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#! /bin/sh -e

# DP: SVN updates of the release25-maint branch (until 2006-10-29).

dir=
if [ $# -eq 3 -a "$2" = '-d' ]; then
    pdir="-d $3"
    dir="$3/"
elif [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo >&2 "usage: `basename $0`: -patch|-unpatch [-d <srcdir>]"
    exit 1
fi
case "$1" in
    -patch)
	cd Doc
        patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -p0 < ../$0
        ;;
    -unpatch)
	cd Doc
        patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -R -p0 < ../$0
        ;;
    *)
	echo >&2 "usage: `basename $0`: -patch|-unpatch [-d <srcdir>]"
        exit 1
esac
exit 0

# svn diff http://svn.python.org/projects/python/tags/r25/Doc http://svn.python.org/projects/python/branches/release25-maint/Doc
# diff -urN --exclude=.svn Python-2.5/Doc svn/Doc

Index: ext/extending.tex
===================================================================
--- ext/extending.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ ext/extending.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@
     PyObject *m;
 
     m = Py_InitModule("spam", SpamMethods);
+    if (m == NULL)
+        return;
 
     SpamError = PyErr_NewException("spam.error", NULL, NULL);
     Py_INCREF(SpamError);
@@ -365,9 +367,9 @@
 created module based upon the table (an array of \ctype{PyMethodDef}
 structures) that was passed as its second argument.
 \cfunction{Py_InitModule()} returns a pointer to the module object
-that it creates (which is unused here).  It aborts with a fatal error
-if the module could not be initialized satisfactorily, so the caller
-doesn't need to check for errors.
+that it creates (which is unused here).  It may abort with a fatal error
+for certain errors, or return \NULL{} if the module could not be
+initialized satisfactorily.
 
 When embedding Python, the \cfunction{initspam()} function is not
 called automatically unless there's an entry in the
@@ -1276,6 +1278,8 @@
     PyObject *c_api_object;
 
     m = Py_InitModule("spam", SpamMethods);
+    if (m == NULL)
+        return;
 
     /* Initialize the C API pointer array */
     PySpam_API[PySpam_System_NUM] = (void *)PySpam_System;
@@ -1362,7 +1366,9 @@
 {
     PyObject *m;
 
-    Py_InitModule("client", ClientMethods);
+    m = Py_InitModule("client", ClientMethods);
+    if (m == NULL)
+        return;
     if (import_spam() < 0)
         return;
     /* additional initialization can happen here */
Index: whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
===================================================================
--- whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -540,10 +540,10 @@
 StopIteration
 \end{verbatim}
 
-Because \keyword{yield} will often be returning \constant{None}, you
+\keyword{yield} will usually return \constant{None}, you
 should always check for this case.  Don't just use its value in
 expressions unless you're sure that the \method{send()} method
-will be the only method used resume your generator function.
+will be the only method used to resume your generator function.
 
 In addition to \method{send()}, there are two other new methods on
 generators:
Index: dist/dist.tex
===================================================================
--- dist/dist.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ dist/dist.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -3607,7 +3607,12 @@
 
 % todo
 
+\section{\module{distutils.command.bdist_msi} --- Build a Microsoft Installer binary package}
+\declaremodule[distutils.command.bdistmsi]{standard}{distutils.command.bdist_msi}
+\modulesynopsis{Build a binary distribution as a Windows MSI file}
 
+% todo
+
 \section{\module{distutils.command.bdist_rpm} --- Build a binary distribution as a Redhat RPM and SRPM}
 \declaremodule[distutils.command.bdistrpm]{standard}{distutils.command.bdist_rpm}
 \modulesynopsis{Build a binary distribution as a Redhat RPM and SRPM}
Index: lib/libcsv.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libcsv.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libcsv.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
 class or one of the strings returned by the \function{list_dialects}
 function.  The other optional {}\var{fmtparam} keyword arguments can be
 given to override individual formatting parameters in the current
-dialect.  For more information about the dialect and formatting
+dialect.  For full details about the dialect and formatting
 parameters, see section~\ref{csv-fmt-params}, ``Dialects and Formatting
-Parameters'' for details of these parameters.
+Parameters''.
 
