[issue12345] Add math.tau

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Unsubscribing from this ridiculous issue. Guido, do your thing. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue12345] Add math.tau

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[issue27759] selectors incorrectly retain invalid file descriptors

Guido van Rossum added the comment: We only need 3.5; 3.4 is no longer supported. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27762] ConfigParser ignores in-line comments for lines with semi-colons

Changes by Ned Deily : -- nosy: +lukasz.langa ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue27762] ConfigParser ignores in-line comments for lines with semi-colons

New submission from Joshua Haas: According to the 2.7 docs at https://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html, you can create in-line comments using ";" if it is preceded by white space. However, if the value of a config option contains a semi-colon, for example "password=my;pass123",

[issue27761] Private _nth_root function loses accuracy on PowerPC

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: You can do no better than to consult with Uncle Timmy. -- nosy: +rhettinger, tim.peters ___ Python tracker ___

[issue21417] Compression level for zipfile

Justin Foo added the comment: I thought about that, but: 1. compresslevel=None might make look like no compression was being done at all 2. The current default is not 9 for all backends -- ___ Python tracker

[issue1602] windows console doesn't print or input Unicode

Martin Panter added the comment: For compatibility, I think it may be good to add custom implementations of the buffer attribute and detach() method to stdin/out. They should be able to at least read and write ASCII bytes. It might be easiest to keep them as the current BufferedReader/Writer

[issue27756] Add pyd icon for 3.6

Changes by Ned Deily : -- components: +Windows nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27759] selectors incorrectly retain invalid file descriptors

Mark Williams added the comment: Whoops! I pulled from https://github.com/python/cpython and branched off of master. The previous commit was https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/043152b8da83105ff5cba88d4e6ef1d5c64b3602 I can generate new patches using hg.python.org's 3.4 and 3.5 branches.

[issue27760] integer overflow in binascii.b2a_qp

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset af42635b5ed1 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7': fix possible integer overflow in binascii.b2a_qp (closes #27760) https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/af42635b5ed1 New changeset 54c74212db91 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.3': fix possible integer

[issue27205] Failing doctests in Library/collections.rst

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: FYI, this should have been assigned to me (the author of the examples being modified). -- assignee: zach.ware -> rhettinger nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker

[issue27754] Changing the meaning of bool.__invert__

Changes by Benjamin Peterson : -- resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27754] Changing the meaning of bool.__invert__

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: >>> ... it would be nice if ~ acted as negation on bools (~False being >>> True and ~True being false) instead of mapping them to -1 and -2 >>> as it currently does. I'm strongly against this proposal for several reasons. 1. One way to do it. We don't

[issue27759] selectors incorrectly retain invalid file descriptors

Mark Williams added the comment: OK! Sorry for the trouble. On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > Guido van Rossum added the comment: > > Also don't spend more time on this, I found a way to apply the patch > cleanly. > > -- > >

[issue27759] selectors incorrectly retain invalid file descriptors

Guido van Rossum added the comment: Also don't spend more time on this, I found a way to apply the patch cleanly. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27760] integer overflow in binascii.b2a_qp

New submission from Benjamin Peterson: Thomas E Hybel reports: This vulnerability resides in /Modules/binascii.c in the function binascii_b2a_qp_impl. The problem is that the integer variable "odatalen" can overflow to become a small number. The function binascii_b2a_qp_impl qp-encodes binary

[issue27757] eval() does not allow import statements to run.

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: That is not a bug, it is a feature. `eval` only evaluates *expressions*, not statements, and `import` is a statement. Neither of those is going to change. Starting in Python 3.1, you could use `import_module`:

[issue27758] integer overflow in the _csv module's join_append_data function

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset fdae903db33a by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7': check for overflow in join_append_data (closes #27758) https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fdae903db33a New changeset afa356402217 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.3': check for overflow in

[issue27759] selectors incorrectly retain invalid file descriptors

Guido van Rossum added the comment: Your patch doesn't apply cleanly to the 3.4 or 3.5 branches -- how did you generate it? -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27757] eval() does not allow import statements to run.

