[ python-Bugs-1178484 ] Erroneous line number error in Py2.4.1

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1178484, was opened at 2005-04-07 14:33
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Category: Parser/Compiler
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Timo Linna (tilinna)
Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: Erroneous line number error in Py2.4.1

Initial Comment:
For some reason Python 2.3.5 reports the error in the 
following program correctly: 

  File "C:\Temp\problem.py", line 7 
SyntaxError: unknown decode error 

..whereas Python 2.4.1 reports an invalid line number: 

  File "C:\Temp\problem.py", line 2 
SyntaxError: unknown decode error 

- problem.py starts - 
# -*- coding: ascii -*- 

""" 
Foo bar 
""" 

# Ä is not allowed in ascii coding 
- problem.py ends -

Without the encoding declaration both Python versions 
report the usual deprecation warning (just like they 
should be doing). 

My environment: Windows 2000 + SP3. 


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>Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2005-05-18 11:31

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Walter, as I've said before: I know that you need buffering
for the UTF-x readline support, but I don't see a
requirement for it in most of the other codecs. E.g. an
ascii codec or latin-1 codec will only ever see standard
line ends (not Unicode ones), so the streams .readline()
method can be used directly - just like we did before the
buffering code was added.

Your argument about applications making implications on the
file position after having used .readline() is true, but
still many applications rely on this behavior which is not
as far fetched as it may seem given that they normally only
expect 8-bit data.

Wouldn't it make things a lot safer if we only use buffering
per default in the UTF-x codecs and revert back to the old
non-buffered behavior for the other codecs which has worked
well in the past ?!

About your patch:

* Please explain what firstline is supposed to do
(preferably in the doc-string).
* Why is firstline always set in .readline() ?
* Please remove the print repr()
* You cannot always be sure that exc has a .start attribute,
so you need to accomocate for this situation as well


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Comment By: Walter Dörwald (doerwalter)
Date: 2005-05-17 18:50

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It isn't the buffering support per se that breaks the
tokenizer. This problem exists even in Python 2.3.x (Simply
try the test scripts from http://www.python.org/sf/1089395
with Python 2.3.5 and you'll get a segfault). Applications
that rely on len(readline(x)) == x or anything similar are
broken anyway. Supporting buffered and unbuffered reading
would mean keeping the 2.3 mode of doing things around
indefinitely, and we'd loose readline() support for UTF-16
again.

BTW, applying Greg Chapman's patch
(http://www.python.org/sf/1101726, which fixes the
tokenizer) together with this one seems to fix the problem
from my previous post. So if you could give
http://www.python.org/sf/1101726 a third look, so we can get
it into 2.4.2, this would be great.

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Walter, I think that instead of trying to get the tokenizer
to work with the buffer support in the codecs, you should
add a flag that allows to switch off the buffer support in
the codecs altogether and then use the unbuffered mode
codecs in the tokenizer.

I expect that other applications will run into the same kind
of problem, so it should be possible to switch off buffering
if needed (maybe we should make this the default ?!).

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OK, here is a patch. It adds an additional argument
firstline to read(). If this argument is true (i.e. if
called from readline()) and a decoding error happens, this
error will only be reported if it is in the first line.
Otherwise read() will decode up to the error position and
put the rest in the bytebuffer.

Unfortunately with this patch, I get a segfault with the
following stacktrace if I run the test. I don't know if this
is related to bug #1089395/patch #1101726. Martin, can you
take a look?

#0  0x08057ad1 in tok_nextc (tok=0x81ca7b0) at tokenizer.c:719
#1  0x08058558 in tok_get (tok=0x81ca7b0,
p_start=0xb3d4, p_end=0xb3d0) at tokenizer.c:1075
#2  0x08059331 in PyTokenizer_Get (tok=0x81ca7b0,
p_start=0xb3d4, p_end=0xb3d0) at tokenizer.c:1466
#3  0x080561b1 in parsetok (tok=0x81ca7b0, g=0x8167980,
start=257, err_ret=0xb440, flags=0) at parsetok.c:125
#4  0x0805613c in PyParser_ParseFileFlags (fp=0

[ python-Bugs-1202946 ] Problem with abs function

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1202946, was opened at 2005-05-17 02:32
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: ric-b (ric-b)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Problem with abs function

Initial Comment:
On windows version I get :

>>> abs(-999)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in -toplevel-
abs(-999)
OverflowError: long too big to convert

does not handle new longs.


