[issue14340] Update embedded copy of expat - fix security & crash issues

Gregory P. Smith added the comment: Thanks. I still intend to get to this. On Jun 23, 2012 1:59 AM, "Georg Brandl" wrote: > > Georg Brandl added the comment: > > Deferring for beta1 at least. > > -- > priority: release blocker -> deferred blocker > > _

[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

Nick Coghlan added the comment: This is why I wanted to close the issue with the pure Python implementation, and punt on the question of a C accelerator for the moment. compare_digest is effectively the same as what all the Python web servers and frameworks do now for signature checking. Yes,

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I think this really needs to be broken further down than "the AMD64 buildbot doesn't work". For each presumed failure, there should be one issue, and perhaps a proposed patch. The patch, as it stands, is clearly incorrect (as has been reviewed and acknowled

[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > Doesn't belong into operator IMO. We used to have a "strop" module > where it would have fitted... Again, it can be a private function in the operator module that happens to be wrapped or exposed in the hmac module. Practicality beats purity. -- __

[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

Georg Brandl added the comment: Yes. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org

[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

Christian Heimes added the comment: > Again, it can be a private function in the operator module that happens > to be wrapped or exposed in the hmac module. Practicality beats purity. Yes, we just need a place for the function. The operator module is a good place if we don't want to introduce a

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Jeremy Kloth added the comment: > The patch, as it stands, is clearly incorrect (as has been reviewed and > acknowledged). The most recent patch is correct. > As for the changes to project files and the solution file: none of these > changes should be necessary at all, unless it's actually t

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Jeremy Kloth added the comment: > As for the changes to project files and the solution file: none of these > changes should be necessary at all, unless it's actually the case that the > AMD64-Debug build doesn't work (i.e. neither in the buildbot, nor from the > solution file). As to the deb

[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

Hynek Schlawack added the comment: > For 3.4, I hope to see a discussion open up regarding the idea of something > like a "securitytools" module that aims to provide some basic primitives for > operations where Python's standard assumptions (such as flexibility and short > circuiting behaviou

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > The most recent patch is correct. See my review then; I think it has issues. > The debug build doesn't even *build*! That's the issue. It builds fine for me - I just tried. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Stefan Krah added the comment: Martin v. L??wis wrote: > > The debug build doesn't even *build*! That's the issue. > > It builds fine for me - I just tried. What command line do you use? I tried: C:\Users\stefan\pydev\cpython>.\Tools\buildbot\build-amd64.bat Error: project file 'pcbuild.sl

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: >> > The debug build doesn't even *build*! That's the issue. >> >> It builds fine for me - I just tried. > > What command line do you use? Not the command line - I built from the IDE. My claim is if that works, no changes to the solution and project files sho

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Attached another file with a dict that contains the 2231 HTML5 entities listed at http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/named-character-references.html The dict is like: html5namedcharref = { 'Aacute;': '\xc1', 'Aacute': '\xc1', 'aacute;': '\xe1', 'aacute':

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Jeremy Kloth added the comment: > I can believe that there are issues with the batch files. That's why I propose > to look at one issue at a time (but it's not my priority at the moment). That would mean that you do not care that the buildbots are failing. That is exactly the reason that this b

[issue4489] shutil.rmtree is vulnerable to a symlink attack

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset c910af2e3c98 by Hynek Schlawack in branch 'default': #4489: Add a shutil.rmtree that isn't suspectible to symlink attacks http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c910af2e3c98 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tra

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Georg Brandl added the comment: Of course these failures have to be fixed. But what Martin is saying is that for him (and probably other devs working on Windows) the build works, so the change must be done in the scripts only running on the buildbots. As for priority, we're two days away fro

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts

Stefan Krah added the comment: I seem to be getting a functioning amd64 debug build by applying the small useenv.diff and then running: Tools\buildbot\build-amd64.bat -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26108/useenv.diff ___ Python tracker

