[issue8350] os.mkdir doc comment is incorrect

2010-05-08 Thread John Mark Schofield
John Mark Schofield added the comment: I'd also suggest changing the title to "Documentation for many functions in os module is incomplete." I didn't because I don't know if that would be considered rude. (I'

[issue8350] os.mkdir doc comment is incorrect

2010-05-08 Thread John Mark Schofield
John Mark Schofield added the comment: Please don't close this as "invalid." Most (all?) of the functions in the os module have positional-only arguments, which are documented in exactly the same manner as arguments which can be supplied using a keyword. As someone reading th

[issue7481] Failing to start a thread leaves "zombie" thread in "initial" state

2009-12-11 Thread John Mark Schofield
New submission from John Mark Schofield : SUMMARY: When you attempt to start a thread, and you're unable to (you get thread.error) it leaves a thread stuck in an "initial" state that never exits. (threading.enumerate() shows the threads and lists their status as "initial.&q