I am using the following work around:

t = a - b  # calc t = abs(a - b)
if t < 0 :  
t *= -1


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>Comment By: Nick Coghlan (ncoghlan)
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I tried the OP's example in wxPython's PyShell as well as in
the standard interpreter, and got the same result as Raymond.

However, I was able to provoke a similar looking error by
trying to convert a large long to a float (and the exception
is telling the plain truth - a double precision float can't
handle a number that big):

Py> num = 1.0
Py> lng =
-9





Py> num += abs(lng)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in ?
OverflowError: long int too large to convert to float

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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
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That's odd.  It works for me:

Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>> abs(-999)
999L


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[ python-Bugs-1201456 ] Problem with recursion in dict (crash with core dump)

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1201456, was opened at 2005-05-14 01:43
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Vladimir Yu. Stepanov (vys)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Problem with recursion in dict (crash with core dump)

Initial Comment:
Please see example code. 

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>Comment By: Nick Coghlan (ncoghlan)
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What does sys.getrecursionlimit() return?

Does the buggy code generate the expected exception if you
use sys.setrecursionlimit() to make the value smaller (e.g.
500)?

FreeBSD has a history of not playing well with CPython's
ability to detect inifinite recursion. . .

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Comment By: Vladimir Yu. Stepanov (vys)
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This is output from `uname -a`: 
FreeBSD fox.renet.ru 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE 
#1: Fri Apr 15 10:38:49 MSD 2005 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/M/safedir/src/sys/i386/compile/FOX  i386 
 
I get some others with this code: 
 
Python 2.4.1 (#2, Apr 26 2005, 14:16:31) 
[GCC 3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728] on freebsd5 
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more 
information. 
>>> d = {} 
>>> 
>>> class test: 
... def __hash__(self): 
... d[self] = None 
... 
>>> d[test()] = None 
Bus error (core dumped) 
 
 
fox:vys!~ > gdb python python.core 
GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD] 
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public 
License, and you are 
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under 
certain conditions. 
Type "show copying" to see the conditions. 
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show 
warranty" for details. 
This GDB was configured as "i386-marcel-freebsd"...(no 
debugging symbols found)... 
Core was generated by `python'. 
Program terminated with signal 10, Bus error. 
 
(gdb) where 
#0  0x2828b3b1 in ldexp () from /lib/libc.so.5 
#1  0x2828b618 in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.5 
#2  0x080bdca1 in _PyObject_GC_Malloc () 
#3  0x080bdd4a in _PyObject_GC_New () 
#4  0x0805f556 in PyMethod_New () 
#5  0x0805c1a6 in PyInstance_NewRaw () 
#6  0x0805c66a in PyInstance_New () 
#7  0x0805cca1 in _PyInstance_Lookup () 
#8  0x080703e6 in PyDict_SetItem () 
#9  0x0809bb0e in PyEval_EvalFrame () 
#10 0x0809fc20 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () 
#11 0x080d4d66 in PyFunction_SetClosure () 
#12 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#13 0x0805fbe2 in PyMethod_New () 
#14 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#15 0x08099f1b in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () 
#16 0x0805ccb9 in _PyInstance_Lookup () 
#17 0x080703e6 in PyDict_SetItem () 
#18 0x0809bb0e in PyEval_EvalFrame () 
#19 0x0809fc20 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () 
#20 0x080d4d66 in PyFunction_SetClosure () 
#21 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#22 0x0805fbe2 in PyMethod_New () 
 

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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
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I get the expected behavior:

  RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded


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I get an infinite recursion runtime error.  What platform
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d = {} 
 
class test: 
def __hash__(self): 
d[self] = None 
 
d[test()] = None 

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I see no code.  SF can be a pain with this...

