[issue46609] Generator-based coroutines in Python 3.10, 3.9 docs

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- nosy: -miss-islington resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed title: Generator-based coroutines in Python 3.10 docs -> Generator-based coroutines in Python 3.

[issue45447] IDLE: Support syntax highlighting for .pyi stub files

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: For the open dialog, we only need the expanded extension list. People with no-extension python code file must select 'all files'. Once the file is open, we need the issource function to decide whether to turn on the colorizer. I intend to

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I broaden the issue title scope and will correspondingly restrict the PR scope. 'Recognition' applies to open and save dialogs, syntax marking, and module browsing. (The latter needs fixing for .pyw also.) Improving the handling of no extens

[issue46665] IDLE Windows shortcuts by default

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I wish it were otherwise, but configuration defaults cannot be changed as some people would not like it and it would badly interact with custom configurations. We can add new themes and keysets, but that should be very rare. We can consider adding

[issue46666] IDLE Add indent guide

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: [Please just select the current development version. Others can be marked if and when backported. 3.8 and before only get security fixes. Same for 3.9 after about next May 31.] Please explain exactly what you want and rewrite something like the following

[issue46666] IDLE Add indent guide

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I loaded a .py file into N++ and see them. Under 3 x, there are clearly separate minidots. Under 10x, the dots are hardly visible. They are not characters in the text (cannot be copied) but a special manipulation of the column of pixels 'between&#x

[issue46666] IDLE Add indent guide

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: '│' is a bit taller that ascii bar '|'; hex(ord('│')) = '0x2502'. It is a bit heavy. In this Windows Firefox box it is slightly lighter than | but in IDLE with Source Code Pro, it is slightly darder. Worse is bei

[issue46666] IDLE Add indent guide

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I am guessing that N++ or its GUI framework uses a transparent overlay. For tkinter, that would mean a transparent Canvas on which one could draw vertical dotted gray lines 1-pixel wide. However, Serhiy Storchaka in msg213643 of #20920 said: "Tk sup

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset 50cf4991c49e19f917305dd7b9c71085c11edddb by Alex Waygood in branch 'main': bpo-45447: Add syntax highlighting for `.pyi` files in IDLE (GH-28950) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/50cf4991c49e19f917305dd7b9c710

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- pull_requests: +29464 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/31303 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue45

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- pull_requests: +29465 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/31304 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue45

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- pull_requests: +29466 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/31305 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue45

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset 9fabcfbe68ff81ef5f17f86a93daf9cce9d83876 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '3.10': bpo-45447: Add syntax highlighting for `.pyi` files in IDLE (GH-28950) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9fabcfbe68ff81ef5f17f86a93daf9

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- pull_requests: +29468 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/31307 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue45

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset 2d98433549be358d1c192e30e51b8d345d618cc7 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch 'main': bpo-45447: Add entry to What's new 3.10 (GH-31304) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2d98433549be358d1c192e30e

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset cef91ca80c41749824eca1d4b2c99731e3d5f64c by Terry Jan Reedy in branch 'main': bpo-45447: Add entry to What's new 3.9 (GH-31305) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cef91ca80c41749824eca1d4b

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset 6331c08d1c3248ff47a7b8e0045c9023c9af672c by Terry Jan Reedy in branch 'main': bpo-45447: Fix entry in What's New 3.11 (GH-31307) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6331c08d1c3248ff47a7b8e00

[issue46746] IDLE: Consistently handle non .py source files

New submission from Terry J. Reedy : Python will attempt to execute any file it can decode to unicode text as a startup script. It will only import .py files as a module. #45447 turned on syntax coloring for .pyi stub files. (.pyw files and files starting with "!#.*python" we

[issue45447] Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files as source for open, save, and edit

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Issue 46746 is the followup for browsers (currently restricted to .py files) and anything else. -- title: Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files (and .pyw) as python source -> Make IDLE recognize .pyi stub files as source for open, save, and e

[issue46764] Wrapping a bound method with a @classmethod no longer works

New submission from Michael J. Sullivan : class A: def foo(self, cls): return 1 class B: pass class B: bar = classmethod(A().foo) B.bar() In Python 3.8 and prior, this worked. Since Python 3.9, it produces "TypeError: A.foo() missing 1 required positional argument: 

