It is for references, not for literals.
which the lock starts, relative to *whence*, and *whence* is as with
:func:`io.IOBase.seek`, specifically:
- * :const:`0` -- relative to the start of the file (:const:`os.SEEK_SET`)
- * :const:`1` -- relative to the current buffer position (:const:`os.SEEK_CUR`)
- * :const:`2` -- relative to the end of the file (:const:`os.SEEK_END`)
+ * ``0`` -- relative to the start of the file (:const:`os.SEEK_SET`)
+ * ``1`` -- relative to the current buffer position (:const:`os.SEEK_CUR`)
+ * ``2`` -- relative to the end of the file (:const:`os.SEEK_END`)
The default for *start* is 0, which means to start at the beginning of the file.
The default for *len* is 0 which means to lock to the end of the file. The
The first version requires that *numerator* and *denominator* are instances
of :class:`numbers.Rational` and returns a new :class:`Fraction` instance
- with value ``numerator/denominator``. If *denominator* is :const:`0`, it
+ with value ``numerator/denominator``. If *denominator* is ``0``, it
raises a :exc:`ZeroDivisionError`. The second version requires that
*other_fraction* is an instance of :class:`numbers.Rational` and returns a
:class:`Fraction` instance with the same value. The next two versions accept
Returns a new instance of the :class:`FileHandler` class. The specified file is
opened and used as the stream for logging. If *mode* is not specified,
- :const:`'a'` is used. If *encoding* is not ``None``, it is used to open the file
+ ``'a'`` is used. If *encoding* is not ``None``, it is used to open the file
with that encoding. If *delay* is true, then file opening is deferred until the
first call to :meth:`emit`. By default, the file grows indefinitely. If
*errors* is specified, it's used to determine how encoding errors are handled.
Returns a new instance of the :class:`WatchedFileHandler` class. The specified
file is opened and used as the stream for logging. If *mode* is not specified,
- :const:`'a'` is used. If *encoding* is not ``None``, it is used to open the file
+ ``'a'`` is used. If *encoding* is not ``None``, it is used to open the file
with that encoding. If *delay* is true, then file opening is deferred until the
first call to :meth:`emit`. By default, the file grows indefinitely. If
*errors* is provided, it determines how encoding errors are handled.
On macOS, :func:`getgroups` behavior differs somewhat from
other Unix platforms. If the Python interpreter was built with a
- deployment target of :const:`10.5` or earlier, :func:`getgroups` returns
+ deployment target of ``10.5`` or earlier, :func:`getgroups` returns
the list of effective group ids associated with the current user process;
this list is limited to a system-defined number of entries, typically 16,
and may be modified by calls to :func:`setgroups` if suitably privileged.
- If built with a deployment target greater than :const:`10.5`,
+ If built with a deployment target greater than ``10.5``,
:func:`getgroups` returns the current group access list for the user
associated with the effective user id of the process; the group access
list may change over the lifetime of the process, it is not affected by
.. function:: sigtimedwait(sigset, timeout)
Like :func:`sigwaitinfo`, but takes an additional *timeout* argument
- specifying a timeout. If *timeout* is specified as :const:`0`, a poll is
+ specifying a timeout. If *timeout* is specified as ``0``, a poll is
performed. Returns :const:`None` if a timeout occurs.
.. availability:: Unix.
Mix the given *bytes* into the SSL pseudo-random number generator. The
parameter *entropy* (a float) is a lower bound on the entropy contained in
- string (so you can always use :const:`0.0`). See :rfc:`1750` for more
+ string (so you can always use ``0.0``). See :rfc:`1750` for more
information on sources of entropy.
