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Title: No curses.initwin: Incorrect package docstring for curses
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 2.7
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: asvetlov, ballingt, docs@python, python-dev
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2012-12-26 02:49 by ballingt, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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docfix.patch ballingt, 2012-12-26 02:49 patch to fix curses documentation review
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msg178183 - (view) Author: Thomas Ballinger (ballingt) * Date: 2012-12-26 02:49
Lib/curses/__init__.py has `curses.initwin()` in the docstring example code, but this function does not exist (should be `initscr()`)

Bad in at least back to 2.4
msg178537 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2012-12-29 21:11
New changeset cbee422ca727 by Andrew Svetlov in branch '3.2':
Fix docstring in curses (#16782)
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cbee422ca727

New changeset e9cbe583156f by Andrew Svetlov in branch '3.3':
Fix docstring in curses (#16782)
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e9cbe583156f

New changeset 2cae7bde45ef by Andrew Svetlov in branch 'default':
Fix docstring in curses (#16782)
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2cae7bde45ef

New changeset 52900f205e6e by Andrew Svetlov in branch '2.7':
Fix docstring in curses (#16782)
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/52900f205e6e
msg178538 - (view) Author: Andrew Svetlov (asvetlov) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-12-29 21:13
Fixed in active development branches. 
Thanks.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:39adminsetgithub: 60986
2012-12-29 21:13:43asvetlovsetstatus: open -> closed
stage: resolved
resolution: fixed
versions: + Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.4
2012-12-29 21:13:10asvetlovsetnosy: + asvetlov
messages: + msg178538
2012-12-29 21:11:31python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg178537
2012-12-26 02:49:02ballingtcreate