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > This change eliminates the need for HOST_PYTHON. Why is it required > in the first place? It is not documented as being required to build > Python. It helps to build 64-bit binaries on a 32-bit Windows installation. Normally, Python uses the python.exe it

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Stefan: your patch looks good, please apply. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailin

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Here is a proper patch, still using the html5namedcharref name. HTMLParser should also be updated to use this dict. -- keywords: +patch stage: patch review -> commit review Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26109/issue3.diff

[issue12965] longobject: documentation improvements

Stefan Krah added the comment: OK, I'll see if I find some time for the 2.7 docs. -- assignee: -> skrah ___ Python tracker ___ ___ P

[issue14626] os module: use keyword-only arguments for dir_fd and nofollow to reduce function count

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: The `rmdir` argument to unlink() looks completely crazy to me. Instead rmdir() should be called when one wants to rmdir() a fd. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

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[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

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[issue15133] tkinter.BooleanVar.get() behavior and docstring disagree

Mark Summerfield added the comment: Did you mean formal test code? Or just an example like this: from tkinter import * tk = Tk() bv = BooleanVar() print(bv.get(), type(bv.get())) bv.set(True) print(bv.get(), type(bv.get())) bv.set(False) print(bv.get(), type(bv.get())) ### output ### 0 1 0

[issue13263] Group some os functions in submodules

Ezio Melotti added the comment: FWIW we have 12 functions less since 3.3.0a0 (probably after #14626): Python 3.3.0a4+ (default:8dd2f5754b2f, Jun 23 2012, 16:50:40) >>> import os; len(dir(os)) 320 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 979567d33376 by Stefan Krah in branch 'default': Issue #15102: Allow platform-specific settings for the current project http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/979567d33376 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python track

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

New submission from Georg Brandl : As Antoine noted in #14626, the "rmdir" argument to os.unlink doesn't really make sense since we already deviate from just mapping posix functionality one-on-one. Attached is a patch removing "rmdir" from os.unlink, and instead adding "dir_fd" to os.rmdir.

[issue14626] os module: use keyword-only arguments for dir_fd and nofollow to reduce function count

Georg Brandl added the comment: I agree with Antoine. I've opened #15154 to track this. -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

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[issue15147] Remove packaging from the stdlib

Éric Araujo added the comment: Just a note: a this time I am cleaning the apartment that I’m leaving, so when I say “Saturday afternoon” it’s in Montreal time, so you may see it as early Sunday from Europe. So don’t worry if your Saturday night comes and I did not commit. -- __

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Looks fine to me. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://

[issue13263] Group some os functions in submodules

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[issue15114] Deprecate strict mode of HTMLParser

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[issue15150] Windows build does not link

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: This should be fixed with the patch above. As python3.mak was using the wrong target names, the failing command probably wasn't executed. -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue15150] Windows build does not link

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[issue15150] Windows build does not link

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset f3d28feef2ea by Martin v. Löwis in branch 'default': Issue #15150: regenerate python3stub.def. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f3d28feef2ea -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

Christian Heimes added the comment: New patch. The compare_digest method now lives in the operator module as operator._compare_digest -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26112/compare_digest_c.patch ___ Python tracker

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

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[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: How about calling it just "html5", or "HTML5"? That it is about entities already follows from the module name. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue4489] shutil.rmtree is vulnerable to a symlink attack

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 53fc7f59c7bb by Hynek Schlawack in branch 'default': #4489: Fix usage of fd-based functions to new api introduced earlier today http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/53fc7f59c7bb -- ___ Python tracker

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Here's a new patch that uses the "html5" name for the dict, if there aren't other comments I'll commit it. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26113/issue3-2.diff ___ Python tracker

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset a9d4cf7d15b9 by Martin v. Löwis in branch 'default': Issue #15102: Use HOST_PYTHON only if it is set. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a9d4cf7d15b9 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Stefan Krah added the comment: I've fixed some paths in external-amd64.bat. Uploading a diff instead of committing right away so as not to interfere with the steadily incoming commits. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26114/external-amd64.diff _

