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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r70712 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-03-30 10:15:38 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line don't rely on the order dict repr #5605 ........ r70714 | brett.cannon | 2009-03-30 10:20:53 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line Add an entry to developers.txt. ........ r70764 | martin.v.loewis | 2009-03-30 17:06:33 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 2 lines Add several VM developers. ........ r70765 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-30 17:09:34 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5199: make warning about vars() assignment more visible. ........ r70769 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-03-30 17:29:53 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line Remove comment ........ r70770 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-03-30 17:30:20 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line Add several items and placeholders ........ r70771 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-03-30 17:31:11 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line Many edits ........ r70773 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-30 17:43:00 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5039: make it clear that the impl. note refers to CPython. ........ r70776 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-03-30 18:08:24 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line typo fix ........ r70777 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-03-30 18:09:46 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line Add more items ........ r70788 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-03-30 20:21:01 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line Add various items ........ r70789 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-30 20:25:15 -0500 (Mon, 30 Mar 2009) | 1 line Fix a wrong struct field assignment (docstring as closure). ........ r70824 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 10:43:20 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5519: remove reference to Kodos, which seems dead. ........ r70828 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 10:50:16 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5581: fget argument of abstractproperty is optional as well. ........ r70832 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 11:31:11 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #1386675: specify WindowsError as the exception, because it has a winerror attribute that EnvironmentError doesnt have. ........ r70836 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 11:50:25 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5417: replace references to undocumented functions by ones to documented functions. ........ r70842 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 12:13:06 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #970783: document PyObject_Generic[GS]etAttr. ........ r70851 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 13:26:55 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #837577: note cryptic return value of spawn*e on invalid env dicts. ........ r70855 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 13:30:37 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5245: note that PyRun_SimpleString doesnt return on SystemExit. ........ r70857 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 13:33:10 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5227: note that Py_Main doesnt return on SystemExit. ........ r70866 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 14:06:57 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #4882: document named group behavior a bit better. ........ r70867 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 14:10:35 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #1096310: document usage of sys.__std*__ a bit better. ........ r70868 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 14:12:17 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5190: export make_option in __all__. ........ r70869 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 14:14:42 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line Fix-up unwanted change. ........ r70870 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 14:26:24 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #4411: document mro() and __mro__. (I hope I got it right.) ........ r70871 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 14:30:56 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5618: fix typo. ........ r70872 | r.david.murray | 2009-03-31 14:31:17 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 3 lines Delete out-of-date and little-known README from the test directory by consensus of devs at pycon sprint. ........ r70883 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 15:41:08 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #1674032: return value of flag from Event.wait(). OKed by Guido. ........ r70885 | tarek.ziade | 2009-03-31 15:48:31 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line using log.warn for sys.stderr ........ r70893 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 15:56:32 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #1530012: move TQS section before raw strings. ........ r70894 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-03-31 16:06:30 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line take the usual lock precautions around _active_limbo_lock ........ r70896 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 16:15:33 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5598: document DocFileSuite *args argument. ........ r70897 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-03-31 16:34:42 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line fix Thread.ident when it is the main thread or a dummy thread #5632 ........ r70903 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 16:45:18 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #1676135: remove trailing slashes from --prefix argument. ........ r70905 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 17:03:40 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5563: more documentation for bdist_msi. ........ r70906 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 17:11:53 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #1651995: fix _convert_ref for non-ASCII characters. ........ r70907 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 17:18:19 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #3427: document correct return type for urlopen().info(). ........ r70915 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 17:40:16 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line #5018: remove confusing paragraph. ........ r70927 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 18:01:27 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 1 line Dont shout to users. ........ r70933 | georg.brandl | 2009-03-31 19:04:33 -0500 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009) | 2 lines Issue #5635: Fix running test_sys with tracing enabled. ........ r70951 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-01 09:02:27 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line Add Maksim, who worked on several issues at the sprint. ........ r70960 | jesse.noller | 2009-04-01 11:42:19 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line Issue 3270: document Listener address restrictions on windows ........ r70962 | brett.cannon | 2009-04-01 12:07:16 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 2 lines Ron DuPlain was given commit privileges at PyCon 2009 to work on 3to2. ........ r70963 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-01 12:46:01 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line #5655: fix docstring oversight. ........ r70964 | brett.cannon | 2009-04-01 12:52:13 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 2 lines Paul Kippes was given commit privileges to work on 3to2. ........ r70998 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-01 16:54:21 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line In Pdb, stop assigning values to __builtin__._ which interferes with the one commonly installed by gettext. ........ r71001 | brett.cannon | 2009-04-01 18:01:12 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 3 lines Add my initials to Misc/developers.txt. Names are now sorted by number of characters in the person's name. ........ r71006 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-01 18:32:17 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line Cache the f_locals dict of the current frame, since every access to frame.f_locals overrides its contents with the real locals which undoes modifications made by the debugging user. ........ r71008 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-04-01 19:02:14 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line Typo fix ........ r71010 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-04-01 19:11:52 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line fix markup ........ r71011 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-04-01 19:12:47 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line this should be :noindex: ........ r71019 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-01 21:00:01 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 1 line Fix test_doctest, missed two assignments to curframe. ........ r71037 | r.david.murray | 2009-04-01 23:34:04 -0500 (Wed, 01 Apr 2009) | 6 lines Clarify that datetime strftime does not produce leap seconds and datetime strptime does not accept it in the strftime behavior section of the datetime docs. Closes issue 2568. ........ r71056 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-02 12:43:07 -0500 (Thu, 02 Apr 2009) | 2 lines Actually the displayhook should print the repr. ........ r71094 | vinay.sajip | 2009-04-03 05:23:18 -0500 (Fri, 03 Apr 2009) | 1 line Added warning about logging use from asynchronous signal handlers. ........ r71101 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-04-03 16:43:00 -0500 (Fri, 03 Apr 2009) | 1 line Add some items ........ r71102 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-04-03 16:44:49 -0500 (Fri, 03 Apr 2009) | 1 line Fix 'the the'; grammar fix ........ r71103 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-04-03 16:45:29 -0500 (Fri, 03 Apr 2009) | 1 line Fix 'the the' duplication ........ r71106 | vinay.sajip | 2009-04-03 16:58:16 -0500 (Fri, 03 Apr 2009) | 1 line Clarified warning about logging use from asynchronous signal handlers. ........ r71119 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-04-04 00:37:47 -0500 (Sat, 04 Apr 2009) | 1 line Add helpful link. ........ r71123 | r.david.murray | 2009-04-04 01:39:56 -0500 (Sat, 04 Apr 2009) | 2 lines Fix error in description of 'oct' (issue 5678). ........ r71149 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-04 08:42:39 -0500 (Sat, 04 Apr 2009) | 1 line #5642: clarify map() compatibility to the builtin. ........ r71150 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-04 08:45:49 -0500 (Sat, 04 Apr 2009) | 1 line #5601: clarify that webbrowser is not meant for file names. ........ r71203 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-04-04 18:46:34 -0500 (Sat, 04 Apr 2009) | 1 line note how using iter* are unsafe while mutating and document iter(dict) ........ r71212 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 05:24:20 -0500 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line #1742837: expand HTTP server docs, and fix SocketServer ones to document methods as methods, not functions. ........ r71214 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 05:29:57 -0500 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line Normalize spelling of Mac OS X. ........ r71215 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 05:32:26 -0500 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line Avoid sure signs of a diseased mind. ........ r71216 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 05:41:02 -0500 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line #1718017: document the relation of os.path and the posixpath, ntpath etc. modules better. ........ r71217 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 05:48:47 -0500 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line #1726172: dont raise an unexpected IndexError if a voidresp() call has an empty response. ........ r71221 | vinay.sajip | 2009-04-05 06:06:24 -0500 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line Issue #5695: Moved logging.captureWarnings() call inside with statement in WarningsTest.test_warnings. ........ r71240 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-05 09:40:06 -0500 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009) | 1 line #5370: doc update about unpickling objects with custom __getattr__ etc. methods. ........
author: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> 2009-04-05 19:13:16 +0000
committer: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> 2009-04-05 19:13:16 +0000
commit: d23f8224e9bce36f231b6fcb3e3053fc1af27c6f (patch)
tree: 5745b7c2eddb55b47ef3b35d429c3c0225d3badf /Doc
parent: 5b9082a9591380cbfd961ef5273df36da5b1302a (diff)
download: cpython-git-d23f8224e9bce36f231b6fcb3e3053fc1af27c6f.tar.gz
34 files changed, 558 insertions, 291 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 2d6b9981ce..a6f8b9fc0b 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ created.
 Asynchronous Notifications
 ==========================
 
-A mechanism is provided to make asynchronous notifications to the the main
+A mechanism is provided to make asynchronous notifications to the main
 interpreter thread.  These notifications take the form of a function
 pointer and a void argument.
 
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/number.rst b/Doc/c-api/number.rst
index c8f6945933..26e2dd4113 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/number.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/number.rst
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ Number Protocol
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyNumber_ToBase(PyObject *n, int base)
 
-   Returns the the integer *n* converted to *base* as a string with a base
-   marker of ``'0b'``, ``'0o'``, or ``'0x'`` if appended applicable.  When
+   Returns the integer *n* converted to *base* as a string with a base
+   marker of ``'0b'``, ``'0o'``, or ``'0x'`` if applicable.  When
    *base* is not 2, 8, 10, or 16, the format is ``'x#num'`` where x is the
    base. If *n* is not an int object, it is converted with
    :cfunc:`PyNumber_Index` first.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/object.rst b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
index d9f29d15ff..b0700a1419 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/object.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ Object Protocol
    expression ``o.attr_name``.
 
 
+.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyObject_GenericGetAttr(PyObject *o, PyObject *name)
+
+   Generic attribute getter function that is meant to be put into a type
+   object's ``tp_getattro`` slot.  It looks for a descriptor in the dictionary
+   of classes in the object's MRO as well as an attribute in the object's
+   :attr:`__dict__` (if present).  As outlined in :ref:`descriptors`, data
+   descriptors take preference over instance attributes, while non-data
+   descriptors don't.  Otherwise, an :exc:`AttributeError` is raised.
+
+
 .. cfunction:: int PyObject_SetAttr(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name, PyObject *v)
 
    Set the value of the attribute named *attr_name*, for object *o*, to the value
@@ -56,6 +66,16 @@ Object Protocol
    ``o.attr_name = v``.
 