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: Correction: `importlib.import_module` is also available in Python 2.7. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27181] Add geometric mean to `statistics` module

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: I've created a new issue to track the loss of accuracy on PowerPC: http://bugs.python.org/issue27761 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue26823] Shrink recursive tracebacks

Changes by Serhiy Storchaka : -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27759] selectors incorrectly retain invalid file descriptors

New submission from Mark Williams: Registering a file descriptor with EpollSelector.register that epoll(7) refuses results in the selector retaining a SelectorKey for that file descriptor, even though it's not monitored. The following program attempts to register a file on the filesystem with

[issue27761] Private _nth_root function loses accuracy on PowerPC

New submission from Steven D'Aprano: First reported by Martin Panter here: http://bugs.python.org/issue27181#msg272488 I'm afraid I don't know enough about PowerPC to suggest a fix other than weakening the test on that platform. -- assignee: steven.daprano messages: 272638 nosy:

[issue27761] Private _nth_root function loses accuracy on PowerPC

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: Tests fail on a Power PC buildbot: http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/PPC64LE%20Fedora%203.x/builds/1476/steps/test/logs/stdio == FAIL: testExactPowers

[issue26823] Shrink recursive tracebacks

Emanuel Barry added the comment: Is it possible to get this in in time for 3.6.0a4? The feature itself hasn't been touched in about 4 months, only tests have been tweaked since. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue27749] python 3.5.2 maybe crash

wevsty added the comment: To Decorater If you are found to have crashes, I'm sorry, you can follow the previous suggestion to use python_d.exe then open a new issue uploading crash dump. It would be better. About the multiprocessing question，I would like to add some information. My code uses

[issue27758] integer overflow in the _csv module's join_append_data function

New submission from Benjamin Peterson: Thomas E Hybel on PSRT reports: This vulnerability is an integer overflow leading to a heap buffer overflow. I have attached a proof-of-concept script below. The vulnerability resides in the Modules/_csv.c file, in the join_append and join_append_data

[issue22395] test_pathlib error for complex symlinks on Windows

Justin Foo added the comment: This is no longer a problem for me and I can't reproduce why it was even a problem in the first place. -- status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue27038] Make os.DirEntry exist

STINNER Victor added the comment: Brendan Moloney added the comment: > It would be nice if there was a supported way to create a DirEntry object from a path. If you don't want to document the constructor perhaps expose some helper function or class method (i.e. from_path)? It's a deliberate

[issue27752] CSV DictReader default dialect name 'excel' is misleading, as MS Excel doesn't actually use ', ' as a separator.

New submission from lockywolf: Hello, everyone. I want to report a minor usability issue: I wanted to use the csv module to load CSV's and the documentation says that the default dialect for reading CSVs is 'excel'. However, the delimiter used with this dialect in Python is a comma (','),

[issue27752] CSV DictReader default dialect name 'excel' is misleading, as MS Excel doesn't actually use ', ' as a separator.

Antti Haapala added the comment: Excel's behaviour has always been locale-dependent. If the user's locale uses , as the decimal mark , then ; has been used as the column separator in "C"SV. However, even if you use autodetection with sniff, it is impossible to detect with 100 % accuracy, e.g,

[issue23968] rename the platform directory from plat-$(MACHDEP) to plat-$(PLATFORM_TRIPLET)

Changes by Chi Hsuan Yen : -- nosy: +Chi Hsuan Yen ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue13691] pydoc help (or help('help')) should show the doc for help

Changes by SilentGhost : -- nosy: +Cubky, Devin Jeanpierre, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, jairotrad, jbitcm-, mikehoy, r.david.murray, terry.reedy -lissacoffeyx ___ Python tracker

[issue27749] python 3.5.2 maybe crash

Decorater added the comment: Crashes also happen from Recursion if not careful. Idk why but it happens. Although some of it is probably by not using try / catch probably anywhere in the python source code as a safeguard. I always like try / catch even in C++ as you never know when crap might

[issue13691] pydoc help (or help('help')) should show the doc for help

R. David Murray added the comment: No 3.4 can't be patched, this is not a security issue. A patch to make the behvior what we want should be generated against either 3.5 or 3.6, and the committer will deal with any issues arising from 3.5 vs 3.6 issues. -- versions: +Python 3.5,

[issue16487] Allow ssl certificates to be specified from memory rather than files.

Jan-Philip Gehrcke added the comment: Hello! Like everybody in this thread I would love to see this land and have prepared a new patch, hoping that we can process this still for 3.6. Antoine summarized the core task here very well: > Let's stay focused on what is > necessary to solve this

[issue3244] multipart/form-data encoding

lissacoffeyx added the comment: In principle I think something like this should go in. Since it is a Message subclass, I'd like it to follow the current Message API whether or not it is located in the email package. __str__ and as_string have the right default for line length (no folding).