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[ python-Bugs-1201456 ] Problem with recursion in dict (crash with core dump)

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1201456, was opened at 2005-05-13 19:43
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.4
>Status: Closed
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Vladimir Yu. Stepanov (vys)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Problem with recursion in dict (crash with core dump)

Initial Comment:
Please see example code. 

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>Comment By: Vladimir Yu. Stepanov (vys)
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sys.getrecursionlimit() returns 1000. 
I set sys.setrecursionlimit() to 500 and problem was resolved :) 
 
Thank you very much ! 
 
PS. Is it possible to add some checks in Py_SetRecursionLimit  
to reject overflow values ? 

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Comment By: Nick Coghlan (ncoghlan)
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What does sys.getrecursionlimit() return?

Does the buggy code generate the expected exception if you
use sys.setrecursionlimit() to make the value smaller (e.g.
500)?

FreeBSD has a history of not playing well with CPython's
ability to detect inifinite recursion. . .

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Comment By: Vladimir Yu. Stepanov (vys)
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This is output from `uname -a`: 
FreeBSD fox.renet.ru 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE 
#1: Fri Apr 15 10:38:49 MSD 2005 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/M/safedir/src/sys/i386/compile/FOX  i386 
 
I get some others with this code: 
 
Python 2.4.1 (#2, Apr 26 2005, 14:16:31) 
[GCC 3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728] on freebsd5 
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more 
information. 
>>> d = {} 
>>> 
>>> class test: 
... def __hash__(self): 
... d[self] = None 
... 
>>> d[test()] = None 
Bus error (core dumped) 
 
 
fox:vys!~ > gdb python python.core 
GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD] 
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public 
License, and you are 
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under 
certain conditions. 
Type "show copying" to see the conditions. 
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show 
warranty" for details. 
This GDB was configured as "i386-marcel-freebsd"...(no 
debugging symbols found)... 
Core was generated by `python'. 
Program terminated with signal 10, Bus error. 
 
(gdb) where 
#0  0x2828b3b1 in ldexp () from /lib/libc.so.5 
#1  0x2828b618 in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.5 
#2  0x080bdca1 in _PyObject_GC_Malloc () 
#3  0x080bdd4a in _PyObject_GC_New () 
#4  0x0805f556 in PyMethod_New () 
#5  0x0805c1a6 in PyInstance_NewRaw () 
#6  0x0805c66a in PyInstance_New () 
#7  0x0805cca1 in _PyInstance_Lookup () 
#8  0x080703e6 in PyDict_SetItem () 
#9  0x0809bb0e in PyEval_EvalFrame () 
#10 0x0809fc20 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () 
#11 0x080d4d66 in PyFunction_SetClosure () 
#12 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#13 0x0805fbe2 in PyMethod_New () 
#14 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#15 0x08099f1b in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () 
#16 0x0805ccb9 in _PyInstance_Lookup () 
#17 0x080703e6 in PyDict_SetItem () 
#18 0x0809bb0e in PyEval_EvalFrame () 
#19 0x0809fc20 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () 
#20 0x080d4d66 in PyFunction_SetClosure () 
#21 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#22 0x0805fbe2 in PyMethod_New () 
 

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I get the expected behavior:

  RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded


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I get an infinite recursion runtime error.  What platform
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d = {} 
 
class test: 
def __hash__(self): 
d[self] = None 
 
d[test()] = None 

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I see no code.  SF can be a pain with this...

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[ python-Bugs-1200686 ] SyntaxError raised on win32 for correct files

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1200686, was opened at 2005-05-12 06:19
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Category: Parser/Compiler
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Federico Di Gregorio (fog)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: SyntaxError raised on win32 for correct files

Initial Comment:
Try to import the attached file (dt.py) on Windows with
Python 2.4 or 2.4.1 and you'll get a SyntaxError (the
file was written a long time ago, and worked perfectly
well on Python 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.) The same does not
happen when importing the same module on Linux (tested
with 2.4 and 2.4.1). When the module imports fine
you'll get an ImportError (don't want to attach all
dependencies here) but the SyntaxError comes before that.