 
+.. cfunction:: int PyObject_GenericSetAttr(PyObject *o, PyObject *name, PyObject *value)
+
+   Generic attribute setter function that is meant to be put into a type
+   object's ``tp_setattro`` slot.  It looks for a data descriptor in the
+   dictionary of classes in the object's MRO, and if found it takes preference
+   over setting the attribute in the instance dictionary. Otherwise, the
+   attribute is set in the object's :attr:`__dict__` (if present).  Otherwise,
+   an :exc:`AttributeError` is raised and ``-1`` is returned.
+
+
 .. cfunction:: int PyObject_DelAttr(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name)
 
    Delete attribute named *attr_name*, for object *o*. Returns ``-1`` on failure.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/structures.rst b/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
index fdbd806cb9..489eaea4b0 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ definition with the same method name.
    T_OBJECT_EX     PyObject \*
    T_CHAR          char
    T_BYTE          char
-   T_UNBYTE        unsigned char
+   T_UBYTE         unsigned char
    T_UINT          unsigned int
    T_USHORT        unsigned short
    T_ULONG         unsigned long
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
index 62281aabd1..d716a46f9d 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ the same library that the Python runtime is using.
    interpreter exits due to an exception, or ``2`` if the parameter
    list does not represent a valid Python command line.
 
+   Note that if an otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemError` is raised, this
+   function will not return ``1``, but exit the process, as long as
+   ``Py_InspectFlag`` is not set.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyRun_AnyFile(FILE *fp, const char *filename)
 
@@ -80,6 +84,10 @@ the same library that the Python runtime is using.
    there was an error, there is no way to get the exception information. For the
    meaning of *flags*, see below.
 
+   Note that if an otherwise unhandled :exc:`SystemError` is raised, this
+   function will not return ``-1``, but exit the process, as long as
+   ``Py_InspectFlag`` is not set.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyRun_SimpleFile(FILE *fp, const char *filename)
 
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 9b075483a0..ce260d9b80 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -1050,8 +1050,8 @@ This module contains some utility functions for operating on individual files.
 
    .. warning::
 
-      Handles cross-device moves on Unix using :func:`copy_file`.   What about other
-      systems???
+      Handles cross-device moves on Unix using :func:`copy_file`.  What about
+      other systems?
 
 
 .. function:: write_file(filename, contents)
@@ -1091,17 +1091,17 @@ other utility module.
 
    For non-POSIX platforms, currently just returns ``sys.platform``.
 
-   For MacOS X systems the OS version reflects the minimal version on which
+   For Mac OS X systems the OS version reflects the minimal version on which
    binaries will run (that is, the value of ``MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET``
    during the build of Python), not the OS version of the current system.
 
-   For universal binary builds on MacOS X the architecture value reflects
+   For universal binary builds on Mac OS X the architecture value reflects
    the univeral binary status instead of the architecture of the current
    processor. For 32-bit universal binaries the architecture is ``fat``,
    for 64-bit universal binaries the architecture is ``fat64``, and
    for 4-way universal binaries the architecture is ``universal``.
 
-   Examples of returned values on MacOS X:
+   Examples of returned values on Mac OS X:
 
    * ``macosx-10.3-ppc``
 
@@ -1758,8 +1758,16 @@ This module supplies the abstract base class :class:`Command`.
 .. module:: distutils.command.bdist_msi
    :synopsis: Build a binary distribution as a Windows MSI file
 
+.. class:: bdist_msi(Command)
 
-.. % todo
+   Builds a `Windows Installer`_ (.msi) binary package.
+
+   .. _Windows Installer: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc185688(VS.85).aspx
+
+   In most cases, the ``bdist_msi`` installer is a better choice than the
+   ``bdist_wininst`` installer, because it provides better support for
+   Win64 platforms, allows administrators to perform non-interactive
+   installations, and allows installation through group policies.
 
 
 :mod:`distutils.command.bdist_rpm` --- Build a binary distribution as a Redhat RPM and SRPM
diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
index d7f1357c5e..8fec680a51 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
@@ -476,10 +476,10 @@ reference count of an object and are safe in the presence of *NULL* pointers
 (but note that *temp* will not be  *NULL* in this context).  More info on them
 in section :ref:`refcounts`.
 
-.. index:: single: PyEval_CallObject()
+.. index:: single: PyObject_CallObject()
 
 Later, when it is time to call the function, you call the C function
-:cfunc:`PyEval_CallObject`.  This function has two arguments, both pointers to
+:cfunc:`PyObject_CallObject`.  This function has two arguments, both pointers to
 arbitrary Python objects: the Python function, and the argument list.  The
 argument list must always be a tuple object, whose length is the number of
 arguments.  To call the Python function with no arguments, pass in NULL, or
@@ -495,16 +495,16 @@ or more format codes between parentheses.  For example::
    ...
    /* Time to call the callback */
    arglist = Py_BuildValue("(i)", arg);
-   result = PyEval_CallObject(my_callback, arglist);
+   result = PyObject_CallObject(my_callback, arglist);
    Py_DECREF(arglist);
 
-:cfunc:`PyEval_CallObject` returns a Python object pointer: this is the return
-value of the Python function.  :cfunc:`PyEval_CallObject` is
+:cfunc:`PyObject_CallObject` returns a Python object pointer: this is the return
+value of the Python function.  :cfunc:`PyObject_CallObject` is
 "reference-count-neutral" with respect to its arguments.  In the example a new
 tuple was created to serve as the argument list, which is :cfunc:`Py_DECREF`\
 -ed immediately after the call.
 
-The return value of :cfunc:`PyEval_CallObject` is "new": either it is a brand
+The return value of :cfunc:`PyObject_CallObject` is "new": either it is a brand
 new object, or it is an existing object whose reference count has been
 incremented.  So, unless you want to save it in a global variable, you should
 somehow :cfunc:`Py_DECREF` the result, even (especially!) if you are not
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ interested in its value.
 
 Before you do this, however, it is important to check that the return value
 isn't *NULL*.  If it is, the Python function terminated by raising an exception.
-If the C code that called :cfunc:`PyEval_CallObject` is called from Python, it
+If the C code that called :cfunc:`PyObject_CallObject` is called from Python, it
 should now return an error indication to its Python caller, so the interpreter
 can print a stack trace, or the calling Python code can handle the exception.
 If this is not possible or desirable, the exception should be cleared by calling
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ If this is not possible or desirable, the exception should be cleared by calling
    Py_DECREF(result);
 
 Depending on the desired interface to the Python callback function, you may also
-have to provide an argument list to :cfunc:`PyEval_CallObject`.  In some cases
+have to provide an argument list to :cfunc:`PyObject_CallObject`.  In some cases
 the argument list is also provided by the Python program, through the same
 interface that specified the callback function.  It can then be saved and used
 in the same manner as the function object.  In other cases, you may have to
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ event code, you might use the following code::
    PyObject *arglist;
    ...
    arglist = Py_BuildValue("(l)", eventcode);
-   result = PyEval_CallObject(my_callback, arglist);
+   result = PyObject_CallObject(my_callback, arglist);
    Py_DECREF(arglist);
    if (result == NULL)
        return NULL; /* Pass error back */
@@ -547,19 +547,20 @@ the error check!  Also note that strictly speaking this code is not complete:
 :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` may run out of memory, and this should be checked.
 
 You may also call a function with keyword arguments by using
-:cfunc:`PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords`.  As in the above example, we use
-:cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` to construct the dictionary. ::
+:cfunc:`PyObject_Call`, which supports arguments and keyword arguments.  As in
+the above example, we use :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` to construct the dictionary. ::
 
    PyObject *dict;
    ...
    dict = Py_BuildValue("{s:i}", "name", val);
-   result = PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(my_callback, NULL, dict);
+   result = PyObject_Call(my_callback, NULL, dict);
    Py_DECREF(dict);
    if (result == NULL)
        return NULL; /* Pass error back */
    /* Here maybe use the result */
    Py_DECREF(result);
 
+
 .. _parsetuple:
 
 Extracting Parameters in Extension Functions
diff --git a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst
index 3102fb5510..7c7ea04a47 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ In Python 3.0, there is only one integer type.  It is called :func:`int` on the
 Python level, but actually corresponds to 2.x's :func:`long` type.  In the
 C-API, ``PyInt_*`` functions are replaced by their ``PyLong_*`` neighbors.  The
 best course of action here is using the ``PyInt_*`` functions aliased to
-``PyLong_*`` found in :file:`intobject.h`.  The the abstract ``PyNumber_*`` APIs
+``PyLong_*`` found in :file:`intobject.h`.  The abstract ``PyNumber_*`` APIs
 can also be used in some cases. ::
 
    #include "Python.h"
diff --git a/Doc/library/abc.rst b/Doc/library/abc.rst
index 31bd896564..29d37f34c0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/abc.rst
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ It also provides the following decorators:
    A class that has a metaclass derived from :class:`ABCMeta`
    cannot be instantiated unless all of its abstract methods and
    properties are overridden.
-   The abstract methods can be called using any of the the normal 'super' call
+   The abstract methods can be called using any of the normal 'super' call
    mechanisms.
 