[issue13691] pydoc help (or help('help')) should show the doc for help

lissacoffeyx added the comment: I just tested this issue in Python 3.6.0a0 and got this behavior: help('help') brings "Help on _Helper in module _sitebuiltins object:" help(help) brings: Help on _Helper in module _sitebuiltins object: help() invokes the help command line. So this was fixes

[issue3244] multipart/form-data encoding

Changes by SilentGhost : -- Removed message: http://bugs.python.org/msg272583 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue13691] pydoc help (or help('help')) should show the doc for help

Changes by SilentGhost : -- Removed message: http://bugs.python.org/msg272582 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue3244] multipart/form-data encoding

Changes by SilentGhost : -- nosy: +Chris.Waigl, Johannes.Hoff, ajaksu2, alexz, atommixz, barry, bgamari, catalin.iacob, catlee, cco3, checat, daniel.ugra, eric.araujo, forest_atq, fsteinel, gotgenes, guettli, jnoller, martin.panter, orsenthil, piotr.dobrogost,

[issue27736] repeated Py_Initialize/PyRun_SimpleString/Py_Finalize segfaults

Xiang Zhang added the comment: It looks to me from the traceback Simon given that DirEntryType's dealloc function is called. From the code, shouldn't we Py_INCREF DirEntryType before PyModule_AddObject? -- nosy: +xiang.zhang ___ Python tracker

[issue27736] repeated Py_Initialize/PyRun_SimpleString/Py_Finalize segfaults

Xiang Zhang added the comment: Try Simon's snippet I think I am right. With the current code, the result is: 1..1 Segmentation fault (core dumped) With Py_INCREF: 1..1 ok 1 - was able to loop 100 times I upload the working patch. -- keywords: +patch Added file:

[issue27749] python 3.5.2 maybe crash

R. David Murray added the comment: Decorator: In python code you generally want to let the exception bubble up so that you can see what the error was. Sometimes you do want to catch general errors, but mostly you don't. As for C++ try/catch, CPython is written in C, not C++. So, your

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

New submission from Decorater: py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data. Although I need something that can allow me to import byte like objects if the object contains valid python script data. (basically it would

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

SilentGhost added the comment: It says "The source code is loaded from the file name *file*". That seems unambiguous enough to me. -- nosy: +SilentGhost type: -> behavior ___ Python tracker

[issue1602] windows console doesn't print or input Unicode

Steve Dower added the comment: I'm now actively working on this for 3.6. I've attached my first pass at implementing an alternative raw IO stream that uses the *ConsoleW APIs instead of the CRT. It works fine for basic print() and input() (including handling redirection "properly", which is a

[issue27754] Changing the meaning of bool.__invert__

New submission from Vedran Čačić: Not that I'm very much for it, but I'd like this not to be forgotten: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2016-April/039665.html Is this going to be done in Py3.6? Or officially dropped? -- messages: 272597 nosy: veky priority: normal

[issue12345] Add math.tau

Vedran Čačić added the comment: > However an honest and non partisan web site would list all the use of pi > without 2 where the formula would be more complicated. I don't see that so > I'm still not convinced. "non partisan" is probably hard to find, but if you want to see the other side of

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

SilentGhost added the comment: I don't see how this is an improvement. Before it clearly said that the first argument must be file name, now it's an oddly confusing statement. Also, typically we don't list all the possibilities of what the arguments must not be. --

[issue12345] Add math.tau

Georg Brandl added the comment: Please folks. Stop taking this so seriously and remember that this is the language where you can type in >>> import antigravity and it actually works. (Sort of.) -- ___ Python tracker

[issue25825] AIX shared library extension modules installation broken

David Edelsohn added the comment: The second of two patches. This patch changes the definition of LDSHARED for AIX in configure to reference the matching installed location as defined in Makefile.pre.in by Patch1. The definition from configure propagates into _sysconfigdata.py. This change

[issue27720] decimal.Context.to_eng_string wrong docstring

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 825713d3786a by Raymond Hettinger in branch '2.7': Issue #27720: Fix error in eng_to_decimal docs and add examples from the specification. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/825713d3786a -- nosy: +python-dev

[issue27720] decimal.Context.to_eng_string wrong docstring

Changes by Raymond Hettinger : -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

Xiang Zhang added the comment: Maybe in the sentence, name should be named? -- nosy: +xiang.zhang ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27720] decimal.Context.to_eng_string wrong docstring

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset de2a9c98948e by Raymond Hettinger in branch '3.5': Issue #27720: Fix error in eng_to_decimal docs and add examples from the specification. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/de2a9c98948e -- ___ Python

[issue1602] windows console doesn't print or input Unicode

Adam Bartoš added the comment: Hello Steve, that's great you are working on this! I've ran through your patch and I have the following remarks: • Since wide chars have two bytes, there may be problem when someone wants to read or write odd number of bytes. If the number is > 1, it's ok since

[issue12345] Add math.tau

Xavier Combelle added the comment: Python will really follow the tau sort joke ? I never saw it mentioned in any serious math or programming document. All the github search result looks like people who are in this joke (kind of). The page http://tauday.com/state-of-the-tau list very little

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

Decorater added the comment: yeah, true and to specify that it cannot be anything but a file. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

