[issue1706039] Added clearerr() to clear EOF state

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: The patch passes tests on OSX, but the old code passes the new tests as well, so I am not sure what this patch fixes anymore. Looking back through the messages I see that I had trouble reproducing the problem, then I succeeded, but I don't remember the

[issue9299] os.makedirs(): Add a keyword argument to suppress "File exists" exception

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Ray, what does mkdir -p do if the last target name exists but is a regular file rather than a directory? A slightly separate question is 'What do we want mkdirs to do (in this case)?' -- stage: patch review -> commit review __

[issue9319] segfault when searching modules with help()

Ron Adam added the comment: Trying to look at this a bit further... The PyErr_Format function then calls PyUnicode_FromFormatV in Objects/unicodeobject.c to do the actual formating. It looks like there have been a number of issues of this type. Search the tracker for unicodeobject.c and PyUn

[issue2636] Regexp 2.7 (modifications to current re 2.2.2)

Matthew Barnett added the comment: issue2636-20100725.zip is a new version of the regex module. More tweaks for speed. re regex bm_regex_compile.py 87.05secs 278.00secs bm_regex_effbot.py 14.00secs6.58secs bm_regex_v8.py 16.11secs

[issue7303] pkgutil lacks documentation for useful functions

Grant Limberg added the comment: I've taken the liberty of creating a patch for this issue. I've taken the docstrings fromt he pkgutil module and conveted them to reST. Please let me know if there are any changes necessary. -- keywords: +patch nosy: +Grant.Limberg Added file: http://

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