[issue21159] configparser.InterpolationMissingOptionError is not very intuitive

Łukasz Langa added the comment: So the diff would look like this (please find it attached). It does two things: * changes messages on InterpolationMissingOptionError and InterpolationDepthError to be more helpful to the end user * fixes rawval to actually hold the raw value of an option and not

[issue9943] TypeError message became less helpful in Python 2.7

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: Yes, the argument error messages for 2.x are all not very good. Note this issue was fixed once and for all in Python 3: % python3 x.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "x.py", line 3, in f("hello", keyword=True) TypeError: f() takes 0 positiona

[issue9943] TypeError message became less helpful in Python 2.7

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Still TypeError: f() takes exactly 0 arguments (2 given). I consider the 2.6/3.x message better (more accurate). But at this point, I could be persuaded to leave 2.7 alone and close this. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue20858] Enhancements/fixes to pure-python datetime module

Changes by Benjamin Peterson : -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing lis

[issue22512] 'test_distutils.test_bdist_rpm' causes creation of directory '.rpmdb' on home dir

R. David Murray added the comment: Thanks for the report and patch. You should use test.support.EnvironmentVarGuard to make the environment change temporary. -- nosy: +r.david.murray versions: +Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker

[issue9943] TypeError message became less helpful in Python 2.7

Mark Lawrence added the comment: 3.4.1 and 3.5.0a0 give the same message as 2.6. I don't have 2.7 to see what it currently does. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue10036] compiler warnings for various modules on Linux buildslaves

Mark Lawrence added the comment: >From msg119142 "I suspect we don't really fix libffi compile warnings because >..." so it looks as if we wouldn't bother anyway, plus these compiler warnings >are years old so can this be closed as "out of date"? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy

[issue8747] Autoconf tests in python not portably correct

Mark Lawrence added the comment: >From msg112274 "if these platforms can't function with these preprocessor >defines, the platforms need to be fixed -- not python." so I believe this can >be closed. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker

[issue8988] import + coding = failure (3.1.2/win32)

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Works for me using 3.4.1 and 3.5.0a0. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-lis

[issue20858] Enhancements/fixes to pure-python datetime module

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 5313b4c0bb6c by Alexander Belopolsky in branch 'default': Closes issue #20858: Enhancements/fixes to pure-python datetime module https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5313b4c0bb6c -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Pyt

[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

paul j3 added the comment: If the empty argument group has a 'description' it is displayed. For example with positionals group that I mentioned earlier: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser._action_groups[0].description = 'test' parser.print_help() produces usage: ipy

[issue678264] test_resource fails when file size is limited

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Can somebody take a look at this please. See also #9917. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-

[issue22512] 'test_distutils.test_bdist_rpm' causes creation of directory '.rpmdb' on home dir

New submission from Francis MB: Running the test suite or 'test_distutils' triggers the creation of the directory '.rpmdb'. I noticed that because somehow that directory was bad formed and got errors while running the test suite: error: db5 error(-30969) from dbenv->open: BDB0091 DB_VERSION_MI

[issue1565509] Repair or Change installation error

Mark Lawrence added the comment: I don't recall ever seeing a problem like this, but then I haven't used IE in years and don't intend using it now just for this. -- components: +Windows nosy: +BreamoreBoy, steve.dower, zach.ware versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.5 -Python 3.1, Python 3.2

[issue1160328] urllib2 post error when using httpproxy

Mark Lawrence added the comment: >From msg60698 "The first URL hangs for me, using Firefox. Especially if this depends on using a proxy which I do not have permission to use, I have no idea how to reproduce this." I certainly have no idea on how to reproduce this so unless someone can the only

[issue9643] urllib2 - Basic, Digest Proxy Auth Handlers failure will give 401 code instead of 407

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Slipped under the radar? -- components: +Library (Lib) nosy: +BreamoreBoy type: -> behavior versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.5 -Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker

[issue1382562] --install-base not honored on win32

Mark Lawrence added the comment: I'd try to reproduce this but with so little data to go on I don't understand how. Can somebody fill the gaps? -- components: +Windows -Distutils2 nosy: +BreamoreBoy, dstufft versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.5 -3rd party, Python 3.1, Python 3.2

[issue10007] Visual C++ cannot build _ssl and _hashlib if newer OpenSSL is placed in $(dist) directory (PCBuild)

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Has this been superseded by the many improvements made to the Windows build system over the last few months or even years? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy, steve.dower, zach.ware type: -> behavior ___ Python tracker

[issue20742] 2to3 zip fixer doesn't fix for loops.