Also note that compiling the file with
compiler.compileFile("dt.py") generates a perfectly
good .pyc file that can be later imported just fine
(tested with 2.4 and 2.4.1 on Windows).


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Comment By: Greg Chapman (glchapman)
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I'm fairly sure this is caused by the bug described here:
  
   www.python.org/sf/1175396

The module imports without syntax error on my Windows system
(with a patched codecs.py to work around the above bug).

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[ python-Feature Requests-1200804 ] enhancing os.chown functionality

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Feature Requests item #1200804, was opened at 2005-05-12 11:26
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Category: Extension Modules
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: gyrof (gyrof)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: enhancing os.chown functionality

Initial Comment:
Hi,
I don't think it is currently possible (with os.chown
or any other Python library function) to change the
groupId of a file without specifying the userId (like
posix 'chgrp' does), or to change the userId without
specifying the groupId.
I would suggest adding the option of having os.chown
accept None as either the userId or groupId, and having
the function change only the 'non-None' portion of the
file ownership.

Thanks for your consideration.

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the posix (os) module is intended as a thin wrapper around
operating system services.  The chown(2) syscall requires
that owner and group both be specified.

Possibly an enhanced chownonly/chgrp would find a home in
the 'shutil' module.

Possibly translating a parameter of None into -1 (which
means 'no change') would be accepted as a patch.

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[ python-Bugs-1199808 ] installation problem with python 2.4.1 on Win2k system

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1199808, was opened at 2005-05-11 08:50
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Category: Installation
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: mmkobayashi (mmkobayashi)
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Summary: installation problem with python 2.4.1 on Win2k system

Initial Comment:
After several attempts to install python2.4.1 on a win2k 
systems with doing all windows updates, we have been 
unable to install python2.4.1 on this system. We have 
attached an error logfile. The main thing that happens is 
that the install proceeds as normal but at some point 
the install decides that something has gone wrong and 
uninstalls itself.

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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Help questions should better be directed to comp.lang.python == 
python mailing list == gmane.comp.python.general.  The answers 
you get should help determine whether there is a bug in the 
install file distributed by PSF that should be reported here.  

Given that the install appeared to go ok until it tried to remove the 
existing files, I wonder whether there is a process running in the 
background that is using the existing install.  That issue has been 
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[ python-Bugs-1199808 ] installation problem with python 2.4.1 on Win2k system

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1199808, was opened at 2005-05-11 08:50
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Category: Installation
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: mmkobayashi (mmkobayashi)
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Summary: installation problem with python 2.4.1 on Win2k system

Initial Comment:
After several attempts to install python2.4.1 on a win2k 
systems with doing all windows updates, we have been 
unable to install python2.4.1 on this system. We have 
attached an error logfile. The main thing that happens is 
that the install proceeds as normal but at some point 
the install decides that something has gone wrong and 
uninstalls itself.

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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You might also check out http://python.org/sf/1199947

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Help questions should better be directed to comp.lang.python == 
python mailing list == gmane.comp.python.general.  The answers 
you get should help determine whether there is a bug in the 
install file distributed by PSF that should be reported here.  

Given that the install appeared to go ok until it tried to remove the 
existing files, I wonder whether there is a process running in the 
background that is using the existing install.  That issue has been 
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[ python-Bugs-1200287 ] Windows msi installer fails on virtual drives

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1200287, was opened at 2005-05-11 20:55
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Category: Installation
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: bartgrantham (bartgrantham)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Windows msi installer fails on virtual drives

Initial Comment:
The MSI installer for 2.4.1 failed to install from a
virtual drive under windows (ie. a drive created with
subst).  It would error out without an error code,
immediately after package selection and before
"thinking...".   Not sure if this also applies to
network mapped drives.  Moving installer to genuine C:
drive and running from there fixed the problem.

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>Comment By: Terry J. Reedy (tjreedy)
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This is almost certainly not a Python bug.
See http://python.org/sf/1199947
Please close unless you see a particular bug with Python.

