[Bug 1056740] [NEW] xml.parsers.expat.xmlparser.UseForeignDTD requests a non-optional parameter, conflicts with the documentation

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I just noticed that while digging a traceback I was getting when running
lazygal.

According to python 2.7.3’s documentation
(http://docs.python.org/library/pyexpat.html#xml.parsers.expat.xmlparser.UseForeignDTD),
UseForeignDTD takes an optional parameter. However the latest version of
the interpreter in Quantal chokes when no parameter is given:

    python -c "from xml.parsers import expat;
parser=expat.ParserCreate('UTF-8'); parser.UseForeignDTD()"

results in:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    TypeError: UseForeignDTD() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)

This is a recent regression as I was running lazygal without a problem
on Quantal a couple of weeks ago.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: python 2.7.3-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 2c7995ffdf051a6d0adf7ab2c7be5ba9
CheckboxSystem: 7e42599bda39ea7ff8b528272b6ef52b
Date: Wed Sep 26 11:46:28 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
SourcePackage: python-defaults
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-30 (26 days ago)

** Affects: python2.7 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: In Progress


** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity
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xml.parsers.expat.xmlparser.UseForeignDTD requests a non-optional parameter, conflicts with the documentation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056740
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