    Dynamically adding abstract methods to a class, or attempting to modify the
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ It also provides the following decorators:
           def setx(self, value): ...
           x = abstractproperty(getx, setx)
 
+
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
 
 .. [#] C++ programmers should note that Python's virtual base class
diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index 133a506b04..c991495d7c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ There are two main functions for creating :class:`unittest.TestSuite` instances
 from text files and modules with doctests:
 
 
-.. function:: DocFileSuite([module_relative][, package][, setUp][, tearDown][, globs][, optionflags][, parser][, encoding])
+.. function:: DocFileSuite(*paths, [module_relative][, package][, setUp][, tearDown][, globs][, optionflags][, parser][, encoding])
 
    Convert doctest tests from one or more text files to a
    :class:`unittest.TestSuite`.
@@ -923,45 +923,47 @@ from text files and modules with doctests:
    Optional argument *module_relative* specifies how the filenames in *paths*
    should be interpreted:
 
-   * If *module_relative* is ``True`` (the default), then each filename specifies
-     an OS-independent module-relative path.  By default, this path is relative to
-     the calling module's directory; but if the *package* argument is specified, then
-     it is relative to that package.  To ensure OS-independence, each filename should
-     use ``/`` characters to separate path segments, and may not be an absolute path
-     (i.e., it may not begin with ``/``).
-
-   * If *module_relative* is ``False``, then each filename specifies an OS-specific
-     path.  The path may be absolute or relative; relative paths are resolved with
-     respect to the current working directory.
-
-   Optional argument *package* is a Python package or the name of a Python package
-   whose directory should be used as the base directory for module-relative
-   filenames.  If no package is specified, then the calling module's directory is
-   used as the base directory for module-relative filenames.  It is an error to
-   specify *package* if *module_relative* is ``False``.
-
-   Optional argument *setUp* specifies a set-up function for the test suite.  This
-   is called before running the tests in each file.  The *setUp* function will be
-   passed a :class:`DocTest` object.  The setUp function can access the test
-   globals as the *globs* attribute of the test passed.
-
-   Optional argument *tearDown* specifies a tear-down function for the test suite.
-   This is called after running the tests in each file.  The *tearDown* function
+   * If *module_relative* is ``True`` (the default), then each filename in
+     *paths* specifies an OS-independent module-relative path.  By default, this
+     path is relative to the calling module's directory; but if the *package*
+     argument is specified, then it is relative to that package.  To ensure
+     OS-independence, each filename should use ``/`` characters to separate path
+     segments, and may not be an absolute path (i.e., it may not begin with
+     ``/``).
+
+   * If *module_relative* is ``False``, then each filename in *paths* specifies
+     an OS-specific path.  The path may be absolute or relative; relative paths
+     are resolved with respect to the current working directory.
+
+   Optional argument *package* is a Python package or the name of a Python
+   package whose directory should be used as the base directory for
+   module-relative filenames in *paths*.  If no package is specified, then the
+   calling module's directory is used as the base directory for module-relative
+   filenames.  It is an error to specify *package* if *module_relative* is
+   ``False``.
+
+   Optional argument *setUp* specifies a set-up function for the test suite.
+   This is called before running the tests in each file.  The *setUp* function
    will be passed a :class:`DocTest` object.  The setUp function can access the
    test globals as the *globs* attribute of the test passed.
 
+   Optional argument *tearDown* specifies a tear-down function for the test
+   suite.  This is called after running the tests in each file.  The *tearDown*
+   function will be passed a :class:`DocTest` object.  The setUp function can
+   access the test globals as the *globs* attribute of the test passed.
+
    Optional argument *globs* is a dictionary containing the initial global
    variables for the tests.  A new copy of this dictionary is created for each
    test.  By default, *globs* is a new empty dictionary.
 
    Optional argument *optionflags* specifies the default doctest options for the
    tests, created by or-ing together individual option flags.  See section
-   :ref:`doctest-options`. See function :func:`set_unittest_reportflags` below for
-   a better way to set reporting options.
+   :ref:`doctest-options`. See function :func:`set_unittest_reportflags` below
+   for a better way to set reporting options.
 
-   Optional argument *parser* specifies a :class:`DocTestParser` (or subclass) that
-   should be used to extract tests from the files.  It defaults to a normal parser
-   (i.e., ``DocTestParser()``).
+   Optional argument *parser* specifies a :class:`DocTestParser` (or subclass)
+   that should be used to extract tests from the files.  It defaults to a normal
+   parser (i.e., ``DocTestParser()``).
 
    Optional argument *encoding* specifies an encoding that should be used to
    convert the file to unicode.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 7fd39b708a..d9d78743da 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1163,9 +1163,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    Without arguments, return a dictionary corresponding to the current local symbol
    table.  With a module, class or class instance object as argument (or anything
    else that has a :attr:`__dict__` attribute), returns a dictionary corresponding
-   to the object's symbol table.  The returned dictionary should not be modified:
-   the effects on the corresponding symbol table are undefined. [#]_
+   to the object's symbol table.
 
+   .. warning::
+      The returned dictionary should not be modified:
+      the effects on the corresponding symbol table are undefined. [#]_
 
 .. function:: zip(*iterables)
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index dca2315ae9..2cfc779ae5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
 
    Make an iterator that filters elements from *data* returning only those that
    have a corresponding element in *selectors* that evaluates to ``True``.
-   Stops when either the *data* or *selectors* iterables have been exhausted.
+   Stops when either the *data* or *selectors* iterables has been exhausted.
    Equivalent to::
 
        def compress(data, selectors):
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index 6e88b70993..5dc4af365d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -2290,6 +2290,10 @@ needing to be done by its clients. It achieves this though using threading
 locks; there is one lock to serialize access to the module's shared data, and
 each handler also creates a lock to serialize access to its underlying I/O.
 
+If you are implementing asynchronous signal handlers using the :mod:`signal`
+module, you may not be able to use logging from within such handlers. This is
+because lock implementations in the :mod:`threading` module are not always
+re-entrant, and so cannot be invoked from such signal handlers.
 
 Configuration
 -------------
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index f3dd23eded..7e828b69b0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -1537,8 +1537,8 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
 
    .. method:: map(func, iterable[, chunksize])
 
-      A parallel equivalent of the :func:`map` builtin function, collecting the
-      result in a list.  It blocks till the whole result is ready.
+      A parallel equivalent of the :func:`map` builtin function (it supports only
+      one *iterable* argument though).  It blocks till the result is ready.
 
       This method chops the iterable into a number of chunks which it submits to
       the process pool as separate tasks.  The (approximate) size of these
@@ -1697,6 +1697,12 @@ authentication* using the :mod:`hmac` module.
    *address* is the address to be used by the bound socket or named pipe of the
    listener object.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      If an address of '0.0.0.0' is used, the address will not be a connectable
+      end point on Windows. If you require a connectable end-point,
+      you should use '127.0.0.1'.
+
    *family* is the type of socket (or named pipe) to use.  This can be one of
    the strings ``'AF_INET'`` (for a TCP socket), ``'AF_UNIX'`` (for a Unix
    domain socket) or ``'AF_PIPE'`` (for a Windows named pipe).  Of these only
@@ -1839,7 +1845,7 @@ return value of ``current_process().authkey`` is used (see
 any :class:`~multiprocessing.Process` object that the current process creates.
 This means that (by default) all processes of a multi-process program will share
 a single authentication key which can be used when setting up connections
-between the themselves.
+between themselves.
 
 Suitable authentication keys can also be generated by using :func:`os.urandom`.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index 4fce263f0c..d04fd0958f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-
 :mod:`os.path` --- Common pathname manipulations
 ================================================
 
 .. module:: os.path
    :synopsis: Operations on pathnames.
 
-
 .. index:: single: path; operations
 
 This module implements some useful functions on pathnames. To read or
@@ -31,6 +29,22 @@ applications should use string objects to access all files.
    :func:`splitunc` and :func:`ismount` do handle them correctly.
 
 
+.. note::
+
+   Since different operating systems have different path name conventions, there
+   are several versions of this module in the standard library.  The
+   :mod:`os.path` module is always the path module suitable for the operating
+   system Python is running on, and therefore usable for local paths.  However,
+   you can also import and use the individual modules if you want to manipulate
+   a path that is *always* in one of the different formats.  They all have the
+   same interface:
+
+   * :mod:`posixpath` for UNIX-style paths
+   * :mod:`ntpath` for Windows paths
+   * :mod:`macpath` for old-style MacOS paths
+   * :mod:`os2emxpath` for OS/2 EMX paths
+
+
 .. function:: abspath(path)
 
    Return a normalized absolutized version of the pathname *path*. On most
@@ -189,9 +203,9 @@ applications should use string objects to access all files.
 
 .. function:: normcase(path)
 
-   Normalize the case of a pathname.  On Unix and MacOSX, this returns the path unchanged; on
-   case-insensitive filesystems, it converts the path to lowercase.  On Windows, it
-   also converts forward slashes to backward slashes.
+   Normalize the case of a pathname.  On Unix and Mac OS X, this returns the
+   path unchanged; on case-insensitive filesystems, it converts the path to
+   lowercase.  On Windows, it also converts forward slashes to backward slashes.
 
 
 .. function:: normpath(path)
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index fc62b0b31d..c686baf660 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ the :mod:`os` module, but using them is of course a threat to portability!
    ``'ce'``, ``'java'``.
 
 
-.. data:: path
-
-   The corresponding operating system dependent standard module for pathname
-   operations, such as :mod:`posixpath` or :mod:`ntpath`.  Thus, given the proper
-   imports, ``os.path.split(file)`` is equivalent to but more portable than
-   ``posixpath.split(file)``.  Note that this is also an importable module: it may
-   be imported directly as :mod:`os.path`.
-
-
 .. _os-procinfo:
 
 Process Parameters
@@ -1491,7 +1482,9 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
    which is used to define the environment variables for the new process (they are
    used instead of the current process' environment); the functions
    :func:`spawnl`, :func:`spawnlp`, :func:`spawnv`, and :func:`spawnvp` all cause
-   the new process to inherit the environment of the current process.
+   the new process to inherit the environment of the current process.  Note that
+   keys and values in the *env* dictionary must be strings; invalid keys or
+   values will cause the function to fail, with a return value of ``127``.
 
    As an example, the following calls to :func:`spawnlp` and :func:`spawnvpe` are
    equivalent::
diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
index c7b34ab764..63ade97dfe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ n(ext)
    full speed, only stopping at the next line in the current function.)
 
 unt(il)
-   Continue execution until the line with the the line number greater than the
+   Continue execution until the line with the line number greater than the
    current one is reached or when returning from current frame.
 
 r(eturn)
diff --git a/Doc/library/pickle.rst b/Doc/library/pickle.rst
index cd50d115f4..bb0da80b00 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pickle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pickle.rst
@@ -436,6 +436,14 @@ items are assigned to the new instance's dictionary.
 Refer to the section :ref:`pickle-state` for more information about how to use
 the methods :meth:`__getstate__` and :meth:`__setstate__`.
 
+.. note::
+   At unpickling time, some methods like :meth:`__getattr__`,
+   :meth:`__getattribute__`, or :meth:`__setattr__` may be called upon the
+   instance.  In case those methods rely on some internal invariant being
+   true, the type should implement either :meth:`__getinitargs__` or
+   :meth:`__getnewargs__` to establish such an invariant; otherwise, neither
+   :meth:`__new__` nor :meth:`__init__` will be called.
+
 .. index::
    pair: copy; protocol
    single: __reduce__() (copy protocol)
diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index 0dbd0e2932..fade6ec40b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
 .. sectionauthor:: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
 
 
-
-
 This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to
-those found in Perl.  The :mod:`re` module is always available.
+those found in Perl. Both patterns and strings to be searched can be
+Unicode strings as well as 8-bit strings.
 
