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Martin: "Victor, what changes to the doc strings are you talking about?"
See attached check_bisect_doc.py script.
Before:
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=== bisect_right ===
bisect_right(a, x[, lo[, hi]]) -> index
Return the index where to insert item x in list a, assuming a is sorted.
The return value i is such that all e in a[:i] have e <= x, and all e in
a[i:] have e > x. So if x already appears in the list, i points just
beyond the rightmost x already there
Optional args lo (default 0) and hi (default len(a)) bound the
slice of a to be searched.
=== insort_right ===
insort_right(a, x[, lo[, hi]])
Insert item x in list a, and keep it sorted assuming a is sorted.
If x is already in a, insert it to the right of the rightmost x.
Optional args lo (default 0) and hi (default len(a)) bound the
slice of a to be searched.
=== bisect_left ===
bisect_left(a, x[, lo[, hi]]) -> index
Return the index where to insert item x in list a, assuming a is sorted.
The return value i is such that all e in a[:i] have e < x, and all e in
a[i:] have e >= x. So if x already appears in the list, i points just
before the leftmost x already there.
Optional args lo (default 0) and hi (default len(a)) bound the
slice of a to be searched.
=== insort_left ===
insort_left(a, x[, lo[, hi]])
Insert item x in list a, and keep it sorted assuming a is sorted.
If x is already in a, insert it to the left of the leftmost x.
Optional args lo (default 0) and hi (default len(a)) bound the
slice of a to be searched.
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After:
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=== bisect_right ===
Return the index where to insert item x in list a, assuming a is sorted.
 a
 The list in which x is to be inserted.
 x
 The value to be inserted.
 lo
 Lower bound, defaults to 0.
 hi
 Upper bound, defaults to -1 (meaning len(a)).
The return value i is such that all e in a[:i] have e <= x, and all e in
a[i:] have e > x. So if x already appears in the list, i points just
beyond the rightmost x already there.
Optional args lo and hi bound the slice of a to be searched.
=== insort_right ===
Insert item x in list a, and keep it sorted assuming a is sorted.
 a
 The list in which x will be inserted.
 x
 The value to insert.
 lo
 Lower bound, defaults to 0.
 hi
 Upper bound, defaults to -1 (meaning len(a)).
If x is already in a, insert it to the right of the rightmost x.
Optional args lo and hi bound the slice of a to be searched.
=== bisect_left ===
Return the index where to insert item x in list a, assuming a is sorted.
 a
 The list in which x is to be inserted.
 x
 The value to be inserted.
 lo
 Lower bound, defaults to 0.
 hi
 Upper bound, defaults to -1 (meaning len(a)).
The return value i is such that all e in a[:i] have e < x, and all e in
a[i:] have e >= x. So if x already appears in the list, i points just
before the leftmost x already there.
Optional args lo and hi bound the slice of a to be searched.
=== insort_left ===
Insert item x in list a, and keep it sorted assuming a is sorted.
 a
 The list in which x will be inserted.
 x
 The value to insert.
 lo
 Lower bound, defaults to 0.
 hi
 Upper bound, defaults to -1 (meaning len(a)).
If x is already in a, insert it to the left of the leftmost x.
Optional args lo and hi bound the slice of a to be searched.
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The output is different. I suggest to not touch the docstring in the patch upgrading _bisect.c to Argument Clinic to ease the review.