readline() specification is unclear
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Description
| BPO | 35870 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @vadmium, @vporton |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2019-01-31.18:13:51.211>
labels = ['3.8', 'docs']
title = 'readline() specification is unclear'
updated_at = <Date 2019-01-31.23:28:45.041>
user = 'https://github.com/vporton'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2019-01-31.23:28:45.041>
actor = 'martin.panter'
assignee = 'docs@python'
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closed_date = None
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components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2019-01-31.18:13:51.211>
creator = 'porton'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 35870
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['334634', '334638']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['docs@python', 'martin.panter', 'porton']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue35870'
versions = ['Python 3.8']
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked bugs.python.org issue 35870 and the current Python documentation for readline(). Determine which part of the readline() specification is unclear and identify the documentation location it affects; done means the behavior and specification are stated unambiguously.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100