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r78101 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-08 01:04:54 +0100 (Mo, 08 Feb 2010) | 1 line
Fix test_fnmatch.
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r78115 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-08 23:40:51 +0100 (Mo, 08 Feb 2010) | 1 line
Fix missing string formatting placeholder.
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r78117 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-08 23:48:37 +0100 (Mo, 08 Feb 2010) | 1 line
Convert test failure from output-producing to self.fail().
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r78182 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-14 09:18:23 +0100 (So, 14 Feb 2010) | 1 line
#7926: fix stray parens.
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r78188 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-14 14:38:12 +0100 (So, 14 Feb 2010) | 1 line
#7926: fix-up wording.
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r78245 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-19 20:36:08 +0100 (Fr, 19 Feb 2010) | 1 line
#7967: PyXML is no more.
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r78386 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-23 22:48:57 +0100 (Di, 23 Feb 2010) | 1 line
#6544: fix refleak in kqueue, occurring in certain error conditions.
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r78496 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-27 15:58:08 +0100 (Sa, 27 Feb 2010) | 1 line
Link to http://www.python.org/dev/workflow/ from bugs page.
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diff --git a/Doc/bugs.rst b/Doc/bugs.rst
index dc7d388..4db2433 100644
--- a/Doc/bugs.rst
+++ b/Doc/bugs.rst
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
http://docs.python.org/dev to see if the bug has been fixed.
If the problem you're reporting is not already in the bug tracker, go back to
-the Python Bug Tracker. If you don't already have a tracker account, select the
-"Register" link in the sidebar and undergo the registration procedure.
-Otherwise, if you're not logged in, enter your credentials and select "Login".
-It is not possible to submit a bug report anonymously.
+the Python Bug Tracker and log in. If you don't already have a tracker account,
+select the "Register" link or, if you use OpenID, one of the OpenID provider
+logos in the sidebar. It is not possible to submit a bug report anonymously.
Being now logged in, you can submit a bug. Select the "Create New" link in the
sidebar to open the bug reporting form.
@@ -43,7 +42,8 @@
Each bug report will be assigned to a developer who will determine what needs to
be done to correct the problem. You will receive an update each time action is
-taken on the bug.
+taken on the bug. See http://www.python.org/dev/workflow/ for a detailed
+description of the issue workflow.
.. seealso::
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 7c59022..1952032 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -350,9 +350,10 @@
* The code in *BLOCK* is executed.
-* If *BLOCK* raises an exception, the :meth:`__exit__(type, value, traceback)`
- is called with the exception details, the same values returned by
- :func:`sys.exc_info`. The method's return value controls whether the exception
+* If *BLOCK* raises an exception, the context manager's :meth:`__exit__` method
+ is called with three arguments, the exception details (``type, value, traceback``,
+ the same values returned by :func:`sys.exc_info`, which can also be ``None``
+ if no exception occurred). The method's return value controls whether an exception
is re-raised: any false value re-raises the exception, and ``True`` will result
in suppressing it. You'll only rarely want to suppress the exception, because
if you do the author of the code containing the ':keyword:`with`' statement will
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@
with db_transaction(db) as cursor:
...
-The :mod:`contextlib` module also has a :func:`nested(mgr1, mgr2, ...)` function
+The :mod:`contextlib` module also has a ``nested(mgr1, mgr2, ...)`` function
that combines a number of context managers so you don't need to write nested
':keyword:`with`' statements. In this example, the single ':keyword:`with`'
statement both starts a database transaction and acquires a thread lock::
@@ -472,8 +473,9 @@
with nested (db_transaction(db), lock) as (cursor, locked):
...
-Finally, the :func:`closing(object)` function returns *object* so that it can be
-bound to a variable, and calls ``object.close`` at the end of the block. ::
+Finally, the :func:`closing` function returns its argument so that it can be
+bound to a variable, and calls the argument's ``.close()`` method at the end
+of the block. ::
import urllib, sys
from contextlib import closing