@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ taken on the bug.

Article which goes into some detail about how to create a useful bug report.

This describes what kind of information is useful and why it is useful.

`Bug Writing Guidelines <http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html>`_

`Bug Writing Guidelines <http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Bug_writing_guidelines>`_

Information about writing a good bug report. Some of this is specific to the

Mozilla project, but describes general good practices.

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ reference counts for other objects contained in the object if this is a compound

object type, such as a list, as well as performing any additional finalization

that's needed. There's no chance that the reference count can overflow; at

least as many bits are used to hold the reference count as there are distinct

memory locations in virtual memory (assuming ``sizeof(long) >= sizeof(char*)``).

memory locations in virtual memory (assuming ``sizeof(Py_ssize_t) >= sizeof(void*)``).

Thus, the reference count increment is a simple operation.

It is not necessary to increment an object's reference count for every local

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ setup script). Indirectly provides the :class:`distutils.dist.Distribution` and

+--------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+

| *classifiers* | A list of categories for the | The list of available |

| | package | categorizations is at |

| | | http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi?:action=list_classifiers. |

| | | http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=list_classifiers. |

+--------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+

| *distclass* | the :class:`Distribution` | A subclass of |

| | class to use | :class:`distutils.core.Distribution` |

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Distutils Cookbook.

.. seealso::

`Distutils Cookbook <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/DistutilsCookbook>`_

`Distutils Cookbook <http://wiki.python.org/moin/DistutilsCookbook>`_

Collection of recipes showing how to achieve more control over distutils.

@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ Notes:

(4)

These fields should not be used if your package is to be compatible with Python

versions prior to 2.2.3 or 2.3. The list is available from the `PyPI website

<http://www.python.org/pypi>`_.

<http://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_.

'short string'

A single line of text, not more than 200 characters.

@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ distribution:

* all files in the Distutils "build" tree (default :file:`build/`)

* all files in directories named :file:`RCS`, :file:`CVS` or :file:`.svn`

* all files in directories named :file:`RCS`, :file:`CVS`, :file:`.svn`,

:file:`.hg`, :file:`.git`, :file:`.bzr` or :file:`_darcs`

Now we have our complete list of files, which is written to the manifest for

future reference, and then used to build the source distribution archive(s).

@@ -156,8 +157,9 @@ source distribution:

previous two steps, so it's important that the ``prune`` command in the manifest

template comes after the ``recursive-include`` command

#. exclude the entire :file:`build` tree, and any :file:`RCS`, :file:`CVS` and

:file:`.svn` directories

#. exclude the entire :file:`build` tree, and any :file:`RCS`, :file:`CVS`,

:file:`.svn`, :file:`.hg`, :file:`.git`, :file:`.bzr` and :file:`_darcs`

directories

Just like in the setup script, file and directory names in the manifest template

should always be slash-separated; the Distutils will take care of converting

@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ Unix

1970s.

.. _Apple Publications Style Guide: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/APStyleGuide/AppleStyleGuide2003.pdf

.. _Apple Publications Style Guide: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/APStyleGuide/AppleStyleGuide2006.pdf

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ http://www.opensource.org

wasn't written commercially. This site presents arguments that show how open

source software can have considerable advantages over closed-source software.

http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Advocacy.html

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Advocacy.html

The Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO was the inspiration for this document, and is also

well worth reading for general suggestions on winning acceptance for a new

technology, such as Linux or Python. In general, you won't make much progress

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ everything, though.

No one has made a Windows port of the curses module. On a Windows platform, try

the Console module written by Fredrik Lundh. The Console module provides

cursor-addressable text output, plus full support for mouse and keyboard input,

and is available from http://effbot.org/efflib/console.

and is available from http://effbot.org/zone/console-index.htm.

The Python curses module

@@ -432,5 +432,5 @@ ncurses; feel free to add that.

If you write an interesting little program, feel free to contribute it as

another demo. We can always use more of them!

The ncurses FAQ: http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html

The ncurses FAQ: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html

@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ module. If you have Tkinter available, you may also want to look at

Python distribution. It allows you to enter REs and strings, and displays

whether the RE matches or fails. :file:`redemo.py` can be quite useful when

trying to debug a complicated RE. Phil Schwartz's `Kodos

<http://www.phil-schwartz.com/kodos.spy>`_ is also an interactive tool for

developing and testing RE patterns.

<http://kodos.sourceforge.net/>`_ is also an interactive tool for developing and

testing RE patterns.

This HOWTO uses the standard Python interpreter for its examples. First, run the

Python interpreter, import the :mod:`re` module, and compile a RE::