 All data read are returned as strings.  No automatic data type
 conversion is performed.
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@
 of a subclass of the \class{Dialect} class or one of the strings
 returned by the \function{list_dialects} function.  The other optional
 {}\var{fmtparam} keyword arguments can be given to override individual
-formatting parameters in the current dialect.  For more information
+formatting parameters in the current dialect.  For full details
 about the dialect and formatting parameters, see
-section~\ref{csv-fmt-params}, ``Dialects and Formatting Parameters'' for
-details of these parameters.  To make it as easy as possible to
+section~\ref{csv-fmt-params}, ``Dialects and Formatting Parameters''.
+To make it as easy as possible to
 interface with modules which implement the DB API, the value
 \constant{None} is written as the empty string.  While this isn't a
 reversible transformation, it makes it easier to dump SQL NULL data values
@@ -113,9 +113,8 @@
 or Unicode object. The dialect can be specified either by passing a
 sub-class of \class{Dialect}, or by \var{fmtparam} keyword arguments,
 or both, with keyword arguments overriding parameters of the dialect.
-For more information about the dialect and formatting parameters, see
-section~\ref{csv-fmt-params}, ``Dialects and Formatting Parameters''
-for details of these parameters.
+For full details about the dialect and formatting parameters, see
+section~\ref{csv-fmt-params}, ``Dialects and Formatting Parameters''.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{unregister_dialect}{name}
@@ -197,12 +196,13 @@
 
 \begin{classdesc}{excel}{}
 The \class{excel} class defines the usual properties of an Excel-generated
-CSV file.
+CSV file.  It is registered with the dialect name \code{'excel'}.
 \end{classdesc}
 
 \begin{classdesc}{excel_tab}{}
 The \class{excel_tab} class defines the usual properties of an
-Excel-generated TAB-delimited file.
+Excel-generated TAB-delimited file.  It is registered with the dialect name
+\code{'excel-tab'}.
 \end{classdesc}
 
 \begin{classdesc}{Sniffer}{}
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@
 \begin{memberdesc}[csv reader]{line_num}
  The number of lines read from the source iterator. This is not the same
  as the number of records returned, as records can span multiple lines.
+ \versionadded{2.5}
 \end{memberdesc}
 
 
Index: lib/libsubprocess.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libsubprocess.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libsubprocess.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 codes.  This module intends to replace several other, older modules
 and functions, such as:
 
-% XXX Should add pointers to this module to at least the popen2
-% and commands sections.
-
 \begin{verbatim}
 os.system
 os.spawn*
Index: lib/libasyncore.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libasyncore.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libasyncore.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -198,9 +198,11 @@
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{bind}{address}
-  Bind the socket to \var{address}.  The socket must not already
-  be bound.  (The format of \var{address} depends on the address
-  family --- see above.)
+  Bind the socket to \var{address}.  The socket must not already be
+  bound.  (The format of \var{address} depends on the address family
+  --- see above.)  To mark the socket as re-usable (setting the
+  \constant{SO_REUSEADDR} option), call the \class{dispatcher}
+  object's \method{set_reuse_addr()} method.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{accept}{}
Index: lib/libdatetime.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libdatetime.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libdatetime.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -1421,19 +1421,21 @@
 varies across platforms.  Regardless of platform, years before 1900
 cannot be used.
 
-\subsection{Examples}
-
-\subsubsection{Creating Datetime Objects from Formatted Strings}
-
-The \class{datetime} class does not directly support parsing formatted time
-strings.  You can use \function{time.strptime} to do the parsing and create
-a \class{datetime} object from the tuple it returns:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
->>> s = "2005-12-06T12:13:14"
->>> from datetime import datetime
->>> from time import strptime
->>> datetime(*strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:6])
-datetime.datetime(2005, 12, 6, 12, 13, 14)
-\end{verbatim}
-
+%%% This example is obsolete, since strptime is now supported by datetime.
+% 
+% \subsection{Examples}
+% 
+% \subsubsection{Creating Datetime Objects from Formatted Strings}
+% 
+% The \class{datetime} class does not directly support parsing formatted time
+% strings.  You can use \function{time.strptime} to do the parsing and create
+% a \class{datetime} object from the tuple it returns:
+% 
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% >>> s = "2005-12-06T12:13:14"
+% >>> from datetime import datetime
+% >>> from time import strptime
+% >>> datetime(*strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:6])
+% datetime.datetime(2005, 12, 6, 12, 13, 14)
+% \end{verbatim}
+% 
Index: lib/libbsddb.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libbsddb.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libbsddb.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -19,21 +19,23 @@
 3.3 thru 4.4.
 
