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Title: documentation page on email.parser contains self-referential non-definition of headersonly parameter
Type: Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions:
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: Parker.Phinney, docs@python, georg.brandl, python-dev
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Created on 2012-01-29 05:29 by Parker.Phinney, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg152209 - (view) Author: Parker Phinney (Parker.Phinney) Date: 2012-01-29 05:31
to recreate:
go here:
http://docs.python.org/library/email.parser.html#email.parser.Parser.parse
notice this line:
"Optional headersonly is as with the parse() method."

But that doesn't make sense, because this /is/ the parse() method!
msg152233 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2012-01-29 14:38
New changeset 0d5667171356 by Georg Brandl in branch '3.2':
Fix #13900: resolve self-referential description of a parameter.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0d5667171356
msg152234 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2012-01-29 14:39
New changeset 690d5978bd21 by Georg Brandl in branch '2.7':
Fix #13900: resolve self-referential description of a parameter.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/690d5978bd21
msg152235 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-01-29 14:39
Should now be fixed. Thanks for the report.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:26adminsetgithub: 58108
2012-01-29 14:39:51georg.brandlsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
2012-01-29 14:39:46georg.brandlsetnosy: + georg.brandl
messages: + msg152235
2012-01-29 14:39:37python-devsetmessages: + msg152234
2012-01-29 14:38:58python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg152233
2012-01-29 05:31:28Parker.Phinneysettype: behavior ->
messages: + msg152209
title: http://docs.python.org/library/email.parser.html#email.parser.Parser.parse -> documentation page on email.parser contains self-referential non-definition of headersonly parameter
2012-01-29 05:29:06Parker.Phinneycreate