[Python-checkins] cpython: Fix some rst errors in NEWS.
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Sun May 6 11:23:55 CEST 2012
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a07a95a590b7
changeset: 76781:a07a95a590b7
user: Georg Brandl <georg at python.org>
date: Sun May 06 11:24:06 2012 +0200
summary:
Fix some rst errors in NEWS.
files:
Misc/NEWS | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@
Core and Builtins
-----------------
-- Issue #14705: The PyArg_Parse() family of functions now support the 'p'
- format unit, which accepts a "boolean predicate" argument. It converts
- any Python value into an integer--0 if it is "false", and 1 otherwise.
+- Issue #14705: The PyArg_Parse() family of functions now support the 'p' format
+ unit, which accepts a "boolean predicate" argument. It converts any Python
+ value into an integer--0 if it is "false", and 1 otherwise.
Library
-------
- Issue #14127: The os.stat() result object now provides three additional
- fields: st_ctime_ns, st_mtime_ns, and st_atime_ns, providing those times
- as an integer with nanosecond resolution. The functions os.utime(),
- os.lutimes(), and os.futimes() now accept a new parameter, ns, which
- accepts mtime and atime as integers with nanosecond resolution.
-
-- Issue #14127 and #10148: shutil.copystat now preserves exact mtime
- and atime on filesystems providing nanosecond resolution.
+ fields: st_ctime_ns, st_mtime_ns, and st_atime_ns, providing those times as an
+ integer with nanosecond resolution. The functions os.utime(), os.lutimes(),
+ and os.futimes() now accept a new parameter, ns, which accepts mtime and atime
+ as integers with nanosecond resolution.
+
+- Issue #14127 and #10148: shutil.copystat now preserves exact mtime and atime
+ on filesystems providing nanosecond resolution.
What's New in Python 3.3.0 Alpha 3?
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@
- Issue #14699: Fix calling the classmethod descriptor directly.
-- Issue #14433: Prevent msvcrt crash in interactive prompt when stdin
- is closed.
-
-- Issue #14521: Make result of float('nan') and float('-nan') more
- consistent across platforms.
+- Issue #14433: Prevent msvcrt crash in interactive prompt when stdin is closed.
+
+- Issue #14521: Make result of float('nan') and float('-nan') more consistent
+ across platforms.
- Issue #14646: __import__() sets __loader__ if the loader did not.
@@ -116,8 +115,7 @@
- Issue #13815: TarFile.extractfile() now returns io.BufferedReader objects.
-- Issue #14371: Support bzip2 in zipfile module.
- Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+- Issue #14371: Support bzip2 in zipfile module. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #13183: Fix pdb skipping frames after hitting a breakpoint and running
step. Patch by Xavier de Gaye.
@@ -673,8 +671,8 @@
- Issue #9896: Add start, stop, and step attributes to range objects.
- Issue #13343: Fix a SystemError when a lambda expression uses a global
- variable in the default value of a keyword-only argument:
- (lambda *, arg=GLOBAL_NAME: None)
+ variable in the default value of a keyword-only argument: ``lambda *,
+ arg=GLOBAL_NAME: None``
- Issue #12797: Added custom opener parameter to builtin open() and
FileIO.open().
@@ -696,8 +694,8 @@
class object. These cases now behave correctly. Patch by Daniel Urban.
- Issue #12753: Add support for Unicode name aliases and named sequences.
- Both :func:`unicodedata.lookup()` and '\N{...}' now resolve aliases,
- and :func:`unicodedata.lookup()` resolves named sequences too.
+ Both ``unicodedata.lookup()`` and '\N{...}' now resolve aliases,
+ and ``unicodedata.lookup()`` resolves named sequences too.
- Issue #12170: The count(), find(), rfind(), index() and rindex() methods
of bytes and bytearray objects now accept an integer between 0 and 255
@@ -1311,9 +1309,9 @@
- Issue #13591: A bug in importlib has been fixed that caused import_module
to load a module twice.
-- Issue #4625: If IDLE cannot write to its recent file or breakpoint
- files, display a message popup and continue rather than crash.
- (original patch by Roger Serwy)
+- Issue #4625: If IDLE cannot write to its recent file or breakpoint files,
+ display a message popup and continue rather than crash. Original patch by
+ Roger Serwy.