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[ python-Bugs-1202395 ] Description of string.lstrip() needs improvement

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1202395, was opened at 2005-05-15 13:50
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Roy Smith (roysmith)
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Summary: Description of string.lstrip() needs improvement

Initial Comment:
In http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html, under lstrip(), it 
says,

"chars must be a string; the characters in the string will be stripped 
from the beginning of the string this method is called on".

It would be clearer if it said:

"chars must be a string; the characters in the string constitute a set 
of characters to be stripped from the beginning of the string this 
method is called on".

Similarly for rstrip() and strip().

There was a recent posting to comp.lang.python where it appears 
that the poster thought the argument to lstrip() was a leading string 
to be removed, not a set of characters.



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>Comment By: Terry J. Reedy (tjreedy)
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Over the years, several people have tripped over this and posted 
to c.l.p., so I think the existing text is unclear enough to arguably 
qualify as a buglet.  In response to the same posting, I had the 
same thought of clarifying that the 'string' defines a set, so I 
support this suggestion or something similar ;-) and thank you for 
submitting it.

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Comment By: Roy Smith (roysmith)
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I notice bug #1196824 (recently submitted and closed as "not a bug") 
relates to the same issue.  It seems more than one person has gotten 
confused by this :-)


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[ python-Bugs-1202533 ] a bunch of infinite C recursions

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1202533, was opened at 2005-05-15 19:43
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
Status: Open
>Resolution: Works For Me
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Armin Rigo (arigo)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: a bunch of infinite C recursions

Initial Comment:
There is a general way to cause unchecked infinite recursion at the C level, 
and I have no clue at the moment how it could be reasonably fixed.  The idea is 
to define special __xxx__ methods in such a way that no Python code is actually 
called before they invoke more special methods (e.g. themselves).

>>> class A: pass
>>> A.__mul__=new.instancemethod(operator.mul,None,A)
>>> A()*2
Segmentation fault

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On Windows, this caused the interactive window to just 
disappear.so I suspect something similar occurred.

New is a known dangerous, use at your own risk, implementation 
specific module whose use, like byte code hacking, is outside 
the language proper.  Both bypass normal object creation syntax 
and its checks and both can create invalid objects.  A hold-your-
hand inplementation would not give such access to internals.

Lib Ref 3.28 says "This module provides a low-level interface to 
the interpreter, so care must be exercised when using this 
module. It is possible to supply non-sensical arguments which 
crash the interpreter when the object is used."  Should more or 
different be said?  

If not, I suspect this should be closed as 'won't fix', as in 'won't 
remove the inherently dangerous new module'.




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[ python-Bugs-1202946 ] Problem with abs function

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1202946, was opened at 2005-05-16 12:32
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: ric-b (ric-b)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Problem with abs function

Initial Comment:
On windows version I get :

>>> abs(-999)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in -toplevel-
abs(-999)
OverflowError: long too big to convert

does not handle new longs.


I am using the following work around:

t = a - b  # calc t = abs(a - b)
if t < 0 :  
t *= -1


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>Comment By: Terry J. Reedy (tjreedy)
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Python 2.2.1 (#34, Apr  9 2002, 19:34:33) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on 
win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more 
information.
>>> abs(-999)
999L

Ric-b: what windows version? Even older?  If the problem is not 
with current or future (cvs) Python, please close this.

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I tried the OP's example in wxPython's PyShell as well as in
the standard interpreter, and got the same result as Raymond.

However, I was able to provoke a similar looking error by
trying to convert a large long to a float (and the exception
is telling the plain truth - a double precision float can't
handle a number that big):

Py> num = 1.0
Py> lng =
-9





Py> num += abs(lng)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in ?
OverflowError: long int too large to convert to float

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That's odd.  It works for me:

Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>> abs(-999)
999L


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[ python-Bugs-1201456 ] Problem with recursion in dict (crash with core dump)

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1201456, was opened at 2005-05-13 11:43
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Vladimir Yu. Stepanov (vys)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Problem with recursion in dict (crash with core dump)

Initial Comment:
Please see example code. 

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Comment By: Vladimir Yu. Stepanov (vys)
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sys.getrecursionlimit() returns 1000. 
I set sys.setrecursionlimit() to 500 and problem was resolved :) 
 
Thank you very much ! 
 
