Issue 26977: Unnecessary line in statistics.pvariance [proxy]

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Issue26977

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Title:	Unnecessary line in statistics.pvariance
Type:		Stage:	resolved
Components:	Library (Lib)	Versions:	Python 3.6

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	fixed
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Assigned To:		Nosy List:	Ian Foote, python-dev, steven.daprano
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2016-05-08 11:56 by Ian Foote, last changed 2016-05-11 03:01 by python-dev. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg265131 - (view)	Author: Ian Foote (Ian Foote)	Date: 2016-05-08 11:56
In statistics.pvariance, the sum of squares helper function (_ss) is called twice and the first return value is unused: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/9043c80b0daaddb5bff1e37432d503910506727f/Lib/statistics.py#L596
msg265133 - (view)	Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev)	Date: 2016-05-08 12:14
New changeset 2bf4a02f3570 by Steven D'Aprano in branch 'default': Issue 26977, remove unneeded line in pvariance (duplicate call to _ss). https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2bf4a02f3570
msg265134 - (view)	Author: Steven D'Aprano (steven.daprano) *	Date: 2016-05-08 12:16
Thanks Ian! I can't believe I looked at that function earlier today and couldn't see that!
msg265287 - (view)	Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev)	Date: 2016-05-11 01:53
New changeset 6f27dbc55f10 by Steven D'Aprano in branch '3.5': Issue 26977, remove unneeded line in pvariance (duplicate call to _ss). https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6f27dbc55f10 New changeset 3c75707045f5 by Steven D'Aprano in branch 'default': Branch merge for issue 26977 https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3c75707045f5
msg265289 - (view)	Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev)	Date: 2016-05-11 03:01
New changeset 87130512ef34 by Steven D'Aprano in branch '3.5': NEWS message for issue #26977. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87130512ef34 New changeset 39faad3cd626 by Steven D'Aprano in branch 'default': Merge NEWS update from 3.5 for issue #26977. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/39faad3cd626

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2016-05-11 03:01:58	python-dev	set	messages: + msg265289
2016-05-11 01:53:26	python-dev	set	messages: + msg265287
2016-05-08 12:29:11	berker.peksag	set	resolution: fixed
2016-05-08 12:16:50	steven.daprano	set	status: open -> closed nosy: + steven.daprano messages: + msg265134 stage: resolved
2016-05-08 12:14:57	python-dev	set	nosy: + python-dev messages: + msg265133
2016-05-08 11:56:09	Ian Foote	create