.. versionchanged:: 3.5
:func:`open` function when creating the stdin/stdout/stderr pipe
file objects:
- - :const:`0` means unbuffered (read and write are one
+ - ``0`` means unbuffered (read and write are one
system call and can return short)
- - :const:`1` means line buffered
+ - ``1`` means line buffered
(only usable if ``text=True`` or ``universal_newlines=True``)
- any other positive value means use a buffer of approximately that
size
.. versionchanged:: 3.3.1
*bufsize* now defaults to -1 to enable buffering by default to match the
behavior that most code expects. In versions prior to Python 3.2.4 and
- 3.3.1 it incorrectly defaulted to :const:`0` which was unbuffered
+ 3.3.1 it incorrectly defaulted to ``0`` which was unbuffered
and allowed short reads. This was unintentional and did not match the
behavior of Python 2 as most code expected.
:exc:`RuntimeError`. The new restriction may affect applications that
are deployed in mod_wsgi, uWSGI, and other embedded environments.
- If *close_fds* is true, all file descriptors except :const:`0`, :const:`1` and
- :const:`2` will be closed before the child process is executed. Otherwise
+ If *close_fds* is true, all file descriptors except ``0``, ``1`` and
+ ``2`` will be closed before the child process is executed. Otherwise
when *close_fds* is false, file descriptors obey their inheritable flag
as described in :ref:`fd_inheritance`.
``sys.getwindowsversion().major``. For compatibility with prior
versions, only the first 5 elements are retrievable by indexing.
- *platform* will be :const:`2 (VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT)`.
+ *platform* will be ``2`` (VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT).
*product_type* may be one of the following values:
+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Constant | Meaning |
+=======================================+=================================+
- | :const:`1 (VER_NT_WORKSTATION)` | The system is a workstation. |
+ | ``1`` (VER_NT_WORKSTATION) | The system is a workstation. |
+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
- | :const:`2 (VER_NT_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER)` | The system is a domain |
+ | ``2`` (VER_NT_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER) | The system is a domain |
| | controller. |
+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
- | :const:`3 (VER_NT_SERVER)` | The system is a server, but not |
+ | ``3`` (VER_NT_SERVER) | The system is a server, but not |
| | a domain controller. |
+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
Doc/library/fcntl.rst
Doc/library/filecmp.rst
Doc/library/fileinput.rst
-Doc/library/fractions.rst
Doc/library/ftplib.rst
Doc/library/functions.rst
Doc/library/functools.rst
* The C module has the following context limits, depending on the machine
architecture:
- +-------------------+---------------------+------------------------------+
- | | 32-bit | 64-bit |
- +===================+=====================+==============================+
- | :const:`MAX_PREC` | :const:`425000000` | :const:`999999999999999999` |
- +-------------------+---------------------+------------------------------+
- | :const:`MAX_EMAX` | :const:`425000000` | :const:`999999999999999999` |
- +-------------------+---------------------+------------------------------+
- | :const:`MIN_EMIN` | :const:`-425000000` | :const:`-999999999999999999` |
- +-------------------+---------------------+------------------------------+
+ +-------------------+----------------+-------------------------+
+ | | 32-bit | 64-bit |
+ +===================+================+=========================+
+ | :const:`MAX_PREC` | ``425000000`` | ``999999999999999999`` |
+ +-------------------+----------------+-------------------------+
+ | :const:`MAX_EMAX` | ``425000000`` | ``999999999999999999`` |
+ +-------------------+----------------+-------------------------+
+ | :const:`MIN_EMIN` | ``-425000000`` | ``-999999999999999999`` |
+ +-------------------+----------------+-------------------------+
* In the context templates (:class:`~decimal.DefaultContext`,
:class:`~decimal.BasicContext` and :class:`~decimal.ExtendedContext`)
the magnitude of :attr:`~decimal.Context.Emax` and
- :attr:`~decimal.Context.Emin` has changed to :const:`999999`.
+ :attr:`~decimal.Context.Emin` has changed to ``999999``.
* The :class:`~decimal.Decimal` constructor in decimal.py does not observe
the context limits and converts values with arbitrary exponents or precision
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