On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 22:52, Eli Bendersky <eli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 03:08, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: >> http://docs.python.org/devguide/ >> >> If you are a core developer and have a correction you want to make you >> can simply check out the devguide yourself (link is in the Resources >> section of the devguide) and make the corrections yourself. Otherwise >> reply here (you can email me directly but I already have instances of >> multiple people telling me about the same spelling mistake so it's >> nice to have it public so people know when I have been informed). > > Brett, > A couple of concerns regarding the "Getting Set Up" page: > > 1) > > "Do note that CPython will notice that it is being run from a source > checkout. This means that it if you edit Python source code in your > checkout the changes will be picked up by the interpreter for > immediate testing. " > > I'm not sure what this means. Does CPython really know it's being run > from a source checkout as opposed to a source tarball?
Technically yes because of sys.subversion, but otherwise not really. But then again the distinction is so minimal I'm not going to bother rephrasing it to make it clear. > By editing > "Python source code" you mean the standard libraries/tests? I'll make it "Python's". > To be > "picked up by the interpreter" you then need to run it from the root > of the checkout (after build) but this is also true for source > tarballs. Once again, not an important distinction. > > 2) > > "The core CPython interpreter only needs a C compiler to build itself;" > > I find this confusing since the CPython interpreter doesn't build > itself. A developer builds it with a C compiler / makefile. Some tools > indeed "build themselves" in some kind of a bootstrap process (i.e. > gcc, AFAIK). True. I'll rephrase. > > > I apologize in advance if this is too nit-picky ;-) Sure, but at least you said it nicely. =) -Brett > Eli > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/brett%40python.org > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