[issue46764] Wrapping a bound method with a @classmethod no longer works

Change by Michael J. Sullivan : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +29517 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/31367 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issu

[issue46725] Unpacking without parentheses is allowed since 3.9

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Allowing no parentheses is also consistent with the following: for x in 1,2,3: print(x) -- nosy: +terry.reedy -jwilk ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue46

[issue46732] None.__bool__ docstring is wrong

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: There is no object.__bool__. None.__bool__.__doc__ appears to be an accidental copy of bool/int/float/complex.__bool__.__doc__. It should just be 'False'. -- nosy: +terry.reedy title: object.__bool__ docstring is wrong -> None.__bool__

[issue46733] pathlib.Path methods can raise NotImplementedError

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I think pathlib should be raising TypeError, ValueError, or something else as appropriate. Or not raising in situations Eryk indicated. x/0 *could* be +- float('inf'), but we don't raise NotImplementedError for it. -- nos

[issue46735] gettext.translations crashes when locale is unset

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: As 'crash', as used here, is when python exits abnormally *without* an exception traceback. The traceback in the linked report is: Traceback (most recent call last): File "video2x.py", line 53, in from upscaler import AVAILABLE_D

[issue46740] Improve Telnetlib's throughput

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Even if deprecated, it will be around for at least 2 versions. A patch now might be worthwhile, but I don't know who would review it. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/is

[issue46760] test_dis should test the dis module, not everything else

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: With IDLE, I have issues with trying to test IDLE code without retesting tkinter, as well as deciding on the proper units of behavior to test. Some suggestions: 1. Add a docstring to the module with guidelines, after review from a couple of others. For

[issue46782] Docs error for 3.10

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The conversions from 0o777 to 511 in 3.10 and 3.11 but not in 3.9 are these: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.mkdir Path.mkdir(mode=511, parents=False, exist_ok=False) https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.mkdir os.mkdir

[issue46732] Builtin __bool__ docstrings are wrong

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: For whatever reason, all builtins with a __bool__ method appear to share the same docstring. For example, >>> range.__bool__.__doc__ 'self != 0' >>> bool(range(0)) False >>> bool(range(1)) True The concrete collect

[issue45641] Error In opening a file through tkinter on macOS Monterey

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[issue40358] pathlib's relative_to should behave like os.path.relpath

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[issue46830] Add Find functionality to Squeezed Text viewer

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> IDLE: Add search to textview.ViewWindow ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python

[issue36595] IDLE: Add search to textview.ViewWindow

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: #46830 is a duplicate request. -- versions: +Python 3.11 -Python 3.8, Python 3.9 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue36

[issue34429] [doc] On Windows tempfile.TemporaryFile behaves like NamedTemporaryFile

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[issue26175] Fully implement IOBase abstract on SpooledTemporaryFile

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Éric, you might use git log or git blame to see who that is active has patched the relevant file in the last few years. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue26

[issue26175] Fully implement IOBase abstract on SpooledTemporaryFile

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Also, which of the two patches. Irit, you just patched Temp file doc, can you look at the PR code? -- nosy: +iritkatriel ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue26

[issue37426] getpass.getpass not working with on windows when ctrl+v is used to enter the string

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[issue46810] Make multiprocessing.connection.Client support ipv6

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- nosy: +davin, pitrou title: multiprocessing.connection.Client doesn't support ipv6 -> Make multiprocessing.connection.Client support ipv6 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org

[issue46816] Remove declarations for non-__STDC__ compilers

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[issue46833] Windows installer is unclear and has redundant settings

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- title: Installer Wizard is unclear and has redundant settings -> Windows installer is unclear and has redundant settings ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issu

[issue46838] Parameters and arguments parser syntax error improvments

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: With two exceptions, nice suggestions if feasible. >>> def foo(*args=None): pass SyntaxError: * argument cannot have default value >>> def foo(**kwargs=None): pass SyntaxError: ** argument cannot have default value Good. >>>

[issue46845] dict: Use smaller entry for Unicode-key only dict.