 Both patterns and strings to be searched can be Unicode strings as well as
 8-bit strings. However, Unicode strings and 8-bit strings cannot be mixed:
@@ -47,9 +46,6 @@ fine-tuning parameters.
       second edition of the book no longer covers Python at all, but the first
       edition covered writing good regular expression patterns in great detail.
 
-   `Kodos <http://kodos.sf.net/>`_
-      is a graphical regular expression debugger written in Python.
-
 
 .. _re-syntax:
 
@@ -241,16 +237,18 @@ The special characters are:
 
 ``(?P<name>...)``
    Similar to regular parentheses, but the substring matched by the group is
-   accessible via the symbolic group name *name*.  Group names must be valid Python
-   identifiers, and each group name must be defined only once within a regular
-   expression.  A symbolic group is also a numbered group, just as if the group
-   were not named.  So the group named 'id' in the example below can also be
-   referenced as the numbered group 1.
+   accessible within the rest of the regular expression via the symbolic group
+   name *name*.  Group names must be valid Python identifiers, and each group
+   name must be defined only once within a regular expression.  A symbolic group
+   is also a numbered group, just as if the group were not named.  So the group
+   named ``id`` in the example below can also be referenced as the numbered group
+   ``1``.
 
    For example, if the pattern is ``(?P<id>[a-zA-Z_]\w*)``, the group can be
    referenced by its name in arguments to methods of match objects, such as
-   ``m.group('id')`` or ``m.end('id')``, and also by name in pattern text (for
-   example, ``(?P=id)``) and replacement text (such as ``\g<id>``).
+   ``m.group('id')`` or ``m.end('id')``, and also by name in the regular
+   expression itself (using ``(?P=id)``) and replacement text given to
+   ``.sub()`` (using ``\g<id>``).
 
 ``(?P=name)``
    Matches whatever text was matched by the earlier group named *name*.
diff --git a/Doc/library/shelve.rst b/Doc/library/shelve.rst
index a023504a82..8121004f56 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shelve.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shelve.rst
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ object)::
 
    # as d was opened WITHOUT writeback=True, beware:
    d['xx'] = range(4)  # this works as expected, but...
-   d['xx'].append(5)   # *this doesn't!* -- d['xx'] is STILL range(4)!!!
+   d['xx'].append(5)   # *this doesn't!* -- d['xx'] is STILL range(4)!
 
    # having opened d without writeback=True, you need to code carefully:
    temp = d['xx']      # extracts the copy
diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index f82f538816..9e0e9260c3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -122,15 +122,21 @@ another way to manage this.
 Server Objects
 --------------
 
+.. class:: BaseServer
 
-.. function:: fileno()
+   This is the superclass of all Server objects in the module.  It defines the
+   interface, given below, but does not implement most of the methods, which is
+   done in subclasses.
+
+
+.. method:: BaseServer.fileno()
 
    Return an integer file descriptor for the socket on which the server is
    listening.  This function is most commonly passed to :func:`select.select`, to
    allow monitoring multiple servers in the same process.
 
 
-.. function:: handle_request()
+.. method:: BaseServer.handle_request()
 
    Process a single request.  This function calls the following methods in
    order: :meth:`get_request`, :meth:`verify_request`, and
@@ -141,30 +147,30 @@ Server Objects
    will return.
 
 
-.. function:: serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
+.. method:: BaseServer.serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
 
    Handle requests until an explicit :meth:`shutdown` request.  Polls for
    shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds.
 
 
-.. function:: shutdown()
+.. method:: BaseServer.shutdown()
 
    Tells the :meth:`serve_forever` loop to stop and waits until it does.
 
 
-.. data:: address_family
+.. attribute:: BaseServer.address_family
 
    The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs.
    Common examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET` and :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`.
 
 
-.. data:: RequestHandlerClass
+.. attribute:: BaseServer.RequestHandlerClass
 
    The user-provided request handler class; an instance of this class is created
    for each request.
 
 
-.. data:: server_address
+.. attribute:: BaseServer.server_address
 
    The address on which the server is listening.  The format of addresses varies
    depending on the protocol family; see the documentation for the socket module
@@ -172,22 +178,22 @@ Server Objects
    the address, and an integer port number: ``('127.0.0.1', 80)``, for example.
 
 
-.. data:: socket
+.. attribute:: BaseServer.socket
 
    The socket object on which the server will listen for incoming requests.
 
+
 The server classes support the following class variables:
 
 .. XXX should class variables be covered before instance variables, or vice versa?
 
-
-.. data:: allow_reuse_address
+.. attribute:: BaseServer.allow_reuse_address
 
    Whether the server will allow the reuse of an address. This defaults to
    :const:`False`, and can be set in subclasses to change the policy.
 
 
-.. data:: request_queue_size
+.. attribute:: BaseServer.request_queue_size
 
    The size of the request queue.  If it takes a long time to process a single
    request, any requests that arrive while the server is busy are placed into a
@@ -196,17 +202,19 @@ The server classes support the following class variables:
    value is usually 5, but this can be overridden by subclasses.
 
 
-.. data:: socket_type
+.. attribute:: BaseServer.socket_type
 
    The type of socket used by the server; :const:`socket.SOCK_STREAM` and
    :const:`socket.SOCK_DGRAM` are two common values.
 
-.. data:: timeout
+
+.. attribute:: BaseServer.timeout
 
    Timeout duration, measured in seconds, or :const:`None` if no timeout is
    desired.  If :meth:`handle_request` receives no incoming requests within the
    timeout period, the :meth:`handle_timeout` method is called.
 
+
 There are various server methods that can be overridden by subclasses of base
 server classes like :class:`TCPServer`; these methods aren't useful to external
 users of the server object.
@@ -214,27 +222,27 @@ users of the server object.
 .. XXX should the default implementations of these be documented, or should
    it be assumed that the user will look at socketserver.py?
 
-
-.. function:: finish_request()
+.. method:: BaseServer.finish_request()
 
    Actually processes the request by instantiating :attr:`RequestHandlerClass` and
    calling its :meth:`handle` method.
 
 
-.. function:: get_request()
+.. method:: BaseServer.get_request()
 
    Must accept a request from the socket, and return a 2-tuple containing the *new*
    socket object to be used to communicate with the client, and the client's
    address.
 
 
-.. function:: handle_error(request, client_address)
+.. method:: BaseServer.handle_error(request, client_address)
 
    This function is called if the :attr:`RequestHandlerClass`'s :meth:`handle`
    method raises an exception.  The default action is to print the traceback to
    standard output and continue handling further requests.
 
-.. function:: handle_timeout()
+
+.. method:: BaseServer.handle_timeout()
 
    This function is called when the :attr:`timeout` attribute has been set to a
    value other than :const:`None` and the timeout period has passed with no
@@ -242,31 +250,32 @@ users of the server object.
    to collect the status of any child processes that have exited, while
    in threading servers this method does nothing.
 
-.. function:: process_request(request, client_address)
+
+.. method:: BaseServer.process_request(request, client_address)
 
    Calls :meth:`finish_request` to create an instance of the
    :attr:`RequestHandlerClass`.  If desired, this function can create a new process
    or thread to handle the request; the :class:`ForkingMixIn` and
    :class:`ThreadingMixIn` classes do this.
 
+
 .. Is there any point in documenting the following two functions?
    What would the purpose of overriding them be: initializing server
    instance variables, adding new network families?
 
-
-.. function:: server_activate()
+.. method:: BaseServer.server_activate()
 
    Called by the server's constructor to activate the server.  The default behavior
    just :meth:`listen`\ s to the server's socket. May be overridden.
 
 
-.. function:: server_bind()
+.. method:: BaseServer.server_bind()
 
    Called by the server's constructor to bind the socket to the desired address.
    May be overridden.
 
 
-.. function:: verify_request(request, client_address)
+.. method:: BaseServer.verify_request(request, client_address)
 
    Must return a Boolean value; if the value is :const:`True`, the request will be
    processed, and if it's :const:`False`, the request will be denied. This function
@@ -282,14 +291,14 @@ override any of the following methods.  A new instance is created for each
 request.
 
 
-.. function:: finish()
+.. method:: RequestHandler.finish()
 
    Called after the :meth:`handle` method to perform any clean-up actions
    required.  The default implementation does nothing.  If :meth:`setup` or
    :meth:`handle` raise an exception, this function will not be called.
 
 
-.. function:: handle()
+.. method:: RequestHandler.handle()
 
    This function must do all the work required to service a request.  The
    default implementation does nothing.  Several instance attributes are
@@ -308,7 +317,7 @@ request.
    data or return data to the client.
 
 
-.. function:: setup()
+.. method:: RequestHandler.setup()
 
    Called before the :meth:`handle` method to perform any initialization actions
    required.  The default implementation does nothing.
diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 10c33f9712..928a2625cd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ SSLSocket Objects
    If there is no certificate for the peer on the other end of the
    connection, returns ``None``.
 
-   If the the parameter ``binary_form`` is :const:`False`, and a
+   If the parameter ``binary_form`` is :const:`False`, and a
    certificate was received from the peer, this method returns a
    :class:`dict` instance.  If the certificate was not validated, the
    dict is empty.  If the certificate was validated, it returns a dict
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index a51fb75368..a8c3146f3c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1834,6 +1834,11 @@ pairs within braces, for example: ``{'jack': 4098, 'sjoerd': 4127}`` or ``{4098:
 
       Equivalent to ``not key in d``.
 
+   .. describe:: iter(d)
+
+      Return an iterator over the keys of the dictionary.  This is a shortcut
+      for :meth:`iterkeys`.
+
    .. method:: clear()
 
       Remove all items from the dictionary.
@@ -1931,6 +1936,9 @@ support membership tests:
    using :func:`zip`: ``pairs = zip(d.values(), d.keys())``.  Another way to
    create the same list is ``pairs = [(v, k) for (k, v) in d.items()]``.
 
+   Iterating views while adding or deleting entries in the dictionary will raise
+   a :exc:`RuntimeError`.
+
 .. describe:: x in dictview
 
    Return ``True`` if *x* is in the underlying dictionary's keys, values or
@@ -2666,10 +2674,26 @@ types, where they are relevant.  Some of these are not reported by the
    The name of the class or type.
 