RobertG added the comment: As far as a non contrived example, see http://bugs.python.org/issue21628, which was marked as a duplicate of this bug. This bug is the main thing preventing me from using 2to3, so I think it is a real issue. -- ___ Python

[issue9313] distutils error on MSVC older than 8

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[issue9313] distutils error on MSVC older than 8

Francis MB added the comment: > Distutils2 is dead. I wasn't aware of that and I'm sorry for that. In that case that issue can IMHO be closed. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue2148] nis module not supporting group aliases

Mark Lawrence added the comment: I think this should be an enhancement request. -- components: +Library (Lib) -None nosy: +BreamoreBoy, jcea type: behavior -> enhancement versions: +Python 3.5 -Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker

[issue22379] Empty exception message of str.join

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 0ad19246d16d by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7': give exception a nice message (closes #22379) https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0ad19246d16d New changeset ab1570d0132d by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.4': check that exception messages are not em

[issue9313] distutils error on MSVC older than 8

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Distutils2 is dead. -- components: -Distutils2 nosy: +BreamoreBoy, dstufft ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue9313] distutils error on MSVC older than 8

Francis MB added the comment: Hi Éric, are the changes to distutils2 applied? could the issue be closed (has resolution:fixed) or is something to be done? -- nosy: +francismb ___ Python tracker

[issue4093] add gc/memory management tests to pybench

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Antoine or Marc-Andre will either of you follow up on this as the last message msg74608 was nearly six years ago? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker __

[issue22511] Assignment Operators behavior within a user-defined function and arguments being passed by reference or value

R. David Murray added the comment: See also issue 20135. -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing

[issue22511] Assignment Operators behavior within a user-defined function and arguments being passed by reference or value

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: I'm afraid that you are mistaken about Python's argument passing semantics. Arguments are *always* passed using the same semantics, and *never* using either pass-by-value or pass-by-reference. These two pages may help you understand why Python's argument pass

[issue22511] Assignment Operators behavior within a user-defined function and arguments being passed by reference or value

Mark Dickinson added the comment: I'm afraid this bug tracker isn't really the appropriate place for this discussion, so I'm going to close this issue. You could open a discussion on the Python mailing list, here: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list. -- nosy: +mark.d

[issue22511] Assignment Operators behavior within a user-defined function and arguments being passed by reference or value

New submission from Mohammed Mustafa Al-Habshi: hello every one, I was trying to understand the behavior of passing arguments in a function to differentiate how we can pass argument by value. Though it is a technique matter. However, the behavior of assignment operator += when using it with a

[issue10510] distutils upload/register should use CRLF in HTTP requests

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 6375bf34fff6 by R David Murray in branch '3.4': #10510: Fix bug in forward port of 2.7 distutils patch. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6375bf34fff6 New changeset 90b07d422bd9 by R David Murray in branch 'default': #10510: Fix bug in forward port

[issue22133] IDLE: Set correct WM_CLASS on X11

Saimadhav Heblikar added the comment: >I don't know how dialogs and calltip popups behave on Gnome Shell Can you reply what behaviour you want to confirm? If you meant, grouping - Toplevels like ClassBrowser, PathBrowser etc are always grouped as single unit in the "Activity Bar". But, in the

[issue22510] Faster bypass re cache when DEBUG is passed

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka: Here is a patch which gets rid of small performance regression introduced by issue20426 patch. No need to check flags before cache lookup because patterns with the DEBUG flag are newer cached. $ ./python -m timeit -s "import re" -- "re.match('', '')" Befo

[issue22505] Expose an Enum object's serial number

Eli Bendersky added the comment: >> I could continue the discussion about databases, but it feels like a waste >> of time to me. The main principle is: If something has an important property >> (in this case an enum object's numerical value), it should be publicly >> exposed. Period. No need t

[issue22503] Signal stack overflow in faulthandler_user

Andreas Schwab added the comment: There is an open bug about MINSIGSTKSZ being too small on aarch64 . How much SIGSTKSZ can guarantee about nested signals is unclear. POSIX does not appear give any guidance. On aarch64 SIGSTKSZ is defined

[issue15363] Idle/tkinter ~x.py 'save as' fails. closes idle

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Agree with Martin. And I think we should check for starting tilde not base name, but full name. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka stage: patch review -> needs patch versions: +Python 3.5 -Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker

[issue22503] Signal stack overflow in faulthandler_user

STINNER Victor added the comment: _PyFaulthandler_Init() uses sigaltstack() with a stack of SIGSTKSZ bytes. On my Linux/x86_64, SIGSTKSZ is 8 KB. What is the value of SIGSTKSZ on aarch64? Is there a C define (#ifdef) to use a different size on this architecture? Does the test pass if you modif

[issue1772673] Replacing char* with const char*

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 599a957038fa by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default': Removed redundant casts to `char *`. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/599a957038fa -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue16537] Python’s setup.py raises a ValueError when self.extensions is empty

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: You can use the default parameter of max() in 3.4+. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker ___

[issue22139] python windows 2.7.8 64-bit did not install

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Reopening for somebody to look at; I'm not interested in Python 2.7 anymore. -- status: closed -> open ___ Python tracker ___ _