More apply() removals from the following files:
./compiler/transformer.py
./curses/wrapper.py
./distutils/command/build_ext.py
./distutils/command/build_py.py
./distutils/archive_util.py
./distutils/dir_util.py
./distutils/filelist.py
./distutils/util.py
./bsddb/test/test_basics.py
./bsddb/test/test_dbobj.py
./bsddb/dbobj.py
./bsddb/dbshelve.py
./lib-tk/Canvas.py
./lib-tk/Dialog.py
./lib-tk/ScrolledText.py
./lib-tk/Tix.py
./lib-tk/Tkinter.py
./lib-tk/tkColorChooser.py
./lib-tk/tkCommonDialog.py
./lib-tk/tkFont.py
./lib-tk/tkMessageBox.py
./lib-tk/tkSimpleDialog.py
./lib-tk/turtle.py
./test/reperf.py
./test/test_b1.py
./test/test_builtin.py
./test/test_curses.py
./logging/__init__.py
./logging/config.py
./xml/dom/minidom.py
./plat-mac/Carbon/MediaDescr.py
./plat-mac/EasyDialogs.py
./plat-mac/FrameWork.py
./plat-mac/MiniAEFrame.py
./plat-mac/argvemulator.py
./plat-mac/icopen.py

I know that the edited files are syntactically correct (ie 
compileall.compile_dir throws no errors), but please help 
testing that functionality is the same.  I am testing at 
the moment for lib-tk changes.

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There is no longer a test/test_b1.py in current CVS, so it
seems you've done the diff against an older version. Could
you update the patch for current CVS?

Also according to PEP 291
(http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0291.html) both distutils
and logging should remain 1.5.2 compatible.

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Also, be sure to read the PEP on which modules should 
not be modernized.  Sometimes that information is written 
in the file itself rather than the pep.  For instance, the 
logging package is supposed to be kept in a form that 
runs on older pythons.

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Walter: I untargzipped the python-latest.tgz of 2003-03-10 
over an older directory (I think about a month ago), therefore 
the existence of test_b1.py.  All files that exist in the current 
dist were also current.
Raymond: you are correct about my not reading the file 
headers (it was a multifile vi session with a +/"apply(" 
option...)
I just had a little time available for non-creative work, so I 
checked, saw that Guido already had changed most of the 
library files, and offered the change of the rest of them; you 
guys can do whatever you want with it :)
The lib-tk changes seem to be ok, after running some UI 
python scripts I have.  I haven't checked bsddb yet.

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I've gone over the patch and simplyfied it a bit (e.g.
replacing f(*(1,2,3) + args) with f(1,2,3, *args)). I've
also removed the patches for distutils, logging and bsddb
(code at the start of bsddb/dbutils.py seems to indicate
that it should be usable with versions prior to 2.3).

Raymond, do you have time to recheck the patch?

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I went through Walter's diff by hand and found two places where more clean-up could be done and two show-stoppers.  In case I don't get my version of the patch up fast enough for people, the files that have spots that could use some more minor clean-up are Lib/lib-tk/Tix.py and Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py .  The showstoppers are in Lib/lib-tk/tkCommonDialog.py (method call that didn't get *'ed) and Lib/test/test_builtin.py (test_builtin.py should not even be patched since the affected lines are in the tests for apply() itself).

I will have my version up before the weekend.

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Good job Brett :-)

I'll wait for your next post before going through this one 
with a fine toothed comb.

-- R

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Well, I have now run into my first issue of not having commit priveleges; I can't upload my diff.  So you will have to get it from http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bac/apply3.diff .  The only difference between my diff and Walter's is that I changed three files and removed the diff for test_builtin.py .

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This shouldn't have anything to do with commit privileges.
I'm uploading your apply3.diff so it doesn't get lost. If
test_builtin calls apply it should probably make sure that
both the PendingDeprecationWarning and the
DeprecationWarning that might be issued some day are
switched off.

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Well, then SF is broken right now because I don't have an option to upload.

As for the PendingDeprecationWarning check, I think that is a good idea.  Shouldn't that be a separate patch, though?  I personally can't do it any time soon because of PyCon plus I have updating test_urllib on my todo list (thanks, Raymond  =).

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Re-reviewed files.  Fixed one incomplete + (,args) in Tix.py.  
Added pending deprecation doc string to apply().

Marked approved and applied (no pun intended).