 
+The following attributes are only supported by :term:`new-style class`\ es.
+
+.. attribute:: class.__mro__
+
+   This attribute is a tuple of classes that are considered when looking for
+   base classes during method resolution.
+
+
+.. method:: class.mro()
+
+   This method can be overridden by a metaclass to customize the method
+   resolution order for its instances.  It is called at class instantiation, and
+   its result is stored in :attr:`__mro__`.
+
+
 .. method:: class.__subclasses__
 
-   All classes keep a list of weak references to their immediate subclasses.
-   This method returns a list of all those references still alive.  Example::
+   Each new-style class keeps a list of weak references to its immediate
+   subclasses.  This method returns a list of all those references still alive.
+   Example::
 
       >>> int.__subclasses__()
       [<type 'bool'>]
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index c29e7fe53e..29f3313405 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -780,16 +780,20 @@ always available.
           __stderr__
 
    These objects contain the original values of ``stdin``, ``stderr`` and
-   ``stdout`` at the start of the program.  They are used during finalization, and
-   could be useful to restore the actual files to known working file objects in
-   case they have been overwritten with a broken object.
+   ``stdout`` at the start of the program.  They are used during finalization,
+   and could be useful to print to the actual standard stream no matter if the
+   ``sys.std*`` object has been redirected.
 
-  .. note::
+   It can also be used to restore the actual files to known working file objects
+   in case they have been overwritten with a broken object.  However, the
+   preferred way to do this is to explicitly save the previous stream before
+   replacing it, and restore the saved object.
 
-    Under some conditions ``stdin``, ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` as well as the
-    original values ``__stdin__``, ``__stdout__`` and ``__stderr__`` can be
-    None. It is usually the case for Windows GUI apps that aren't connected to
-    a console and Python apps started with :program:`pythonw`.
+   .. note::
+       Under some conditions ``stdin``, ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` as well as the
+       original values ``__stdin__``, ``__stdout__`` and ``__stderr__`` can be
+       None. It is usually the case for Windows GUI apps that aren't connected
+       to a console and Python apps started with :program:`pythonw`.
 
 
 .. data:: tracebacklimit
diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index 609056869b..12cf2e8ae5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -676,14 +676,20 @@ An event object manages an internal flag that can be set to true with the
 
 .. method:: Event.wait([timeout])
 
-   Block until the internal flag is true. If the internal flag is true on entry,
-   return immediately.  Otherwise, block until another thread calls :meth:`set` to
-   set the flag to true, or until the optional timeout occurs.
+   Block until the internal flag is true.  If the internal flag is true on entry,
+   return immediately.  Otherwise, block until another thread calls :meth:`set`
+   to set the flag to true, or until the optional timeout occurs.
 
    When the timeout argument is present and not ``None``, it should be a floating
    point number specifying a timeout for the operation in seconds (or fractions
    thereof).
 
+   This method returns the internal flag on exit, so it will always return
+   ``True`` except if a timeout is given and the operation times out.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.7
+      Previously, the method always returned ``None``.
+
 
 .. _timer-objects:
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
index de4988aa48..69fc1bd91c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.ttk.rst
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ an exclamation point indicating that the bit is off.
 ttk.Widget
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Besides the methods described below, the class :class:`ttk.Widget` supports the
+Besides the methods described below, the :class:`ttk.Widget` supports the
 methods :meth:`tkinter.Widget.cget` and :meth:`tkinter.Widget.configure`.
 
 .. class:: Widget
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ ttk.Notebook
 
       The tab will not be displayed, but the associated window remains
       managed by the notebook and its configuration remembered. Hidden tabs
-      may be restored with the add command.
+      may be restored with the :meth:`add` command.
 
 
    .. method:: identify(x, y)
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ ttk.Notebook
 
       Inserts a pane at the specified position.
 
-      *pos* is either the string end, an integer index, or the name of a
+      *pos* is either the string "end", an integer index, or the name of a
       managed child. If *child* is already managed by the notebook, moves it to
       the specified position.
 
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ ttk.Notebook
 
       Query or modify the options of the specific *tab_id*.
 
-      If *kw* is not given, returns a dict of the tab option values. If
+      If *kw* is not given, returns a dictionary of the tab option values. If
       *option* is specified, returns the value of that *option*. Otherwise,
       sets the options to the corresponding values.
 
@@ -540,14 +540,14 @@ ttk.Notebook
       This will extend the bindings for the toplevel window containing the
       notebook as follows:
 
-      * Control-Tab: selects the tab following the currently selected one
-      * Shift-Control-Tab: selects the tab preceding the currently selected one
+      * Control-Tab: selects the tab following the currently selected one.
+      * Shift-Control-Tab: selects the tab preceding the currently selected one.
       * Alt-K: where K is the mnemonic (underlined) character of any tab, will
         select that tab.
 
       Multiple notebooks in a single toplevel may be enabled for traversal,
       including nested notebooks. However, notebook traversal only works
-      properly if all panes have as master the notebook they are in.
+      properly if all panes have the notebook they are in as master.
 
 
 Progressbar
@@ -580,12 +580,12 @@ This widget accepts the following specific options:
    +----------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
    | value    | The current value of the progress bar. In "determinate" mode, |
    |          | this represents the amount of work completed. In              |
-   |          | "indeterminate" mode, it is interpreted as modulo maximum;    |
+   |          | "indeterminate" mode, it is interpreted as modulo *maximum*;  |
    |          | that is, the progress bar completes one "cycle" when its value|
-   |          | increases by maximum.                                         |
+   |          | increases by *maximum*.                                       |
    +----------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
    | variable | A name which is linked to the option value. If specified, the |
-   |          | value of the progressbar is automatically set to the value of |
+   |          | value of the progress bar is automatically set to the value of|
    |          | this name whenever the latter is modified.                    |
    +----------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
    | phase    | Read-only option. The widget periodically increments the value|
@@ -602,14 +602,14 @@ ttk.Progressbar
 
    .. method:: start([interval])
 
-      Begin autoincrement mode: schedules a recurring timer even that calls
+      Begin autoincrement mode: schedules a recurring timer event that calls
       :meth:`Progressbar.step` every *interval* milliseconds. If omitted,
       *interval* defaults to 50 milliseconds.
 
 
    .. method:: step([amount])
 
-      Increments progressbar's value by *amount*.
+      Increments the progress bar's value by *amount*.
 
       *amount* defaults to 1.0 if omitted.
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ ttk.Progressbar
    .. method:: stop()
 
       Stop autoincrement mode: cancels any recurring timer event initiated by
-      :meth:`Progressbar.start` for this progressbar.
+      :meth:`Progressbar.start` for this progress bar.
 
 
 Separator
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ Separator
 The :class:`ttk.Separator` widget displays a horizontal or vertical separator
 bar.
 
-It has no other method besides the ones inherited from :class:`ttk.Widget`.
+It has no other methods besides the ones inherited from :class:`ttk.Widget`.
 
 
 Options
@@ -645,18 +645,18 @@ This widget accepts the following specific option:
 Sizegrip
 --------
 
-The :class:`ttk.Sizegrip` widget (also known as grow box) allows the user to
+The :class:`ttk.Sizegrip` widget (also known as a grow box) allows the user to
 resize the containing toplevel window by pressing and dragging the grip.
 
-This widget has no specific options neither specific methods, besides the
+This widget has neither specific options nor specific methods, besides the
 ones inherited from :class:`ttk.Widget`.
 
 
 Platform-specific notes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-* On Mac OSX, toplevel windows automatically include a built-in size grip
-  by default. Adding a Sizegrip there is harmless, since the built-in
+* On MacOS X, toplevel windows automatically include a built-in size grip
+  by default. Adding a :class:`Sizegrip` is harmless, since the built-in
   grip will just mask the widget.
 
 
@@ -664,8 +664,8 @@ Bugs
 ^^^^
 
 * If the containing toplevel's position was specified relative to the right
-  or bottom of the screen (e.g. ....), the Sizegrip widget will not resize
-  the window.
+  or bottom of the screen (e.g. ....), the :class:`Sizegrip` widget will
+  not resize the window.
 * This widget supports only "southeast" resizing.
 
 
@@ -678,16 +678,16 @@ values. The data values are displayed in successive columns after the tree
 label.
 
 The order in which data values are displayed may be controlled by setting
-the widget option displaycolumns. The tree widget can also display column
+the widget option ``displaycolumns``. The tree widget can also display column
 headings. Columns may be accessed by number or symbolic names listed in the
 widget option columns. See `Column Identifiers`_.
 
 Each item is identified by an unique name. The widget will generate item IDs
 if they are not supplied by the caller. There is a distinguished root item,
-named {}. The root item itself is not displayed; its children appear at the
+named ``{}``. The root item itself is not displayed; its children appear at the
 top level of the hierarchy.
 
-Each item also has a list of tags, which can be used to associate even bindings
+Each item also has a list of tags, which can be used to associate event bindings
 with individual items and control the appearance of the item.
 
 The Treeview widget supports horizontal and vertical scrolling, according to
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ the options described in `Scrollable Widget Options`_ and the methods
 Options
 ^^^^^^^
 
-This widget accepts the following specific option:
+This widget accepts the following specific options:
 
    +----------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
    | option         | description                                            |
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ This widget accepts the following specific option:
    |                | be changed.                                            |
    |                |                                                        |
    |                | Note that the application code and tag bindings can set|
-   |                | the selection however they wish, regardless the value  |
-   |                | of this option.                                        |
+   |                | the selection however they wish, regardless of the     |
+   |                | value  of this option.                                 |
    +----------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
    | show           | A list containing zero or more of the following values,|
    |                | specifying which elements of the tree to display.      |
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ This widget accepts the following specific option:
    |                | The default is "tree headings", i.e., show all         |
    |                | elements.                                              |
    |                |                                                        |
-   |                | **Note**: Column #0 always refer to the tree column,   |
+   |                | **Note**: Column #0 always refers to the tree column,  |
    |                | even if show="tree" is not specified.                  |
    +----------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
 
@@ -858,11 +858,11 @@ ttk.Treeview
 
    .. method:: set_children(item, *newchildren)
 
-      Replaces item's child with *newchildren*.
+      Replaces *item*'s child with *newchildren*.
 
