[issue40283] Documentation of turtle.circle()

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[issue40283] Documentation of turtle.circle()

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[issue40283] Documentation of turtle.circle()

Florian Dahlitz added the comment: I tested it and can confirm the findings from @cajetan.rodrigues. However, this does not seem to be _not_ documented. The documentation clearly states that using a positive value for radius results in a counter-clockwise direction, whereas a negative

[issue40283] Documentation of turtle.circle()

Cajetan Rodrigues added the comment: When I checked, I found the following: turtle.circle(50, 50) # counter-clockwise turtle.circle(-50, -50) # counter-clockwise turtle.circle(-50, 50) # clockwise turtle.circle(50, -50) # clockwise So it seems both radius and extent need to be of the

[issue40283] Documentation of turtle.circle()

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: It would be bizarre if the current doc were correct, but have you verified by experiment that the change is correct? The patch itself would be trivial, hence the keyword addition. PR author can request that I review. -- keywords: +easy, newcomer

[issue40283] Documentation of turtle.circle()

New submission from guchao : refer to circle() in the url: https://docs.python.org/2/library/turtle.html#turtle.circle [current] ... Draw the arc in counterclockwise direction if radius is positive, otherwise in clockwise direction. [suggestion] ... Draw the arc in counterclockwise