[issue15139] Speed up threading.Condition wakeup

Kristján Valur Jónsson added the comment: _acquire_condition() should _always_ re-aquire the outer lock, even for a timeout or an interrupt. I see however that it doesn't do so if there is an argument error, but that should not be a problem for an internal method, since it would mean that th

[issue15139] Speed up threading.Condition wakeup

Kristján Valur Jónsson added the comment: I'll fix the patch so that the lock is _always_ re-aqcuired. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Stefan, don't fear interfering. Merging is easy. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mai

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

Larry Hastings added the comment: I think it's a good idea, and I didn't spot anything on my first pass at reviewing the patch. But I'm on my way out the door and won't be back for a few hours. Tell you what: once I'm back, if I don't spot anything out of place, I'll just check it in. If I

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset c56783fe2e3b by Stefan Krah in branch 'default': Issue #15102: Fix paths in external-amd64.bat. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c56783fe2e3b -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue15139] Speed up threading.Condition wakeup

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: If the claim is that the _acquire_restore call becomes unnecessary, the entire try-finally should go. If that causes _acquire_restore to become unused, it should also go. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Stefan Krah added the comment: Antoine Pitrou wrote: > Stefan, don't fear interfering. Merging is easy. Good to know, I loathe merging. :) -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: There's still a problem when building ssl: Project "C:\Users\Buildbot\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\pcbuild.sln" (1) is building "C:\Users\Buildbot\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_ssl.vcxproj" (18) on node 1 (default t

[issue15042] Implemented PyState_AddModule, PyState_RemoveModule

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Thanks for the patch! -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ P

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

Georg Brandl added the comment: Works for me. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.p

[issue14626] os module: use keyword-only arguments for dir_fd and nofollow to reduce function count

Georg Brandl added the comment: The Windows buildbots are now content; closing. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue14596] struct.unpack memory leak

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Here is Struct.__sizeof__ patch with tests. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26115/struct_sizeof-2.patch ___ Python tracker ___diff

[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: >>> About code. Instead (PyBytes_CheckExact(a) && PyBytes_CheckExact(b)) you >>> should use ((PyBytes_CheckExact(a) != 0) & (PyBytes_CheckExact(b) != >>> 0)). >> >> What's the difference? They are the same. > > Laziness. If "a" (a secret key) is not bytes then

[issue14923] Even faster UTF-8 decoding

Mark Dickinson added the comment: Patch applied. Closing. Ezio: the patch is pure optimization, with no change in semantics; I don't see how it could fix #8271. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue14923] Even faster UTF-8 decoding

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 3214c9ebcf5e by Mark Dickinson in branch 'default': Issue #14923: Optimize continuation-byte check in UTF-8 decoding. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3214c9ebcf5e -- ___ Pyt

[issue8271] str.decode('utf8', 'replace') -- conformance with Unicode 5.2.0

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Here is updated, a little faster, patch. It merged with decode_utf8_range_check.patch from issue14923. Patch contains non-modified Ezio Melotti's tests which all successfully passed. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26116/issue8271-3.3-fast

[issue14923] Even faster UTF-8 decoding

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: > Serhiy, does this patch also fix #8271? No, this patch not change behavior. But updated patch for issue 8271 now contains this patch (I hope this will help merge). > If so, can you also include the tests I wrote for it? Your tests included in patch for is

[issue15139] Speed up threading.Condition wakeup

Kristján Valur Jónsson added the comment: Made lock_acquire_condition() more robust, always acquiring the outer lock if possible. For Lock objects (not RLocks), set the "locked" variable that was recently added. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26117/condition.patch

[issue8271] str.decode('utf8', 'replace') -- conformance with Unicode 5.2.0

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Here is updated patch with resolved merge conflict with 3214c9ebcf5e. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26118/issue8271-3.3-fast-3.patch ___ Python tracker __