-      Children present in item that are not present in *newchildren* are
-      detached from tree. No items in *newchildren* may be an ancestor of
-      item. Note that not specifying *newchildren* results in detaching
+      Children present in *item* that are not present in *newchildren* are
+      detached from the tree. No items in *newchildren* may be an ancestor of
+      *item*. Note that not specifying *newchildren* results in detaching
       *item*'s children.
 
 
@@ -877,16 +877,16 @@ ttk.Treeview
       The valid options/values are:
 
       * id
-         Returns the column name, this is a read-only option.
+         Returns the column name. This is a read-only option.
       * anchor: One of the standard Tk anchor values.
          Specifies how the text in this column should be aligned with respect
          to the cell.
       * minwidth: width
          The minimum width of the column in pixels. The treeview widget will
-         not make the column any smaller than the specified by this option when
+         not make the column any smaller than specified by this option when
          the widget is resized or the user drags a column.
       * stretch: True/False
-         Specifies wheter or not the column's width should be adjusted when
+         Specifies whether the column's width should be adjusted when
          the widget is resized.
       * width: width
          The width of the column in pixels.
@@ -912,8 +912,7 @@ ttk.Treeview
 
    .. method:: exists(item)
 
-      Returns True if the specified *item* is present in the three,
-      False otherwise.
+      Returns True if the specified *item* is present in the tree.
 
 
    .. method:: focus([item=None])
@@ -942,7 +941,7 @@ ttk.Treeview
       * command: callback
          A callback to be invoked when the heading label is pressed.
 
-      To configure the tree column heading, call this with column = "#0"
+      To configure the tree column heading, call this with column = "#0".
 
 
    .. method:: identify(component, x, y)
@@ -985,7 +984,7 @@ ttk.Treeview
 
    .. method:: identify_element(x, y)
 
-      Returns the element at position x, y.
+      Returns the element at position *x*, *y*.
 
       Availability: Tk 8.6.
 
@@ -997,16 +996,16 @@ ttk.Treeview
 
    .. method:: insert(parent, index[, iid=None[, **kw]])
 
-      Creates a new item and return the item identifier of the newly created
+      Creates a new item and returns the item identifier of the newly created
       item.
 
       *parent* is the item ID of the parent item, or the empty string to create
       a new top-level item. *index* is an integer, or the value "end",
       specifying where in the list of parent's children to insert the new item.
       If *index* is less than or equal to zero, the new node is inserted at
-      the beginning, if *index* is greater than or equal to the current number
+      the beginning; if *index* is greater than or equal to the current number
       of children, it is inserted at the end. If *iid* is specified, it is used
-      as the item identifier, *iid* must not already exist in the tree.
+      as the item identifier; *iid* must not already exist in the tree.
       Otherwise, a new unique identifier is generated.
 
       See `Item Options`_ for the list of available points.
@@ -1026,9 +1025,9 @@ ttk.Treeview
 
       Moves *item* to position *index* in *parent*'s list of children.
 
-      It is illegal to move an item under one of its descendants. If index is
-      less than or equal to zero, item is moved to the beginning, if greater
-      than or equal to the number of children, it is moved to the end. If item
+      It is illegal to move an item under one of its descendants. If *index* is
+      less than or equal to zero, *item* is moved to the beginning; if greater
+      than or equal to the number of children, it is moved to the end. If *item*
       was detached it is reattached.
 
 
@@ -1101,7 +1100,7 @@ ttk.Treeview
    .. method:: tag_bind(tagname[, sequence=None[, callback=None]])
 
       Bind a callback for the given event *sequence* to the tag *tagname*.
-      When an event is delivered to an item, the *callbacks* for each of the
+      When an event is delivered to an item, the callbacks for each of the
       item's tags option are called.
 
 
@@ -1119,7 +1118,7 @@ ttk.Treeview
 
       If *item* is specified, returns 1 or 0 depending on whether the specified
       *item* has the given *tagname*. Otherwise, returns a list of all items
-      which have the specified tag.
+      that have the specified tag.
 
       Availability: Tk 8.6
 
@@ -1159,7 +1158,7 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
 
    .. method:: configure(style, query_opt=None, **kw)
 
-      Query or sets the default value of the specified option(s) in *style*.
+      Query or set the default value of the specified option(s) in *style*.
 
       Each key in *kw* is an option and each value is a string identifying
       the value for that option.
@@ -1185,10 +1184,10 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
 
       Query or sets dynamic values of the specified option(s) in *style*.
 
-      Each key in kw is an option and each value should be a list or a
-      tuple (usually) containing statespecs grouped in tuples, or list, or
-      something else of your preference. A statespec is compound of one or more
-      states and then a value.
+      Each key in *kw* is an option and each value should be a list or a
+      tuple (usually) containing statespecs grouped in tuples, lists, or
+      something else of your preference. A statespec is a compound of one
+      or more states and then a value.
 
       An example may make it more understandable::
 
@@ -1208,12 +1207,10 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
          root.mainloop()
 
 
-      There is a thing to note in this previous short example:
-
-       * The order of the (states, value) sequences for an option does matter,
-         if you changed the order to [('active', 'blue'), ('pressed', 'red')]
-         in the foreground option, for example, you would get a blue foreground
-         when the widget were in active or pressed states.
+      Note that the order of the (states, value) sequences for an option does
+      matter, if you changed the order to ``[('active', 'blue'), ('pressed',
+      'red')]`` in the foreground option, for example, you would get a blue
+      foreground when the widget were in active or pressed states.
 
 
    .. method:: lookup(style, option[, state=None[, default=None]])
@@ -1236,13 +1233,13 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
       Define the widget layout for given *style*. If *layoutspec* is omitted,
       return the layout specification for given style.
 
-      *layoutspec*, if specified, is expected to be a list, or some other
-      sequence type (excluding string), where each item should be a tuple and
+      *layoutspec*, if specified, is expected to be a list or some other
+      sequence type (excluding strings), where each item should be a tuple and
       the first item is the layout name and the second item should have the
       format described described in `Layouts`_.
 
-      To understand the format, check this example below (it is not intended
-      to do anything useful)::
+      To understand the format, see the following example (it is not
+      intended to do anything useful)::
 
          from tkinter import ttk
          import tkinter
@@ -1268,12 +1265,12 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
 
    .. method:: element_create(elementname, etype, *args, **kw)
 
-      Create a new element in the current theme of given *etype* which is
+      Create a new element in the current theme, of the given *etype* which is
       expected to be either "image", "from" or "vsapi". The latter is only
       available in Tk 8.6a for Windows XP and Vista and is not described here.
 
       If "image" is used, *args* should contain the default image name followed
-      by statespec/value pairs (this is the imagespec), *kw* may have the
+      by statespec/value pairs (this is the imagespec), and *kw* may have the
       following options:
 
        * border=padding
@@ -1296,11 +1293,12 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
           Specifies a minimum width for the element. If less than zero, the
           base image's width is used as a default.
 
-      But if "from" is used, then :meth:`element_create` will clone an existing
-      element. *args* is expected to contain a themename, which is from where
+      If "from" is used as the value of *etype*,
+      :meth:`element_create` will clone an existing
+      element. *args* is expected to contain a themename, from which
       the element will be cloned, and optionally an element to clone from.
       If this element to clone from is not specified, an empty element will
-      be used. *kw* is discarded here.
+      be used. *kw* is discarded.
 
 
    .. method:: element_names()
@@ -1334,7 +1332,7 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
       :meth:`Style.configure`, :meth:`Style.map`, :meth:`Style.layout` and
       :meth:`Style.element_create` respectively.
 
-      As an example, lets change the Combobox for the default theme a bit::
+      As an example, let's change the Combobox for the default theme a bit::
 
          from tkinter import ttk
          import tkinter
@@ -1367,7 +1365,7 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
 
    .. method:: theme_use([themename])
 
-      If *themename* is not given, returns the theme in use, otherwise, set
+      If *themename* is not given, returns the theme in use.  Otherwise, sets
       the current theme to *themename*, refreshes all widgets and emits a
       <<ThemeChanged>> event.
 
@@ -1375,13 +1373,14 @@ option. If you don't know the class name of a widget, use the method
 Layouts
 ^^^^^^^
 
-A layout can be just None, if takes no options, or a dict of options specifying
-how to arrange the element. The layout mechanism uses a simplified
-version of the pack geometry manager: given an initial cavity, each element is
-allocated a parcel. Valid options/values are:
+A layout can be just None, if it takes no options, or a dict of
+options specifying how to arrange the element. The layout mechanism
+uses a simplified version of the pack geometry manager: given an
+initial cavity, each element is allocated a parcel. Valid
+options/values are:
 
  * side: whichside
-    Specifies which side of the cavity to place the the element; one of
+    Specifies which side of the cavity to place the element; one of
     top, right, bottom or left. If omitted, the element occupies the
     entire cavity.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
index f8cd439843..fdf6c8ab8a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions:
      commonly used to determine if a redirect was followed
 
    * :meth:`info` --- return the meta-information of the page, such as headers,
-     in the form of an ``http.client.HTTPMessage`` instance (see `Quick
+     in the form of an :class:`http.client.HTTPMessage` instance (see `Quick
      Reference to HTTP Headers <http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/http.html>`_)
 
    Raises :exc:`URLError` on errors.
diff --git a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
index c42283f0fc..380080b800 100644
--- a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ The following functions are defined:
    under many window managers this will occur regardless of the setting of this
    variable).
 
+   Note that on some platforms, trying to open a filename using this function,
+   may work and start the operating system's associated program.  However, this
+   is neither supported nor portable.
+
 
 .. function:: open_new(url)
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/winreg.rst b/Doc/library/winreg.rst
index f349fdf181..f42e7f2c8c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/winreg.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/winreg.rst
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ This module offers the following functions:
 
    *key* is the predefined handle to connect to.
 
-   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, an
-   :exc:`EnvironmentError` exception is  raised.
+   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, a
+   :exc:`WindowsError` exception is  raised.
 
 
 .. function:: CreateKey(key, sub_key)
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ This module offers the following functions:
 
    If the key already exists, this function opens the existing key.
 
-   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, an
-   :exc:`EnvironmentError` exception is  raised.
+   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, a
+   :exc:`WindowsError` exception is  raised.
 
 
 .. function:: DeleteKey(key, sub_key)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    *This method can not delete keys with subkeys.*
 
    If the method succeeds, the entire key, including all of its values, is removed.
-   If the method fails, an :exc:`EnvironmentError`  exception is raised.
+   If the method fails, a :exc:`WindowsError`  exception is raised.
 
