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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst9
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/difflib.rst113
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/dis.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/signal.rst15
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst10
5 files changed, 144 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst b/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst
index 0f65b26bcd..9ac3aaf56f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ to a handler. Code to create and run the server looks like this::
class variable.
+.. attribute:: BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_content_type
+
+ Specifies the Content-Type HTTP header of error responses sent to the client.
+ The default value is ``'text/html'``.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.6
+ Previously, the content type was always ``'text/html'``.
+
+
.. attribute:: BaseHTTPRequestHandler.protocol_version
This specifies the HTTP protocol version used in responses. If set to
diff --git a/Doc/library/difflib.rst b/Doc/library/difflib.rst
index 7e61aa9c18..66f64e502f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/difflib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/difflib.rst
@@ -144,7 +144,27 @@ diffs. For comparing directories and files, see also, the :mod:`filecmp` module.
expressed in the format returned by :func:`time.ctime`. If not specified, the
strings default to blanks.
- :file:`Tools/scripts/diff.py` is a command-line front-end for this function.
+ ::
+
+ >>> s1 = ['bacon\n', 'eggs\n', 'ham\n', 'guido\n']
+ >>> s2 = ['python\n', 'eggy\n', 'hamster\n', 'guido\n']
+ >>> for line in context_diff(s1, s2, fromfile='before.py', tofile='after.py'):
+ ... sys.stdout.write(line)
+ *** before.py
+ --- after.py
+ ***************
+ *** 1,4 ****
+ ! bacon
+ ! eggs
+ ! ham
+ guido
+ --- 1,4 ----
+ ! python
+ ! eggy
+ ! hamster
+ guido
+
+ See :ref:`difflib-interface` for a more detailed example.
.. function:: get_close_matches(word, possibilities[, n][, cutoff])
@@ -259,7 +279,24 @@ diffs. For comparing directories and files, see also, the :mod:`filecmp` module.
expressed in the format returned by :func:`time.ctime`. If not specified, the
strings default to blanks.
- :file:`Tools/scripts/diff.py` is a command-line front-end for this function.
+ ::
+
+ >>> s1 = ['bacon\n', 'eggs\n', 'ham\n', 'guido\n']
+ >>> s2 = ['python\n', 'eggy\n', 'hamster\n', 'guido\n']
+ >>> for line in unified_diff(s1, s2, fromfile='before.py', tofile='after.py'):
+ ... sys.stdout.write(line)
+ --- before.py
+ +++ after.py
+ @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+ -bacon
+ -eggs
+ -ham
+ +python
+ +eggy
+ +hamster
+ guido
+
+ See :ref:`difflib-interface` for a more detailed example.
.. function:: IS_LINE_JUNK(line)
@@ -635,3 +672,75 @@ As a single multi-line string it looks like this::
? ++++ ^ ^
+ 5. Flat is better than nested.
+
+.. _difflib-interface:
+
+A command-line interface to difflib
+-----------------------------------
+
+This example shows how to use difflib to create a ``diff``-like utility.
+It is also contained in the Python source distribution, as
+:file:`Tools/scripts/diff.py`.
+
+::
+
+ """ Command line interface to difflib.py providing diffs in four formats:
+
+ * ndiff: lists every line and highlights interline changes.
+ * context: highlights clusters of changes in a before/after format.
+ * unified: highlights clusters of changes in an inline format.
+ * html: generates side by side comparison with change highlights.
+
+ """
+
+ import sys, os, time, difflib, optparse
+
+ def main():
+ # Configure the option parser
+ usage = "usage: %prog [options] fromfile tofile"
+ parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage)
+ parser.add_option("-c", action="store_true", default=False,
+ help='Produce a context format diff (default)')
+ parser.add_option("-u", action="store_true", default=False,
+ help='Produce a unified format diff')
+ hlp = 'Produce HTML side by side diff (can use -c and -l in conjunction)'
+ parser.add_option("-m", action="store_true", default=False, help=hlp)
+ parser.add_option("-n", action="store_true", default=False,
+ help='Produce a ndiff format diff')
+ parser.add_option("-l", "--lines", type="int", default=3,
+ help='Set number of context lines (default 3)')
+ (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+ if len(args) == 0:
+ parser.print_help()
+ sys.exit(1)
+ if len(args) != 2:
+ parser.error("need to specify both a fromfile and tofile")
+
+ n = options.lines
+ fromfile, tofile = args # as specified in the usage string
+
+ # we're passing these as arguments to the diff function
+ fromdate = time.ctime(os.stat(fromfile).st_mtime)
+ todate = time.ctime(os.stat(tofile).st_mtime)
+ fromlines = open(fromfile, 'U').readlines()
+ tolines = open(tofile, 'U').readlines()
+
+ if options.u:
+ diff = difflib.unified_diff(fromlines, tolines, fromfile, tofile,
+ fromdate, todate, n=n)
+ elif options.n:
+ diff = difflib.ndiff(fromlines, tolines)
+ elif options.m:
+ diff = difflib.HtmlDiff().make_file(fromlines, tolines, fromfile,
+ tofile, context=options.c,
+ numlines=n)
+ else:
+ diff = difflib.context_diff(fromlines, tolines, fromfile, tofile,
+ fromdate, todate, n=n)
+
+ # we're using writelines because diff is a generator
+ sys.stdout.writelines(diff)
+
+ if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()
diff --git a/Doc/library/dis.rst b/Doc/library/dis.rst
index 78a7d5b278..5b0984788c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dis.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dis.rst
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ the more significant byte last.
.. opcode:: STORE_NAME (namei)
Implements ``name = TOS``. *namei* is the index of *name* in the attribute
- :attr:`co_names` of the code object. The compiler tries to use ``STORE_LOCAL``
+ :attr:`co_names` of the code object. The compiler tries to use ``STORE_FAST``
or ``STORE_GLOBAL`` if possible.
diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index 920752b75c..cf6f8f8e01 100644
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
exception to be raised.
+
+.. function:: siginterrupt(signalnum, flag)
+
+ Change system call restart behaviour: if *flag* is :const:`False`, system calls
+ will be restarted when interrupted by signal *signalnum*, else system calls will
+ be interrupted. Returns nothing. Availability: Unix, Mac (see the man page
+ :manpage:`siginterrupt(3)` for further information).
+
+ Note that installing a signal handler with :func:`signal` will reset the restart
+ behaviour to interruptible by implicitly calling siginterrupt with a true *flag*
+ value for the given signal.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
.. function:: signal(signalnum, handler)
Set the handler for signal *signalnum* to the function *handler*. *handler* can
diff --git a/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst b/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst
index 557b5258fb..c736e2a444 100644
--- a/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ alone XML-RPC servers.
Registers the XML-RPC multicall function system.multicall.
-.. attribute:: SimpleXMLRPCServer.rpc_paths
+.. attribute:: SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler.rpc_paths
An attribute value that must be a tuple listing valid path portions of the URL
for receiving XML-RPC requests. Requests posted to other paths will result in a
@@ -116,9 +116,15 @@ SimpleXMLRPCServer Example
Server code::
from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
+ from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
+
+ # Restrict to a particular path.
+ class RequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
+ rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)
# Create server
- server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000))
+ server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000),
+ requestHandler=RequestHandler)
server.register_introspection_functions()
# Register pow() function; this will use the value of