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Title: Typo in "control flow" documentation
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.11, Python 3.10
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: Andy, docs@python, miss-islington, wangjiahua, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords: easy, newcomer friendly, patch

Created on 2021-11-04 12:17 by Andy, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 29460 merged wangjiahua, 2021-11-08 03:15
PR 29473 merged miss-islington, 2021-11-08 16:51
Messages (3)
msg405714 - (view) Author: Andreas Ley (Andy) Date: 2021-11-04 12:17
https://docs.python.org/3.11/tutorial/controlflow.html
(and earlier versions) have the sentence:

An unpacking like **rest is also supported. (But **_ would be redundant, so it not allowed.)

Although I'm not a native speaker, I suppose this is missing a verb and should read:

… so it is not allowed
msg405961 - (view) Author: Zachary Ware (zach.ware) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-11-08 16:51
New changeset 7484a5c82a2dfc106bb1e4b060cad2df00521bfd by 180909 in branch 'main':
Closes bpo-45712: Add missing word in control flow tutorial (GH-29460)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7484a5c82a2dfc106bb1e4b060cad2df00521bfd
msg405967 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2021-11-08 17:13
New changeset 2c4792264f9218692a1bd87398a60591f756b171 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.10':
Closes bpo-45712: Add missing word in control flow tutorial (GH-29460)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2c4792264f9218692a1bd87398a60591f756b171
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:52adminsetgithub: 89875
2021-11-08 17:13:08miss-islingtonsetmessages: + msg405967
2021-11-08 16:51:12miss-islingtonsetnosy: + miss-islington

pull_requests: + pull_request27726
2021-11-08 16:51:09zach.waresetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + zach.ware
messages: + msg405961

resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2021-11-08 03:15:25wangjiahuasetkeywords: + patch
nosy: + wangjiahua

pull_requests: + pull_request27714
stage: needs patch -> patch review
2021-11-05 03:02:36zach.waresetversions: + Python 3.10
2021-11-05 03:00:46zach.waresetkeywords: + easy, newcomer friendly
stage: needs patch
2021-11-04 12:22:44AlexWaygoodsettype: behavior
title: so it not allowed -> Typo in "control flow" documentation
2021-11-04 12:17:04Andycreate