[issue20467] Confusing wording about __init__
Simeon Visser added the comment: Is it worth clarifying that __init__ can return a value but only the value None? The following won't raise a TypeError: class O(object): def __init__(self): return None Admittedly the "return None" is the default behaviour but people may attempt this in order to "block creation" of the instance (as __new__ is less well-known, I have seen the above attempted on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26896941/proper-way-to-terminate-object-creation-inside-of-init/) -- nosy: +simeon.visser ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue20467> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue22979] Use of None in min and max
Simeon Visser added the comment: This doesn't happen in Python 3 as None can't be compared to other elements: >>> min([1,2,3,None]) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in TypeError: unorderable types: NoneType() < int() I can also imagine people now using min with the intended behaviour of "give me the smallest element, or None if it happens to be present". -- nosy: +simeon.visser ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue22979> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue22979] Use of None in min and max
Simeon Visser added the comment: So, to clarify, as the problem no longer occurs in Python 3 (as it requires the caller to provide only orderable objects) I'm not sure a meaningful change can be made here. It would require changing the behaviour of min/max in Python 2.7.x in a way that could break existing code. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue22979> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue22994] datetime buggy
Simeon Visser added the comment: Datetimes in local timezones should be created using localize(): >>> zon.localize(datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 1)).isoformat() '2015-02-01T00:00:00-08:00' See the two supported methods of creating local datetimes at: http://pytz.sourceforge.net -- nosy: +simeon.visser ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue22994> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue22997] Minor improvements to "Functional API" section of Enum documentation
New submission from Simeon Visser: This patch contributes two changes to the "Functional API" section of the Enum documentation: - Early in the section it mentions four different ways of creating an Enum but later it only lists three different ways (the "sequence of names" approach wasn't listed anymore). - The use of "Animal" and "Animals" wasn't consistent. This issue is mainly to test my ability to make a (trivial) patch. -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 232142 nosy: docs@python, simeon.visser priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Minor improvements to "Functional API" section of Enum documentation type: enhancement versions: Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue22997> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue22997] Minor improvements to "Functional API" section of Enum documentation
Changes by Simeon Visser : -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file37360/issue22997.patch ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue22997> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue23011] Duplicate Paragraph in documentation for json module
Simeon Visser added the comment: What paragraph are you referring to? Various documented parameters are similar but I don't see duplicate paragraphs. -- nosy: +simeon.visser ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue23011> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