 
 .. function:: DeleteValue(key, value)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    *index* is an integer that identifies the index of the key to  retrieve.
 
    The function retrieves the name of one subkey each time it  is called.  It is
-   typically called repeatedly until an  :exc:`EnvironmentError` exception  is
+   typically called repeatedly until a  :exc:`WindowsError` exception  is
    raised, indicating, no more values are available.
 
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    *index* is an integer that identifies the index of the value  to retrieve.
 
    The function retrieves the name of one subkey each time it is  called. It is
-   typically called repeatedly, until an  :exc:`EnvironmentError` exception is
+   typically called repeatedly, until a  :exc:`WindowsError` exception is
    raised, indicating  no more values.
 
    The result is a tuple of 3 items:
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ This module offers the following functions:
 
    The result is a new handle to the specified key.
 
-   If the function fails, :exc:`EnvironmentError` is raised.
+   If the function fails, :exc:`WindowsError` is raised.
 
 
 .. function:: OpenKeyEx()
@@ -243,9 +243,10 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    associated.  If this parameter is ``None`` or empty, the  function retrieves the
    value set by the :func:`SetValue` method  for the key identified by *key*.
 
-   Values in the registry have name, type, and data components. This  method
+   Values in the registry have name, type, and data components. This method
    retrieves the data for a key's first value that has a NULL name. But the
-   underlying API call doesn't return the type, Lame Lame Lame, DO NOT USE THIS!!!
+   underlying API call doesn't return the type, so always use
+   :func:`QueryValueEx` if possible.
 
 
 .. function:: QueryValueEx(key, value_name)
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 622c7f4a38..2bce677a40 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ Objects are never explicitly destroyed; however, when they become unreachable
 they may be garbage-collected.  An implementation is allowed to postpone garbage
 collection or omit it altogether --- it is a matter of implementation quality
 how garbage collection is implemented, as long as no objects are collected that
-are still reachable.  (Implementation note: the current implementation uses a
+are still reachable.  (Implementation note: CPython currently uses a
 reference-counting scheme with (optional) delayed detection of cyclically linked
 garbage, which collects most objects as soon as they become unreachable, but is
 not guaranteed to collect garbage containing circular references.  See the
 documentation of the :mod:`gc` module for information on controlling the
-collection of cyclic garbage.)
+collection of cyclic garbage.  Other implementations act differently and CPython
+may change.)
 
 Note that the use of the implementation's tracing or debugging facilities may
 keep objects alive that would normally be collectable. Also note that catching
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
index f5a464b660..02b08d9c0b 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
@@ -347,13 +347,11 @@ The reverse operation is also possible::
 
    >>> x, y, z = t
 
-This is called, appropriately enough, *sequence unpacking*. Sequence unpacking
-requires the list of variables on the left to have the same number of elements
-as the length of the sequence.  Note that multiple assignment is really just a
-combination of tuple packing and sequence unpacking!
-
-There is a small bit of asymmetry here:  packing multiple values always creates
-a tuple, and unpacking works for any sequence.
+This is called, appropriately enough, *sequence unpacking* and works for any
+sequence on the right-hand side.  Sequence unpacking requires the list of
+variables on the left to have the same number of elements as the length of the
+sequence.  Note that multiple assignment is really just a combination of tuple
+packing and sequence unpacking.
 
 .. XXX Add a bit on the difference between tuples and lists.
 
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
index 10166a641e..c0f4156436 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
@@ -225,10 +225,9 @@ the following::
    several lines of text just as you would do in C.
        Note that whitespace at the beginning of the line is significant.
 
-If we make the string literal a "raw" string, however, the ``\n`` sequences are
-not converted to newlines, but the backslash at the end of the line, and the
-newline character in the source, are both included in the string as data.  Thus,
-the example::
+If we make the string literal a "raw" string, ``\n`` sequences are not converted
+to newlines, but the backslash at the end of the line, and the newline character
+in the source, are both included in the string as data.  Thus, the example::
 
    hello = r"This is a rather long string containing\n\
    several lines of text much as you would do in C."
@@ -240,22 +239,12 @@ would print::
    This is a rather long string containing\n\
    several lines of text much as you would do in C.
 
-Or, strings can be surrounded in a pair of matching triple-quotes: ``"""`` or
-``'''``.  End of lines do not need to be escaped when using triple-quotes, but
-they will be included in the string. ::
-
-   print("""
-   Usage: thingy [OPTIONS]
-        -h                        Display this usage message
-        -H hostname               Hostname to connect to
-   """)
-
-produces the following output::
-
-   Usage: thingy [OPTIONS]
-        -h                        Display this usage message
-        -H hostname               Hostname to connect to
-
+The interpreter prints the result of string operations in the same way as they
+are typed for input: inside quotes, and with quotes and other funny characters
+escaped by backslashes, to show the precise value.  The string is enclosed in
+double quotes if the string contains a single quote and no double quotes, else
+it's enclosed in single quotes.  (The :func:`print` function, described later,
+can be used to write strings without quotes or escapes.)
 
 Strings can be concatenated (glued together) with the ``+`` operator, and
 repeated with ``*``::
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index f0e9eb4c08..df0b589ef9 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ for each change.
 
 .. ========================================================================
 .. Large, PEP-level features and changes should be described here.
-.. Should there be a new section here for 3k migration?
-.. Or perhaps a more general section describing module changes/deprecation?
 .. ========================================================================
 
 Python 3.0
@@ -1678,7 +1676,7 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
   :attr:`__self__`, and :attr:`im_func` is also available as :attr:`__func__`.
   The old names are still supported in Python 2.6, but are gone in 3.0.
 
-* An obscure change: when you use the the :func:`locals` function inside a
+* An obscure change: when you use the :func:`locals` function inside a
   :keyword:`class` statement, the resulting dictionary no longer returns free
   variables.  (Free variables, in this case, are variables referenced in the
   :keyword:`class` statement  that aren't attributes of the class.)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
index 9148743dc0..580790f5a6 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 :Release: |release|
 :Date: |today|
 
-.. Fix accents on Kristjan Valur Jonsson, Fuerstenau.
+.. Fix accents on Kristjan Valur Jonsson, Fuerstenau, Tarek Ziade.
 
 .. $Id$
    Rules for maintenance:
@@ -55,12 +55,32 @@ No release schedule has been decided yet for 2.7.
 .. Compare with previous release in 2 - 3 sentences here.
    add hyperlink when the documentation becomes available online.
 
+Python 3.1
+================
+
+Much as Python 2.6 incorporated features from Python 3.0,
+version 2.7 is influenced by features from 3.1.
+
+XXX mention importlib; anything else?
+
+One porting change: the :option:`-3` switch now automatically
+enables the :option:`-Qwarn` switch that causes warnings
+about using classic division with integers and long integers.
+
 .. ========================================================================
 .. Large, PEP-level features and changes should be described here.
-.. Should there be a new section here for 3k migration?
-.. Or perhaps a more general section describing module changes/deprecation?
 .. ========================================================================
 
+PEP 372: Adding an ordered dictionary to collections
+====================================================
+
+XXX write this
+
+Several modules will now use :class:`OrderedDict` by default.  The
+:mod:`ConfigParser` module uses :class:`OrderedDict` for the list
+of sections and the options within a section.
+The :meth:`namedtuple._asdict` method returns an :class:`OrderedDict`
+as well.
 
 
 Other Language Changes
@@ -85,6 +105,43 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
 
   (Contributed by Fredrik Johansson and Victor Stinner; :issue:`3439`.)
 
+* The :class:`bytearray` type's :meth:`translate` method will
+  now accept None as its first argument.  (Fixed by Georg Brandl;
+  :issue:`4759`.)
+
+.. ======================================================================
+
+
+Optimizations
+-------------
+
+Several performance enhancements have been added:
+
+.. * A new :program:`configure` option, :option:`--with-computed-gotos`,
+   compiles the main bytecode interpreter loop using a new dispatch
+   mechanism that gives speedups of up to 20%, depending on the system
+   and benchmark.  The new mechanism is only supported on certain
+   compilers, such as gcc, SunPro, and icc.
+
+* The garbage collector now performs better when many objects are
+  being allocated without deallocating any.  A full garbage collection
+  pass is only performed when the middle generation has been collected
+  10 times and when the number of survivor objects from the middle
+  generation exceeds 10% of the number of objects in the oldest
+  generation.  The second condition was added to reduce the number
+  of full garbage collections as the number of objects on the heap grows,
+  avoiding quadratic performance when allocating very many objects.
+  (Suggested by Martin von Loewis and implemented by Antoine Pitrou;
+  :issue:`4074`.)
+
+* The garbage collector tries to avoid tracking simple containers
+  which can't be part of a cycle. In Python 2.7, this is now true for
+  tuples and dicts containing atomic types (such as ints, strings,
+  etc.). Transitively, a dict containing tuples of atomic types won't
+  be tracked either. This helps reduce the cost of each
+  garbage collection by decreasing the number of objects to be
+  considered and traversed by the collector.
+  (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`4688`.)
 
 * Integers are now stored internally either in base 2**15 or in base
   2**30, the base being determined at build time.  Previously, they
@@ -93,7 +150,7 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
   benchmark results on 32-bit machines have been mixed.  Therefore,
   the default is to use base 2**30 on 64-bit machines and base 2**15
   on 32-bit machines; on Unix, there's a new configure option
-  --enable-big-digits that can be used to override this default.
+  :option:`--enable-big-digits` that can be used to override this default.
 
   Apart from the performance improvements this change should be
   invisible to end users, with one exception: for testing and
@@ -106,41 +163,28 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
      >>> sys.long_info
      sys.long_info(bits_per_digit=30, sizeof_digit=4)
 
-
   (Contributed by Mark Dickinson; :issue:`4258`.)
 
+  Another set of changes made long objects a few bytes smaller: 2 bytes
+  smaller on 32-bit systems and 6 bytes on 64-bit.
+  (Contributed by Mark Dickinson; :issue:`5260`.)
 
-.. ======================================================================
-
+* The division algorithm for long integers has been made faster
+  by tightening the inner loop, doing shifts instead of multiplications,
+  and fixing an unnecessary extra iteration.
+  Various benchmarks show speedups of between 50% and 150% for long
+  integer divisions and modulo operations.
+  (Contributed by Mark Dickinson; :issue:`5512`.)
 