[issue15146] Implemented PyType_FromSpecWithBases

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset bb6df3781edb by Martin v. Löwis in branch 'default': Issue #15146: Add PyType_FromSpecWithBases. Patch by Robin Schreiber. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bb6df3781edb -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tr

[issue15146] Implemented PyType_FromSpecWithBases

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Thanks for the patch. Committed with slight modifications: if the spec contained a tp_base/tp_bases pointer, that needed to be considered. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue13115] tp_as_{number, sequence, mapping} can't be set using PyType_FromSpec

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: For 3.3, this is fixed in bb6df3781edb. However, this needs to be backported to 3.2. -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue15139] Speed up threading.Condition wakeup

Kristján Valur Jónsson added the comment: Well, the rationale for keeping the try_finally is that the Condition should continue to work with other Locks, as long as they provide _release_save and _acquire_restore methods. Lock._acquire_condtion onnly knows Lock and RLock intimately enough to

[issue15139] Speed up threading.Condition wakeup

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[issue15146] Implemented PyType_FromSpecWithBases

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: There was a crash here: http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/builders/x86%20OpenIndiana%203.x/builds/4014/steps/test/logs/stdio -- nosy: +pitrou ___ Python tracker _

[issue14226] Expose dict_proxy type from descrobject.c

Changes by Eric Snow : -- resolution: -> duplicate status: open -> closed superseder: -> Expose dict_proxy internal type as types.MappingProxyType ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

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[issue11626] Py_LIMITED_API on windows: unresolved symbol __imp___PyArg_ParseTuple_SizeT

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 3f14119e4af7 by Martin v. Löwis in branch 'default': Issue #11626: Add _SizeT functions to stable ABI. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3f14119e4af7 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue11626] Py_LIMITED_API on windows: unresolved symbol __imp___PyArg_ParseTuple_SizeT

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: As some time has passed (unfortunately), I now decided to add these functions only to the stable ABI of 3.3+. I'd appreciate if you could review the beta releases and comment whether they fix the issue. Notice that you will have to set Py_LIMITED_API to 0x03

[issue14286] xxlimited.obj: unresolved external symbol __imp__PyObject_New

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Closing as works-for-me. -- resolution: -> works for me status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue15133] tkinter.BooleanVar.get() behavior and docstring disagree

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Just that, which I used to verify with 2.7.3 and 3.3.0a4 in Win7 and do some more experiments: bv.set/get happily accept *and return* 2, -1, bv.set(2.2) 'works' bv.get() then raises TypeError: must be str, not float This will annoy you ;-) bv.set('1'); bv.get

[issue15146] Implemented PyType_FromSpecWithBases

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I have no clue what might have caused this. My guess is that there is a refcounting bug *somewhere*. -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue15102] Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (issue 15102)

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 9c71d7f057b3 by Martin v. Löwis in branch 'default': Issue #15102: find python.exe in OutDir, not SolutionDir. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9c71d7f057b3 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue15003] make PyNamespace_New() public

Eric Snow added the comment: Here's an updated patch to address the use of _PyNamespace_New() in changeset 77414:0011536f2a06. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26119/issue15003_public.diff ___ Python tracker

[issue15003] make PyNamespace_New() public

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[issue15146] Implemented PyType_FromSpecWithBases

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Ok, 33737210c906 seems to have fixed it. -- stage: -> committed/rejected ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue13590] extension module builds fail with python.org OS X installers on OS X 10.7 and 10.6 with Xcode 4.2

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 688d48e434e4 by Ned Deily in branch 'default': Issue #13590: Improve support for OS X Xcode 4: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/688d48e434e4 -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue15078] Change os.sendfile so its arguments are stable

Larry Hastings added the comment: It is usually folly to disagree with MvL, and yet I am about to do just that. As stated, I don't believe in the "thin wrappers" theory of os; where would a Windows programmer find the man page to learn how os.access works on their system? I think os should