- Issue #13449 sched.scheduler.run() method has a new "blocking" parameter which
when set to False makes run() execute the scheduled events due to expire
@@ -1921,8 +1919,8 @@
would reliably freeze/deadlock.
- Issue #12040: Expose a new attribute ``sentinel`` on instances of
- :class:`multiprocessing.Process`. Also, fix Process.join() to not use
- polling anymore, when given a timeout.
+ ``multiprocessing.Process``. Also, fix Process.join() to not use polling
+ anymore, when given a timeout.
- Issue #11893: Remove obsolete internal wrapper class ``SSLFakeFile`` in the
smtplib module. Patch by Catalin Iacob.
@@ -2424,8 +2422,8 @@
- Issue #10755: Add the posix.flistdir() function. Patch by Ross Lagerwall.
-- Issue #4761: Add the *at() family of functions (openat(), etc.) to the posix
- module. Patch by Ross Lagerwall.
+- Issue #4761: Add the ``*at()`` family of functions (openat(), etc.) to the
+ posix module. Patch by Ross Lagerwall.
- Issue #7322: Trying to read from a socket's file-like object after a timeout
occurred now raises an error instead of silently losing data.
@@ -2523,7 +2521,7 @@
- Issue #8746: Correct faulty configure checks so that os.chflags() and
os.lchflags() are once again built on systems that support these
- functions (*BSD and OS X). Also add new stat file flags for OS X
+ functions (BSD and OS X). Also add new stat file flags for OS X
(UF_HIDDEN and UF_COMPRESSED).
- Issue #10645: Installing Python does no longer create a
@@ -5738,7 +5736,7 @@
handled. In many cases this order wasn't being followed, leading to the wrong
Python exception being raised.
-- Issue #7865: The close() method of :mod:`io` objects should not swallow
+- Issue #7865: The close() method of ``io`` objects should not swallow
exceptions raised by the implicit flush(). Also qensure that calling close()
several times is supported. Patch by Pascal Chambon.
@@ -5850,7 +5848,7 @@
- Issue #5277: Fix quote counting when parsing RFC 2231 encoded parameters.
-- Issue #7316: The acquire() method of lock objects in the :mod:`threading`
+- Issue #7316: The acquire() method of lock objects in the ``threading``
module now takes an optional timeout argument in seconds. Timeout support
relies on the system threading library, so as to avoid a semi-busy wait loop.
@@ -5869,7 +5867,7 @@
- Issue #8375: test_distutils now checks if the temporary directory are still
present before it cleans them.
-- Issue #8374: Update the internal alias table in the :mod:`locale` module to
+- Issue #8374: Update the internal alias table in the ``locale`` module to
cover recent locale changes and additions.
- Issue #8321: Give access to OpenSSL version numbers from the `ssl` module,
@@ -6054,9 +6052,9 @@
ftruncate() and other truncation APIs. Patch by Pascal Chambon.
- Issue #7610: Reworked implementation of the internal
- :class:`zipfile.ZipExtFile` class used to represent files stored inside an
+ ``zipfile.ZipExtFile`` class used to represent files stored inside an
archive. The new implementation is significantly faster and can be wrapped in
- a :class:`io.BufferedReader` object for more speedups. It also solves an
+ a ``io.BufferedReader`` object for more speedups. It also solves an
issue where interleaved calls to `read()` and `readline()` give wrong results.
Patch by Nir Aides.
@@ -6814,10 +6812,10 @@
calling methods on the object.
- Issue #7222: Make thread "reaping" more reliable so that reference
- leak-chasing test runs give sensible results. The previous method of reaping
+ leak-chasing test runs give sensible results. The previous method of reaping
threads could return successfully while some Thread objects were still
- referenced. This also introduces a new private function:
- :func:`_thread._count()`.
+ referenced. This also introduces a new private function:
+ ``_thread._count()``.
- Issue #7151: Fixed regrtest -j so that output to stderr from a test no longer
runs the risk of causing the worker thread to fail.
@@ -7258,7 +7256,7 @@
- Issue #5923: Update the ``turtle`` module to version 1.1, add two new
turtle demos in Demo/turtle.
-- Issue #5692: In :class:`zipfile.Zipfile`, fix wrong path calculation when
+- Issue #5692: In ``zipfile.Zipfile``, fix wrong path calculation when
extracting a file to the root directory.
- Issue #5913: os.listdir() should fail for empty path on windows.
--
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