 \begin{seealso}
-  \seeurl{http://pybsddb.sourceforge.net/}{The website with documentation
-  for the \module{bsddb.db} python Berkeley DB interface that closely mirrors
-  the Sleepycat object oriented interface provided in Berkeley DB 3 and 4.}
-  \seeurl{http://www.sleepycat.com/}{Sleepycat Software produces the
-  Berkeley DB library.}
+  \seeurl{http://pybsddb.sourceforge.net/}
+         {The website with documentation for the \module{bsddb.db}
+          Python Berkeley DB interface that closely mirrors the object
+          oriented interface provided in Berkeley DB 3 and 4.}
+
+  \seeurl{http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/}
+         {The Berkeley DB library.}
 \end{seealso}
 
 A more modern DB, DBEnv and DBSequence object interface is available in the
-\module{bsddb.db} module which closely matches the Sleepycat Berkeley DB C API
+\module{bsddb.db} module which closely matches the Berkeley DB C API
 documented at the above URLs.  Additional features provided by the
 \module{bsddb.db} API include fine tuning, transactions, logging, and
 multiprocess concurrent database access.
 
 The following is a description of the legacy \module{bsddb} interface
-compatible with the old python bsddb module.  Starting in Python 2.5 this
+compatible with the old Python bsddb module.  Starting in Python 2.5 this
 interface should be safe for multithreaded access.  The \module{bsddb.db}
 API is recommended for threading users as it provides better control.
 
Index: lib/libos.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libos.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libos.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@
 errors), \code{None} is returned.
 Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
 
+The \module{subprocess} module provides more powerful facilities for
+spawning new processes and retrieving their results; using that module
+is preferable to using this function.
+
 \versionchanged[This function worked unreliably under Windows in
   earlier versions of Python.  This was due to the use of the
   \cfunction{_popen()} function from the libraries provided with
@@ -375,8 +379,13 @@
 Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+There are a number of different \function{popen*()} functions that
+provide slightly different ways to create subprocesses.  Note that the
+\module{subprocess} module is easier to use and more powerful;
+consider using that module before writing code using the
+lower-level \function{popen*()} functions.
 
-For each of the following \function{popen()} variants, if \var{bufsize} is
+For each of the \function{popen*()} variants, if \var{bufsize} is
 specified, it specifies the buffer size for the I/O pipes.
 \var{mode}, if provided, should be the string \code{'b'} or
 \code{'t'}; on Windows this is needed to determine whether the file
@@ -1545,7 +1554,13 @@
 \funcline{spawnve}{mode, path, args, env}
 \funcline{spawnvp}{mode, file, args}
 \funcline{spawnvpe}{mode, file, args, env}
-Execute the program \var{path} in a new process.  If \var{mode} is
+Execute the program \var{path} in a new process.  
+
+(Note that the \module{subprocess} module provides more powerful
+facilities for spawning new processes and retrieving their results;
+using that module is preferable to using these functions.)
+
+If \var{mode} is
 \constant{P_NOWAIT}, this function returns the process ID of the new
 process; if \var{mode} is \constant{P_WAIT}, returns the process's
 exit code if it exits normally, or \code{-\var{signal}}, where
@@ -1682,6 +1697,10 @@
 a non-native shell, consult your shell documentation.
 
 Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
+
+The \module{subprocess} module provides more powerful facilities for
+spawning new processes and retrieving their results; using that module
+is preferable to using this function.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{times}{}
Index: lib/libfpectl.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libfpectl.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libfpectl.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 \sectionauthor{Lee Busby}{busby1@llnl.gov}
 \modulesynopsis{Provide control for floating point exception handling.}
 
+\note{The \module{fpectl} module is not built by default, and its usage
+      is discouraged and may be dangerous except in the hands of
+      experts.  See also the section \ref{fpectl-limitations} on
+      limitations for more details.}
+
 Most computers carry out floating point operations\index{IEEE-754}
 in conformance with the so-called IEEE-754 standard.
 On any real computer,
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@
 \end{verbatim}
 
 
-\subsection{Limitations and other considerations}
+\subsection{Limitations and other considerations \label{fpectl-limitations}}
 
 Setting up a given processor to trap IEEE-754 floating point
 errors currently requires custom code on a per-architecture basis.
Index: lib/libctypes.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libctypes.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libctypes.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@
 \begin{quote}
 \begin{verbatim}>>> from ctypes import c_int, WINFUNCTYPE, windll
 >>> from ctypes.wintypes import HWND, LPCSTR, UINT
->>> prototype = WINFUNCTYPE(c_int, HWND, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, c_uint)
+>>> prototype = WINFUNCTYPE(c_int, HWND, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, UINT)
 >>> paramflags = (1, "hwnd", 0), (1, "text", "Hi"), (1, "caption", None), (1, "flags", 0)
 >>> MessageBox = prototype(("MessageBoxA", windll.user32), paramflags)
 >>>\end{verbatim}
Index: lib/liburlparse.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/liburlparse.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/liburlparse.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{urljoin}{base, url\optional{, allow_fragments}}
 Construct a full (``absolute'') URL by combining a ``base URL''
-(\var{base}) with a ``relative URL'' (\var{url}).  Informally, this
+(\var{base}) with another URL (\var{url}).  Informally, this
 uses components of the base URL, in particular the addressing scheme,
 the network location and (part of) the path, to provide missing
 components in the relative URL.  For example:
@@ -155,6 +155,20 @@
 