[issue15155] sporadic failure in RecvmsgSCTPStreamTest

New submission from Antoine Pitrou : Sometimes seen on buildbots (e.g. http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/builders/AMD64%20Ubuntu%20LTS%203.x/builds/309/steps/test/logs/stdio ). It seems it's always testRecvmsgEOF which fails. $ ./python -m test -m RecvmsgSCTPStreamTest -unetwork -Fv test

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 3b7230997425 by Larry Hastings in branch 'default': Issue #15154: Add "dir_fd" parameter to os.rmdir, remove "rmdir" http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3b7230997425 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

Larry Hastings added the comment: I made two documentation changes to the patch before committing it: * I restored the text under os.remove about how it doesn't handle directories. * I added a Misc/NEWS entry. But I didn't have to touch the code--that looked dead-on to me. Proper job, Georg

[issue15154] remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmdir

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[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

Christian Heimes added the comment: New patch. I've removed the special handling of PyBytes_CheckExact, support subclasses of str, non compact ASCII str and updated the docs. (Next time I'll create a sandbox and push my work to its own branch.) -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/f

[issue15016] Add special case for latin messages in email.mime.text

Glenn Linderman added the comment: Patch is interesting, using an encoder to detect validity. However, it suffers from some performance problems for long text that has large ASCII prefixes. This seems to be an enhancement sort of request rather than a bug... so I wonder why Python 3.2 is list

[issue15118] uname and other os functions should return a struct sequence instead of a tuple

Larry Hastings added the comment: Okay, this patch is definitely ready. Changes from the last patch: * The two return types are now exposed in the os module (os.uname_result and os.times_result) and are permanently on even if os.uname() or os.times() are not available. * I updated the libra

[issue15147] Remove packaging from the stdlib

Éric Araujo added the comment: On it. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.or

[issue15147] Remove packaging from the stdlib

Éric Araujo added the comment: The sysconfig module was modified (and sysconfig.cfg was introduced) to serve the needs of the resource system (install_data putting files into system-configured locations and packaging.database finding them); one of the thousand things mentioned in the “Status

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 2b54e25d6ecb by Ezio Melotti in branch 'default': #3: add a new "html5" dictionary containing the named character references defined by the HTML5 standard and the equivalent Unicode character(s) to the html.entities module. http://hg.python.or

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Changes by Ezio Melotti : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: commit review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue15156] Refactor HTMLParser.unescape to use html.entities.html5

New submission from Ezio Melotti : HTMLParser has an internal method called unescape [0] used to convert named character references to the equivalent characters, and it does so by using html.entities.name2codepoint to recreate the equivalent of html.entities.entityrefs with the addition of '.

[issue15157] venvs should include pydoc

New submission from Éric Araujo : To get documentation about a module installed in a venv, one needs to use “python -m pydoc” instead of just “pydoc”; I would like a pydoc script with the appropriate shebang to be installed in the venv’s bin dir. Similar request in virtualenv for the reference

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Éric Araujo added the comment: The ';' is not part of the entity name but an SGML delimiter, like '&'; the strings in the dict should not include it (like in the other dict they don’t). -- ___ Python tracker

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Éric Araujo added the comment: BTW in the doc you may point to collections.ChainMap to explain to people how to make one dict with HTML 4 and HTML 5 entities. (Note that I assume there are two dicts, but I only skimmed the diff.) -- ___ Python tra

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Ezio Melotti added the comment: The problem is that the standard allows some charref to end without a ';', but not all of them. So both "Éric" and Éric" will be parsed as "Éric", but only "αcentauri" will result in "αcentauri" -- "&alphacentauri" will be returned unchanged. I'm now working

[issue11113] html.entities mapping dicts need updating?

Éric Araujo added the comment: The explanations make sense, don’t change anything. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mai

[issue15158] Add support for multi-character delimiters in csv

New submission from Ramchandra Apte : It would be nice if csv supported multi-character delimiters. I need it for my project. Another person had this problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6352409/how-to-use-python-csv-module-for-splitting-double-pipe-delimited-data . -- componen

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