misc fixes August 2026

AGENTS.md

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   - If the stale result could have spread to other users/devs, increment the music21
     patch/beta version (see "PRs and Issues" below) — bumping the version invalidates all
     caches everywhere.
+  - Doctests are not normally the place to demonstrate bug fixes - nor do simple bug fixes get a "Changed in vXX" message. Doctests demonstrate usage for the future.  Unittests are for regression testing.
 
 # Setup
 

music21/articulations.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class Articulation(base.Music21Object):
     '''
-    Base class for all Articulation sub-classes.
+    Base class for all Articulation subclasses.
 
     >>> x = articulations.Articulation()
     >>> x.placement = 'below'

music21/base.py

@@ -3620,7 +3620,7 @@ def _getMeasureOffset(self, includeMeasurePadding: bool = True) -> OffsetQL:
         '''
         from music21 import stream
 
-        # TODO: v8 -- expose as public.
+        # TODO: expose as public.
         activeS = self.activeSite
         if activeS is not None and isinstance(activeS, stream.Measure):
             # environLocal.printDebug(['found activeSite as Measure, using for offset'])