering recipe in the ASPN cookbook
+ <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576529/>`_\.
.. method:: object.__cmp__(self, other)
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