-Optimizations
--------------
-
-A few performance enhancements have been added:
-
-* The garbage collector now performs better when many objects are
-  being allocated without deallocating any.  A full garbage collection
-  pass is only performed when the middle generation has been collected
-  10 times and when the number of survivor objects from the middle
-  generation exceeds 10% of the number of objects in the oldest
-  generation.  The second condition was added to reduce the number
-  of full garbage collections as the number of objects on the heap grows,
-  avoiding quadratic performance when allocating very many objects.
-  (Suggested by Martin von Loewis and implemented by Antoine Pitrou;
-  :issue:`4074`.)
-
-* The garbage collector tries to avoid tracking simple containers which
-  can't be part of a cycle. As of now, this is true for tuples and dicts
-  containing atomic types (such as ints, strings, etc.). Transitively, a dict
-  containing tuples of atomic types won't be tracked either. This helps bring
-  down the individual cost of each garbage collection, since it decreases the
-  number of objects to be considered and traversed by the collector.
-
-  To help diagnosing this optimization, a new function in the :mod:`gc`
-  module, :func:`is_tracked`, returns True if a given instance is tracked
-  by the garbage collector, False otherwise.
-  (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`4688`.)
+* The implementation of ``%`` checks for the left-side operand being
+  a Python string and special-cases it; this results in a 1-3%
+  performance increase for applications that frequently use ``%``
+  with strings, such as templating libraries.
+  (Implemented by Collin Winter; :issue:`5176`.)
 
+* List comprehensions with an ``if`` condition are compiled into
+  faster bytecode.  (Patch by Antoine Pitrou, back-ported to 2.7
+  by Jeffrey Yasskin; :issue:`4715`.)
 
 .. ======================================================================
 
@@ -153,15 +197,6 @@ changes, sorted alphabetically by module name. Consult the
 :file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more complete list of
 changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
 
-* In Distutils, distutils.sdist.add_defaults now uses package_dir and data_files
-  to feed MANIFEST.
-
-* It is not mandatory anymore to store clear text passwords in the
-  :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As long
-  as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package will
-  prompt for the password if not present.  (Added by tarek, with the initial
-  contribution of Nathan Van Gheem; :issue:`4394`.)
-
 * The :mod:`bz2` module's :class:`BZ2File` now supports the context
   management protocol, so you can write ``with bz2.BZ2File(...) as f: ...``.
   (Contributed by Hagen Fuerstenau; :issue:`3860`.)
@@ -200,21 +235,100 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
 
   Contributed by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`1696199`.
 
+  The :class:`namedtuple` class now has an optional *rename* parameter.
+  If *rename* is True, field names that are invalid because they've
+  been repeated or that aren't legal Python identifiers will be
+  renamed to legal names that are derived from the field's
+  position within the list of fields:
+
+     >>> T=namedtuple('T', ['field1', '$illegal', 'for', 'field2'], rename=True)
+     >>> T._fields
+     ('field1', '_1', '_2', 'field2')
+
+  (Added by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`1818`.)
+
+* In Distutils, :func:`distutils.sdist.add_defaults` now uses
+  *package_dir* and *data_files* to create the MANIFEST file.
+
+  It is no longer mandatory to store clear-text passwords in the
+  :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As long
+  as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package will
+  prompt for the password if not present.  (Added by Tarek Ziade,
+  based on an initial contribution by Nathan Van Gheem; :issue:`4394`.)
+
+* New method: the :class:`Decimal` class gained a
+  :meth:`from_float` class method that performs an exact conversion
+  of a floating-point number to a :class:`Decimal`.
+  Note that this is an **exact** conversion that strives for the
+  closest decimal approximation to the floating-point representation's value;
+  the resulting decimal value will therefore still include the inaccuracy,
+  if any.
+  For example, ``Decimal.from_float(0.1)`` returns
+  ``Decimal('0.1000000000000000055511151231257827021181583404541015625')``.
+  (Implemented by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`4796`.)
+
+* A new function in the :mod:`gc` module, :func:`is_tracked`, returns
+  True if a given instance is tracked by the garbage collector, False
+  otherwise. (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`4688`.)
+
 * The :mod:`gzip` module's :class:`GzipFile` now supports the context
   management protocol, so you can write ``with gzip.GzipFile(...) as f: ...``.
   (Contributed by Hagen Fuerstenau; :issue:`3860`.)
+  It's now possible to override the modification time
+  recorded in a gzipped file by providing an optional timestamp to
+  the constructor.  (Contributed by Jacques Frechet; :issue:`4272`.)
 
 * The :class:`io.FileIO` class now raises an :exc:`OSError` when passed
   an invalid file descriptor.  (Implemented by Benjamin Peterson;
   :issue:`4991`.)
 
+* New function: ``itertools.compress(*data*, *selectors*)`` takes two
+  iterators.  Elements of *data* are returned if the corresponding
+  value in *selectors* is True::
+
+    itertools.compress('ABCDEF', [1,0,1,0,1,1]) =>
+      A, C, E, F
+
+  New function: ``itertools.combinations_with_replacement(*iter*, *r*)``
+  returns all the possible *r*-length combinations of elements from the
+  iterable *iter*.  Unlike :func:`combinations`, individual elements
+  can be repeated in the generated combinations::
+
+    itertools.combinations_with_replacement('abc', 2) =>
+      ('a', 'a'), ('a', 'b'), ('a', 'c'),
+      ('b', 'b'), ('b', 'c'), ('c', 'c')
+
+  Note that elements are treated as unique depending on their position
+  in the input, not their actual values.
+
+  The :class:`itertools.count` function now has a *step* argument that
+  allows incrementing by values other than 1.  :func:`count` also
+  now allows keyword arguments, and using non-integer values such as
+  floats or :class:`Decimal` instances.  (Implemented by Raymond
+  Hettinger; :issue:`5032`.)
+
+  :func:`itertools.combinations` and :func:`itertools.product` were
+  previously raising :exc:`ValueError` for values of *r* larger than
+  the input iterable.  This was deemed a specification error, so they
+  now return an empty iterator.  (Fixed by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`4816`.)
+
+* The :mod:`json` module was upgraded to version 2.0.9 of the
+  simplejson package, which includes a C extension that makes
+  encoding and decoding faster.
+  (Contributed by Bob Ippolito; :issue:`4136`.)
+
+  To support the new :class:`OrderedDict` type, :func:`json.load`
+  now has an optional *object_pairs_hook* parameter that will be called
+  with any object literal that decodes to a list of pairs.
+  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`5381`.)
+
 * The :mod:`pydoc` module now has help for the various symbols that Python
   uses.  You can now do ``help('<<')`` or ``help('@')``, for example.
   (Contributed by David Laban; :issue:`4739`.)
 
 * A new function in the :mod:`subprocess` module,
   :func:`check_output`, runs a command with a specified set of arguments
-  and returns the command's output as a string if the command runs without
+  and returns the command's output as a string when the command runs without
   error, or raises a :exc:`CalledProcessError` exception otherwise.
 
   ::
@@ -229,13 +343,41 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
 
   (Contributed by Gregory P. Smith.)
 
+* The ``sys.version_info`` value is now a named tuple, with attributes
+  named ``major``, ``minor``, ``micro``, ``releaselevel``, and ``serial``.
+  (Contributed by Ross Light; :issue:`4285`.)
+
+* The :mod:`unittest` module was enhanced in several ways.
+  Test cases can raise the :exc:`SkipTest` exception to skip a test.
+  (:issue:`1034053`.)
+  It will now use 'x' for expected failures
+  and 'u' for unexpected successes when run in its verbose mode.
+  (Contributed by Benjamin Peterson.)
+
+  The :meth:`assertRaises` and :meth:`failUnlessRaises` methods now
+  return a context handler when called without providing a callable
+  object to run.  For example, you can write this::
+
+      with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+          raise ValueError
+
+  (Implemented by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`4444`.)
+
 * The :func:`is_zipfile` function in the :mod:`zipfile` module will now
   accept a file object, in addition to the path names accepted in earlier
   versions.  (Contributed by Gabriel Genellina; :issue:`4756`.)
 
+  :mod:`zipfile` now supports archiving empty directories and
+  extracts them correctly.  (Fixed by Kuba Wieczorek; :issue:`4710`.)
+
 .. ======================================================================
 .. whole new modules get described in subsections here
 
+importlib: Importing Modules
+------------------------------
+
+XXX write this
+
 ttk: Themed Widgets for Tk
 --------------------------
 
@@ -266,11 +408,16 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
   debugged doesn't hold the GIL; the macro will now acquire it before printing.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner; :issue:`3632`.)
 
-* :cfunc:`Py_AddPendingCall` is now thread safe, letting any
+* :cfunc:`Py_AddPendingCall` is now thread-safe, letting any
   worker thread submit notifications to the main Python thread.  This
   is particularly useful for asynchronous IO operations.
   (Contributed by Kristjan Valur Jonsson; :issue:`4293`.)
 
+* The :program:`configure` script now checks for floating-point rounding bugs
+  on certain 32-bit Intel chips and defines a :cmacro:`X87_DOUBLE_ROUNDING`
+  preprocessor definition.  No code currently uses this definition,
+  but it's available if anyone wishes to use it.
+  (Added by Mark Dickinson; :issue:`2937`.)
 
 .. ======================================================================
 
@@ -293,6 +440,28 @@ Port-Specific Changes: Windows
 Port-Specific Changes: Mac OS X
 -----------------------------------
 
+* The ``/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages`` is now appended to
+  ``sys.path``, in order to share added packages between the system
+  installation and a user-installed copy of the same version.
+  (Changed by Ronald Oussoren; :issue:`4865`.)
+
+
+Other Changes and Fixes
+=======================
+
+* When importing a module from a :file:`.pyc` or :file:`.pyo` file
+  with an existing :file:`.py` counterpart, the :attr:`co_filename`
+  attributes of all code objects if the original filename is obsolete,
+  which can happen if the file has been renamed, moved, or is accessed
+  through different paths.  (Patch by Ziga Seilnacht and Jean-Paul
+  Calderone; :issue:`1180193`.)
+
+* The :file:`regrtest.py` script now takes a :option:`--randseed=`
+  switch that takes an integer that will be used as the random seed
+  for the :option:`-r` option that executes tests in random order.
+  The :option:`-r` option also now reports the seed that was used
+  (Added by Collin Winter.)
+
 
 .. ======================================================================
author	Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>	2009-04-05 19:13:16 +0000
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