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Andrew M. Kuchling 2010-02-08 13:22:24 +00:00
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@ -412,7 +412,10 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
* The :class:`file` object will now set the :attr:`filename` attribute
on the :exc:`IOError` exception when trying to open a directory
on POSIX platforms. (Noted by Jan Kaliszewski; :issue:`4764`.)
on POSIX platforms (noted by Jan Kaliszewski; :issue:`4764`), and
now explicitly checks for and forbids writing to read-only file objects
instead of trusting the C library to catch and report the error
(fixed by Stefan Krah; :issue:`5677`).
* The Python tokenizer now translates line endings itself, so the
:func:`compile` built-in function can now accept code using any
@ -896,16 +899,19 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
accepts a file object, in addition to the path names accepted in earlier
versions. (Contributed by Gabriel Genellina; :issue:`4756`.)
New module: sysconfig
---------------------------------
XXX A new :mod:`sysconfig` module has been extracted from
:mod:`distutils` and put in the standard library.
The :mod:`sysconfig` module provides access to Python's configuration
information like the list of installation paths and the configuration
variables relevant for the current platform.
.. ======================================================================
.. whole new modules get described in subsections here
* XXX A new :mod:`sysconfig` module has been extracted from :mod:`distutils`
and put in the standard library.
The :mod:`sysconfig` module provides access to Python's configuration
information like the list of installation paths and the configuration
variables relevant for the current platform.
Distutils Enhancements
---------------------------------
@ -955,6 +961,7 @@ allows specifying the user id and group that will own the files in the
archives using the :option:`--owner` and :option:`--group` switches
(:issue:`6516`).
Unit Testing Enhancements
---------------------------------
@ -1296,6 +1303,12 @@ Port-Specific Changes: Mac OS X
Other Changes and Fixes
=======================
* Two benchmark scripts, :file:`iobench` and :file:`ccbench`, were
added to the :file:`Tools` directory. :file:`iobench` measures the
speed of the built-in :class:`file` objects while performing various
operations, and :file:`ccbench` is a concurrency that performs
several tasks using a varying number of threads.
* When importing a module from a :file:`.pyc` or :file:`.pyo` file
with an existing :file:`.py` counterpart, the :attr:`co_filename`
attributes of the resulting code objects are overwritten when the