 The \var{allow_fragments} argument has the same meaning and default as
 for \function{urlparse()}.
+
+\note{If \var{url} is an absolute URL (that is, starting with \code{//}
+      or \code{scheme://}, the \var{url}'s host name and/or scheme
+      will be present in the result.  For example:}
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> urljoin('http://www.cwi.nl/%7Eguido/Python.html',
+...         '//www.python.org/%7Eguido')
+'http://www.python.org/%7Eguido'
+\end{verbatim}
+      
+If you do not want that behavior, preprocess
+the \var{url} with \function{urlsplit()} and \function{urlunsplit()},
+removing possible \em{scheme} and \em{netloc} parts.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{urldefrag}{url}
Index: lib/libpopen2.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libpopen2.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libpopen2.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 input/output/error pipes and obtain their return codes under
 \UNIX{} and Windows.
 
-Note that starting with Python 2.0, this functionality is available
-using functions from the \refmodule{os} module which have the same
-names as the factory functions here, but the order of the return
-values is more intuitive in the \refmodule{os} module variants.
+The \module{subprocess} module provides more powerful facilities for
+spawning new processes and retrieving their results.  Using the
+\module{subprocess} module is preferable to using the \module{popen2}
+module.
 
 The primary interface offered by this module is a trio of factory
 functions.  For each of these, if \var{bufsize} is specified, 
@@ -184,3 +184,7 @@
 separate threads to read each of the individual files provided by
 whichever \function{popen*()} function or \class{Popen*} class was
 used.
+
+\begin{seealso}
+  \seemodule{subprocess}{Module for spawning and managing subprocesses.}
+\end{seealso}
Index: lib/libsocket.tex
===================================================================
--- lib/libsocket.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libsocket.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -712,14 +712,15 @@
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{server}{}
-Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the 
-server's certificate.  (See below for an example
-showing what distinguished names look like.)
+Returns a string describing the server's certificate.
+Useful for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string
+because its format can't be parsed unambiguously.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{issuer}{}
-Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the
-issuer of the server's certificate.
+Returns a string describing the issuer of the server's certificate.
+Useful for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string
+because its format can't be parsed unambiguously.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \subsection{Example \label{socket-example}}
Index: lib/libcommands.tex
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--- lib/libcommands.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libcommands.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 return any output generated by the command and, optionally, the exit
 status.
 
+The \module{subprocess} module provides more powerful facilities for
+spawning new processes and retrieving their results.  Using the
+\module{subprocess} module is preferable to using the \module{commands}
+module.
+
 The \module{commands} module defines the following functions:
 
 
@@ -51,3 +56,7 @@
 >>> commands.getstatus('/bin/ls')
 '-rwxr-xr-x  1 root        13352 Oct 14  1994 /bin/ls'
 \end{verbatim}
+
+\begin{seealso}
+  \seemodule{subprocess}{Module for spawning and managing subprocesses.}
+\end{seealso}
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--- lib/libitertools.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libitertools.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@
     return izip(mapping.iterkeys(), mapping.itervalues())
 
 def nth(iterable, n):
-    "Returns the nth item"
-    return list(islice(iterable, n, n+1))
+    "Returns the nth item or raise IndexError"
+    return list(islice(iterable, n, n+1))[0]
 
