winreg SetValue(Ex) should mention integer as an acceptable value

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1/5
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Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Locate the winreg documentation for SetValue and SetValueEx; the issue identifies the needed wording change but names no file or test. Done means the documentation explicitly mentions integer values as acceptable, with the existing pull requests indicating that work is already underway.

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Description

3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) docs OS-windows type-feature
BPO 42018
Nosy @pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @serhiy-storchaka, @zooba, @kainjow
PRs
  • python/cpython#22671
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-10-12.16:21:08.662>
labels = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'type-feature', 'OS-windows', 'docs']
title = 'winreg SetValue(Ex) should mention integer as an acceptable value'
updated_at = <Date 2020-10-12.18:08:05.560>
user = 'https://github.com/kainjow'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2020-10-12.18:08:05.560>
actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2020-10-12.16:21:08.662>
creator = 'kwojniak_box'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 42018
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['378508']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'tim.golden', 'docs@python', 'python-dev', 'zach.ware', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'steve.dower', 'kwojniak_box']
pr_nums = ['22671']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue42018'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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