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: CPython, at least, allows users to insert non-string keys in namespace dicts that are conceptually string-key only. >>> globals()[0] = 'zero' >>> globals()[0] 'zero' >>> vars() {'__name__': '__mai

[issue46849] Memory problems detected using Valgrind

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: It is possible that some core developer may get regular valgrind reports, but I would not know who. I am pretty sure that you should run it at least on the latest release of the 'main' branch, 3.11.0a5, and perhaps even better, the current t

[issue46854] Failed to compile static python3.7.12

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[issue46849] Memory problems detected using Valgrind

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Posting a thousand line message makes following a discussion extremely difficult. Move it into an attachment, if you did not do that already, and delete the message by 'editing' it. As I said, I cannot otherwise respon

[issue46849] Memory problems detected using Valgrind

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[issue25415] [io doc] Reword "there is no public constructor"

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: "IOBase" is a public name and IOBase has an __init__ method. It definitely has a public constructor. However, like other abstract base classes, it is not meant to be directly instantiated by users other than writers of other classes. Ditto

[issue6143] IDLE - clear and restart the shell window

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71290382/how-do-i-adjust-python-idle-shell-settings-so-that-the-next-line-of-code-i-type is from someone who, for whatever reason, likes having blank space in the shell below the input prompt. It is not clear whether

[issue25415] [io doc] Reword "there is no public constructor"

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset cedd2473a9bebe07f3ced4f341cf58a2fef07b03 by slateny in branch 'main': bpo-25415: Remove confusing sentence from IOBase docstrings (PR-31631) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cedd2473a9bebe07f3ced4f341cf58

[issue25415] [io doc] Reword "there is no public constructor"

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.or

[issue1739468] Add a -z interpreter flag to execute a zip file

Phillip J. Eby added the comment: Patch implementing an alternate approach: support automatically importing __main__ when sys.argv[0] is an importable path. This allows zip files, directories, and any future importable locations (e.g. URLs) to be used on the command line. Note that this also

[issue1739468] Add a -z interpreter flag to execute a zip file

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[issue1004] MultiMethods with type annotations in 3000

Phillip J. Eby added the comment: Interested, yes. Have time for at the moment, no. :( Seems unlikely I'll have time before 2008Q1 at this point. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python

[issue12913] Add a debugging howto

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Binary search with print is done manually. If error not obvious from quick read, in a 20 line function, add print around line 10. If ok there, look down and add print later in function. If not, look up and add print earlier in function. This is not exact at

[issue12913] Add a debugging howto

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: More time: read outline, good start. On syntax errors, IDLE put up message box and OK returns to window with apparent error hi-lited and cursor just after. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue12

[issue12953] Function calls missing from profiler output

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Thanks for the report, which I verified on 3.2.2, Win7. When reporting a bug, please give a minimal example of code showing the bug, and the buggy output. I presume you mean something like the following (slightly edited): >>> profile.run('for

[issue12955] urllib2.build_opener().open() is not friendly to "with ... as:"

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: As I understand this, you are asking that 2.7 urllib2.build_opener().open(), which in 3.x is urllib.request.build_opener().open(), be upgraded to return an object that works as a context manager. Unless the docs say that this should already be the case, this

[issue12953] Function calls missing from profiler output

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Range and most of the itertools functions are exposed at the Python level as iterator classes. (But since C does not have classes, they must be C-level functions!) The int 'class' is also not profiled. I think this is wrong behavior. Int and range

[issue12961] unlabelled balls in boxes

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Feature requests only apply to 3.3. To echo Mark: there are an indefinite number of combinatorial generators that could be added. The itertools module should only have a few of the most generally useful, especially in combination with other tools. An

[issue12966] cookielib.LWPCookieJar breaks on cookie values with a newline

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Some notes: In 3.x, cookielib is http.cookiejar. LWPCookieJar is a subclass of FileCookieJar. The module follows RFC 2109 and RFC 2965. RFC 6265 is labelled a 'PROPOSED STANDARD' that 'obsoletes' 2965, but its status is unclear to me. R

[issue12972] Color prompt + readline

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: >From your version choice, you apparently are using 2.6, which is in >security-fix only mode. Please test with the latest 2.7 and/or 3.2. -- nosy: +terry.reedy stage: -> test needed versions: +Python 2.7 -P

[issue12973] int_pow() implementation is incorrect

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[issue12979] tkinter.font.Font object not usable as font option

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[issue12979] tkinter.font.Font object not usable as font option

