[issue45544] Close 2to3 issues and list them here

Change by Ashley Whetter : -- nosy: +AWhetter nosy_count: 6.0 -> 7.0 pull_requests: +27389 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21296 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issu

[issue41110] 2to3 reports some files as both not changing and having been modified

Change by Ashley Whetter : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +20445 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21296 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issu

[issue41110] 2to3 reports some files as both not changing and having been modified

New submission from Ashley Whetter : Many of the fixers cause the tool to report a file as both unchanged and modified. For example when checking a file with the following contents: ``` s = "str" ``` using the following command: `python -m lib2to3 -f unicode unicode_test.py` The

[issue34938] Fix mimetype.init() to account for from import

Ashley Whetter added the comment: Yes I'm happy to make those changes as part of this. So clarify what needs to change in PR 16567: 1) Include a note in the docs for `inited` that outlines that if it is imported into the local scope, it will not be updated by calls to `init()`. Only

[issue37701] shutil.copyfile raises SpecialFileError for symlink to fifo

Change by Ashley Whetter : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +17050 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/16575 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issu

[issue38957] Cannot compile with libffi from source on Windows

Ashley Whetter added the comment: Ah you're right. I was trying to install in the same way as previous versions. I didn't realise that calling prepare_*.bat was a separate step now. Sorry about that. -- stage: -> resolved status: open ->

[issue38957] Cannot compile with libffi from source on Windows

New submission from Ashley Whetter : get_externals.bat downloads and extracts libffi to a versioned directory (much like the other external libraries). See https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v3.8.0/PCbuild/get_externals.bat#L55 However the binary release is downloaded to an unversioned

[issue34938] Fix mimetype.init() to account for from import

Ashley Whetter added the comment: Maybe updating the dictionaries isn't right at all. I think if you were experienced enough you would have the intuition that mutable attributes like this are not going to change in your local scope if you import them into it. But relying on this knowledge

[issue33714] module can set an exception in tp_clear

Ashley Whetter added the comment: I've just realised that this issue was specific to tp_clear on a module and not on objects. tp_clear on modules has already been fixed in https://bugs.python.org/issue33622. I think this is closable

[issue33714] module can set an exception in tp_clear

Ashley Whetter added the comment: I've attached a reproduction case. Here's the setup.py that I used: ``` from distutils.core import Extension, setup extension = Extension("breaky", ["breaky.c"]) setup( name="tp_clear", version="0.1.0",