 def all(seq, pred=None):
     "Returns True if pred(x) is true for every element in the iterable"
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--- lib/libfuncs.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ lib/libfuncs.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 class C(object):
-    def __init__(self): self.__x = None
+    def __init__(self): self._x = None
     def getx(self): return self._x
     def setx(self, value): self._x = value
     def delx(self): del self._x
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--- api/concrete.tex	(.../tags/r25/Doc)	(revision 52528)
+++ api/concrete.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -602,15 +602,15 @@
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromString}{const char *v}
-  Return a new string object with the value \var{v} on success, and
-  \NULL{} on failure.  The parameter \var{v} must not be \NULL{}; it
-  will not be checked.
+  Return a new string object with a copy of the string \var{v} as value
+  on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  The parameter \var{v} must not be
+  \NULL{}; it will not be checked.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromStringAndSize}{const char *v,
                                                          Py_ssize_t len}
-  Return a new string object with the value \var{v} and length
-  \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  If \var{v} is
+  Return a new string object with a copy of the string \var{v} as value
+  and length \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  If \var{v} is
   \NULL{}, the contents of the string are uninitialized.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
@@ -2879,10 +2879,10 @@
 Various date and time objects are supplied by the \module{datetime}
 module.  Before using any of these functions, the header file
 \file{datetime.h} must be included in your source (note that this is
-not include by \file{Python.h}), and macro \cfunction{PyDateTime_IMPORT()}
-must be invoked.  The macro arranges to put a pointer to a C structure
-in a static variable \code{PyDateTimeAPI}, which is used by the following
-macros.
+not included by \file{Python.h}), and the macro
+\cfunction{PyDateTime_IMPORT} must be invoked.  The macro puts a
+pointer to a C structure into a static variable, 
+\code{PyDateTimeAPI}, that is used by the following macros.
 
 Type-check macros:
 
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+++ ref/ref3.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -379,6 +379,41 @@
 
 \end{description} % Sequences
 
+
+\item[Set types]
+These represent unordered, finite sets of unique, immutable objects.
+As such, they cannot be indexed by any subscript. However, they can be
+iterated over, and the built-in function \function{len()} returns the
+number of items in a set. Common uses for sets are
+fast membership testing, removing duplicates from a sequence, and
+computing mathematical operations such as intersection, union, difference,
+and symmetric difference.
+\bifuncindex{len}
+\obindex{set type}
+
+For set elements, the same immutability rules apply as for dictionary
+keys. Note that numeric types obey the normal rules for numeric
+comparison: if two numbers compare equal (e.g., \code{1} and
+\code{1.0}), only one of them can be contained in a set.
+
+There are currently two intrinsic set types:
+
+\begin{description}
+
+\item[Sets]
+These\obindex{set} represent a mutable set. They are created by the
+built-in \function{set()} constructor and can be modified afterwards
+by several methods, such as \method{add()}.
+
+\item[Frozen sets]
+These\obindex{frozenset} represent an immutable set. They are created by
+the built-in \function{frozenset()} constructor. As a frozenset is
+immutable and hashable, it can be used again as an element of another set,
+or as a dictionary key.
+
+\end{description} % Set types
+
+
 \item[Mappings]
 These represent finite sets of objects indexed by arbitrary index sets.
 The subscript notation \code{a[k]} selects the item indexed
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+++ tut/tut.tex	(.../branches/release25-maint/Doc)	(revision 52528)
@@ -2855,7 +2855,7 @@
 *}?  Ideally, one would hope that this somehow goes out to the
 filesystem, finds which submodules are present in the package, and
 imports them all.  Unfortunately, this operation does not work very
-well on Mac and Windows platforms, where the filesystem does not
+well on Windows platforms, where the filesystem does not
 always have accurate information about the case of a filename!  On
 these platforms, there is no guaranteed way to know whether a file
 \file{ECHO.PY} should be imported as a module \module{echo},
@@ -3060,6 +3060,7 @@
  8  64  512
  9  81  729
 10 100 1000
+
 >>> for x in range(1,11):
 ...     print '%2d %3d %4d' % (x, x*x, x*x*x)
 ... 
@@ -3075,8 +3076,9 @@
 10 100 1000
 \end{verbatim}
 
-(Note that one space between each column was added by the way
-\keyword{print} works: it always adds spaces between its arguments.)
+(Note that in the first example, one space between each column was
+added by the way \keyword{print} works: it always adds spaces between
+its arguments.)
 
 This example demonstrates the \method{rjust()} method of string objects,
 which right-justifies a string in a field of a given width by padding
@@ -3539,7 +3541,7 @@
 
 But use of \code{.args} is discouraged.  Instead, the preferred use is to pass
 a single argument to an exception (which can be a tuple if multiple arguments
-are needed) and have it bound to the \code{message} attribute.  One my also
+are needed) and have it bound to the \code{message} attribute.  One may also
 instantiate an exception first before raising it and add any attributes to it
 as desired.
 
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@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
 installation base directory when you run the setup script.  For example,
 
 \begin{verbatim}
-python setup.py --install-base=/tmp
+python setup.py install --install-base=/tmp
 \end{verbatim}
 
 would install pure modules to \filevar{/tmp/python/lib} in the first