SilentGhost added the comment: Do you care to propose an improved wording? -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

Decorater added the comment: Ok, file uploaded. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

Changes by Decorater : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file44095/py_compile.rst ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27754] Changing the meaning of bool.__invert__

R. David Murray added the comment: That doesn't look like a thread consensus, nor does the link you provide explain what is under discussion. I'm not going to search the thread myself, so my answer right now is "dropped" unless there was actually a positive conclusion to that thread for

[issue27755] Retire DynOptionMenu with a ttk Combobox

Changes by Justin Foo : -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file44097/issue27755.patch ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27755] Retire DynOptionMenu with a ttk Combobox

New submission from Justin Foo: One aspect of the IDLE interface that looks extremely old is the the dropdown menu. In the patch, I think I've preserved whatever essential functionality DynOptionMenu used to have, but I'm relatively unfamiliar with Tk so I'm not sure. -- assignee:

[issue21417] Compression level for zipfile

Justin Foo added the comment: Would compresslevel be a suitable argument? All the backend compressors accept values from 1 to 9 if I'm not mistaken. -- nosy: +jfoo ___ Python tracker

[issue21417] Compression level for zipfile

Decorater added the comment: Yes, it would make sence or better yet have a arg that is optional that if not set make it = ``9``. -- nosy: +Decorater ___ Python tracker

[issue27756] Add pyd icon for 3.6

New submission from Decorater: I did some working and did a halfed one for pyd's it basically combines it icon from python.exe with the DLL "gears" for windows DLL's beig under that. Hopefully it will work. (Anyone could use this as a base file and restyle it or whatever if they want. At

[issue27749] python 3.5.2 maybe crash

Decorater added the comment: I do know for sure the crash happens in python.exe and blames ntdll.dll for it. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue12345] Add math.tau

Vedran Čačić added the comment: As an Easter egg, of course. I'm all for it. But please take a look at https://docs.python.org/3.5/search.html?q=antigravity_keywords=yes=default -- ___ Python tracker

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset b1e4c8a3e786 by R David Murray in branch '2.7': #27753: fix typo (name->named). https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b1e4c8a3e786 New changeset c1cc1f616285 by R David Murray in branch '3.5': #27753: fix typo (name->named).

[issue27753] py_compile.compile() does not specify if it can accept a file like object or a bytes like object with the file's data.

R. David Murray added the comment: Agreed, the current wording is correct and complete, except for the name vs named bit. I've fixed that. -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: -> fixed stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue27736] repeated Py_Initialize/PyRun_SimpleString/Py_Finalize segfaults

Ned Deily added the comment: Thanks for the patch. FWIW, that does seem to solve the crash. Brett, look good to you? If so, I can push the fix. -- stage: needs patch -> patch review ___ Python tracker

[issue27754] Changing the meaning of bool.__invert__

Vedran Čačić added the comment: Ok, so let me try to summarize. Some people realized that & and | on bools are overridden to return bools instead of ints, and thought it would be nice if ~ acted as negation on bools (~False being True and ~True being false) instead of mapping them to -1 and

[issue27749] python 3.5.2 maybe crash

Decorater added the comment: I can confirm that I also get the same crash. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file44099/python.exe.8228.dmp ___ Python tracker

[issue12345] Add math.tau

Decorater added the comment: not to mention I like to use the following expression myself. pie = 22 / 7 # because why not? tau = 2 * pie -- nosy: +Decorater ___ Python tracker

[issue12345] Add math.tau

Changes by Stefan Krah : -- nosy: -skrah ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue27754] Changing the meaning of bool.__invert__

R. David Murray added the comment: Well, in this context "in 3.6" means "in the next feature release", so it isn't as if the window closes forever. I'd vote -1 myself. It doesn't seem like a useful enough feature to be worth adding, given that ~x is equivalent to "not x" for booleans, but

[issue27754] Changing the meaning of bool.__invert__

R. David Murray added the comment: Well, maybe I'm wrong about the 'next feature release' bit, I won't claim to be able to read Guido's mind :) -- ___ Python tracker

[issue27757] eval() does not allow import statements to run.

Decorater added the comment: eval* my typo is OP -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue27757] eval() does not allow import statements to run.

New submission from Decorater: runnign exec on import lines are fine however if I run the following code in a exec: >>>import py2pycx;py2pycx.api.compress_script(sys.path[0] + >>>'\resources\Dependencies', 'six.py') Traceback (most recent call last): File

[issue23369] integer overflow in _json.encode_basestring_ascii

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 6fa0ebfdc136 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7': fix possible overflow in encode_basestring_ascii (#23369) https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6fa0ebfdc136 -- ___ Python tracker