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[issue12982] .pyo file cannot be imported

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Eric, you can initially give a doc patch as text in a message, though an actual diff in nicer and may get action sooner. I agree that something could be added. Perhaps the quote "It is possible" should be followed with something like "Ho

[issue12986] Using getrandbits() in uuid.uuid4() is faster and more readable

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: You could help this along by both running Lib.test.test_uuid with your patch applied and reporting that it passes. Raymond, I added you because this is about changing random functions. Side note: This code in test_uuid.test_uuid4() uuids

[issue12988] IDLE on Win7 crashes when saving to Documents Library

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I got same with 3.2.2. I did it first from editor window and it only crashed that window, leaving the shell window ok until I tried it there also. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.

[issue12988] IDLE on Win7 crashes when saving to Documents Library

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The view of MyDocuments in the save dialog is different from that of Windows Explorer. In particular, it shows a directory twice, the current version and an older version. Double clicking the current version, to see the contents, also crashed IDLE without

[issue12989] Consistently handle path separator in Py_GetPath on Windows

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Barry, Benjamin, do you agree that this is a security issue as far as future 2.6 and 3.1 security fix releases are concerned? -- nosy: +barry, benjamin.peterson, terry.reedy ___ Python tracker <h

[issue12994] cx_Oracle failed to load in newly build python 2.7.1

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: This tracker is for issues (bugs and feature requests) involving CPython. Your problem appears to be with the 3rd-party extension. Please ask your question on its mailing list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cx-oracle-users It will certainly have

[issue12955] urllib.request example should use "with ... as:"

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: On 3.2.2, your example (adapted) produces >>> 2945 characters fetched So, as Senthil said, the requested feature already exists. But it cannot be added to the 2.7 series; the Python 2.7 *language* is feature frozen. 2.7.z bug fixes serve to

[issue12972] Color prompt + readline

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Since 2.7 was released after 3.1, I will assumed any bugfix was applied there also until someone determines otherwise. Thanks for checking. -- resolution: -> out of date status: open -> closed ___ Python t

[issue13004] pprint: add option to truncate seqeunces

New submission from Terry J. Reedy : >From python-ideas thread "truncate sequences in pretty-print ?" On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Steven Samuel Cole > i use pprint quite a bit during development to give me quick insight > into what is going on inside my application. >

[issue12729] Python lib re cannot handle Unicode properly due to narrow/wide bug

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: My long-ago memory is that 'should not' is slightly looser in w3c parlance than 'must not'. However, it is a moot point if we decide to follow the 'should' in 3.3 for the default 'strict' mode, which both Ezio a

[issue12989] Consistently handle path separator in Py_GetPath on Windows

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Brian, you marked this 'patch review', bypassing 'test needed'. Should this have any visible effect at the Python level that can be tested? -- ___ Python tracker <http://bug

[issue13026] Dis module - documentation of MAKE_FUNCTION

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Minor edit: in 'which are push below TOS', /push/pushed/. I understand 'in this order' to mean that positional defaults are pushed first so that they end up on the bottom, whereas annotations are pushed last and end up just under the

[issue13026] Dis module - documentation of MAKE_FUNCTION

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Right. This opcode is the end of a sequence of opcodes that sets up the stack in the way expected. Perhaps something like Pushes a new function object on the stack. From bottom to top, the consumed stack must have have argc & 0xFF positional def

[issue13026] Dis module - documentation of MAKE_FUNCTION

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[issue6549] ttk.Style -- minor issues with element_names and configure

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- stage: -> patch review versions: +Python 3.2, Python 3.3 -Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue6549> ___ _

[issue12902] help("modules") executes module code

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: As I said in msg143786, the second time only c-coded modules are listed. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue12

[issue13012] Allow keyword argument in str.splitlines()

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I agree with Alex. The poorly documented fact that *some* C-coded functions cannot accept arguments identified by keyword rather than position is a bit hole in the function abstraction. +1 to the patch (and the int to bool change) -- nosy

[issue13013] _ctypes.c: refleak

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: My impression is that plugging refleaks (unlike minor speedups) is a bugfix rather than feature addition, so this and the other issues should be marked for 2.7 and 3.2 also. (I am only changing this one.) Deprecating a public (but obscure) CAPI function is a