PS. Is it possible to add some checks in Py_SetRecursionLimit  
to reject overflow values ? 

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Comment By: Nick Coghlan (ncoghlan)
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What does sys.getrecursionlimit() return?

Does the buggy code generate the expected exception if you
use sys.setrecursionlimit() to make the value smaller (e.g.
500)?

FreeBSD has a history of not playing well with CPython's
ability to detect inifinite recursion. . .

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Comment By: Vladimir Yu. Stepanov (vys)
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This is output from `uname -a`: 
FreeBSD fox.renet.ru 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE 
#1: Fri Apr 15 10:38:49 MSD 2005 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/M/safedir/src/sys/i386/compile/FOX  i386 
 
I get some others with this code: 
 
Python 2.4.1 (#2, Apr 26 2005, 14:16:31) 
[GCC 3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728] on freebsd5 
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more 
information. 
>>> d = {} 
>>> 
>>> class test: 
... def __hash__(self): 
... d[self] = None 
... 
>>> d[test()] = None 
Bus error (core dumped) 
 
 
fox:vys!~ > gdb python python.core 
GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD] 
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public 
License, and you are 
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under 
certain conditions. 
Type "show copying" to see the conditions. 
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show 
warranty" for details. 
This GDB was configured as "i386-marcel-freebsd"...(no 
debugging symbols found)... 
Core was generated by `python'. 
Program terminated with signal 10, Bus error. 
 
(gdb) where 
#0  0x2828b3b1 in ldexp () from /lib/libc.so.5 
#1  0x2828b618 in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.5 
#2  0x080bdca1 in _PyObject_GC_Malloc () 
#3  0x080bdd4a in _PyObject_GC_New () 
#4  0x0805f556 in PyMethod_New () 
#5  0x0805c1a6 in PyInstance_NewRaw () 
#6  0x0805c66a in PyInstance_New () 
#7  0x0805cca1 in _PyInstance_Lookup () 
#8  0x080703e6 in PyDict_SetItem () 
#9  0x0809bb0e in PyEval_EvalFrame () 
#10 0x0809fc20 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () 
#11 0x080d4d66 in PyFunction_SetClosure () 
#12 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#13 0x0805fbe2 in PyMethod_New () 
#14 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#15 0x08099f1b in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () 
#16 0x0805ccb9 in _PyInstance_Lookup () 
#17 0x080703e6 in PyDict_SetItem () 
#18 0x0809bb0e in PyEval_EvalFrame () 
#19 0x0809fc20 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () 
#20 0x080d4d66 in PyFunction_SetClosure () 
#21 0x0805a38c in PyObject_Call () 
#22 0x0805fbe2 in PyMethod_New () 
 

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I get the expected behavior:

  RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded


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Comment By: Michael Hudson (mwh)
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I get an infinite recursion runtime error.  What platform
are you on?

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d = {} 
 
class test: 
def __hash__(self): 
d[self] = None 
 
d[test()] = None 

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I see no code.  SF can be a pain with this...

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[ python-Bugs-1204734 ] Documentation error?

2005-05-18 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1204734, was opened at 2005-05-18 22:21
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: John Eikenberry (zhar)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Documentation error?

Initial Comment:
>From http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/ref/new-style-attribute-access.html

"Called unconditionally to implement attribute accesses for instances of the 
class. If the class also defines __getattr__, it will never be called (unless 
called explicitly)."

But I'm not seeing this behaviour in python-2.3.5 and python-2.4.1 on Linux.

class A(object):

def __getattr__(self,key):
print '__getattr__',key
raise AttributeError,key

def __getattribute__(self,key):
print '__getattribute__',key
raise AttributeError,key

a = A()
a.foo

$ python test.py
__getattribute__ foo
__getattr__ foo
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 14, in ?
a.foo
  File "test.py", line 7, in __getattr__
raise AttributeError(key)
AttributeError: foo

It seems to be calling __getattribute__ as it should, but then it falls back on 
__getattr__ even though the docs specifically say it shouldn't.



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