[issue13023] argparse should allow displaying argument default values in addition to setting a formatter class

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- nosy: +bethard stage: -> test needed versions: -Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issu

[issue13030] Be more generic when identifying the Windows main dir in installation doc

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Windows does not require that executables be on any particular 'drive'. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.o

[issue13012] Allow keyword argument in str.splitlines()

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: One changeset per issue is a general goal. So is the ability to review patches. Sometime people forget to add a News or Acks entry and have to followup with an addendum. (Mark's patch still lack that, for instance.) Sometimes a patch is so large t

[issue13012] Allow keyword argument in str.splitlines()

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Given that someone is willing to write a patch and someone else to review it, I am +1 on changing 0/1 to False/True anywhere appropriate in the stdlib. Ditto for using a new feature. The "# True == keep line ends" comment illustrates why the orig

[issue12966] cookielib.LWPCookieJar breaks on cookie values with a newline

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: By "it crashes on the invalid line" do you mean Python raises an exception, prints a traceback, and exits? Or does it seqfault, dump core, or the Windows equivavlent? -- ___ Python tracker <http://bu

[issue12966] cookielib.LWPCookieJar breaks on cookie values with a newline

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: It would be better to raise an exception* upon receiving a cookie. On the other hand, I presume cookies are stored in files that any process can mess with, so reading failures are always a possibility. So if you want to catch a (very rare) failure, to do

[issue13030] Be more generic when identifying the Windows main dir in installation doc

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I said exactly what I said ;-). Upon looking further (following the links), I see that 'install' refers to the disutils setup program install command option. What you should do is make the doc accurate and clear. What 'accurate' means is

[issue13039] IDLE3 editor: shell-like behaviour on line starting with ">>>"

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Yes, it is a real nuisance when pasting code that has '>>>'. You have to select and delete to get rid of each. This is related to #1178, but this bug should be fixed if possible even if that were implemented. -- nosy: +terry.ree

[issue13052] IDLE: replace ending with '\' causes crash

New submission from Terry J. Reedy : As reported by R.S.Kachanovsky on the IDLE-sig list, and comfirmed by me with 3.2.2 on Win 7, entering a replace term ending with '\', like 'test\', in the find/replace dialog box causes IDLE to crash, as in do nothing for a couple

[issue13039] IDLE editor: shell-like behaviour on line starting with ">>>"

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Right. That is how I reconfirmed that the bug still exists in 3.2.2, and why I said it should be fixed. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue13

[issue13071] IDLE refuses to open on windows 7

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: IDLE with Py3.2.2 works fine on Win 7 for me (desktop) and daughter (laptop), so there is something peculiar with your system. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue13

[issue12753] \N{...} neglects formal aliases and named sequences from Unicode charnames namespace

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: > Really? White space makes things harder to read? I thought Pythonistas > believed the opposite of that. I was surprised at that too ;-). One person's opinion in a specific context. Don't generaliza. > English titling rules > onl

[issue13071] IDLE refuses to open on windows 7

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Are you using the .msi installer from python.org? Or one from activestate or enthought? -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue13

[issue13071] IDLE accepts, then crashes, on invalid key bindings.

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: While this issue and #4765 are about the same effect, with a similar workaround, Amaury has indentified a separate bug in the custom key mechanism. So I retitled it to refer to that bug. -- title: IDLE refuses to open on windows 7 -> IDLE acce

[issue4765] IDLE fails to "Delete Custom Key Set" properly

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Note the config-main.cfg contains all custom configurations and appears if you make any one of them. Mine currently says [EditorWindow] font = lucida sans unicode [General] autosave = 1 So deleting it is a hack workaround until the bug is fixed

[issue12880] ctypes: clearly document how structure bit fields are allocated

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: If I understand correctly, this doc patch would apply to 2.7 and 3.2 also. I have two style comments. I believe "It is important to note that bit field allocation and layout in memory is not defined as a standard, rather its implementation is com

[issue12602] Missing using docs cross-references

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: This is all a puzzle to me. "

[issue11085] expose _abcoll as collections.abc

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: > collections is one of those modules everyone will use in their code. Simply untrue, and definitely not in every program. It is also irrelevant for bringing up the interactive interpreter, where there initially is no user code and which should happen

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