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[Patch #1534027] Add notes on locale module changes

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Andrew M. Kuchling 2006-08-09 13:57:05 +00:00
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@ -1503,6 +1503,29 @@ itertools.islice(iterable, s.start, s.stop, s.step)
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
\item The \function{format()} function in the \module{locale} module
has been modified and two new functions were added,
\function{format_string()} and \function{currency()}.
The \function{format()} function's \var{val} parameter could
previously be a string as long as no more than one \%char specifier
appeared; now the parameter must be exactly one \%char specifier with
no surrounding text. An optional \var{monetary} parameter was also
added which, if \code{True}, will use the locale's rules for
formatting currency in placing a separator between groups of three
digits.
To format strings with multiple \%char specifiers, use the new
\function{format_string()} function that works like \function{format()}
but also supports mixing \%char specifiers with
arbitrary text.
A new \function{currency()} function was also added that formats a
number according to the current locale's settings.
(Contributed by Georg Brandl.)
% Patch 1180296
\item The \module{mailbox} module underwent a massive rewrite to add
the capability to modify mailboxes in addition to reading them. A new
set of classes that include \class{mbox}, \class{MH}, and
@ -2405,6 +2428,12 @@ fields. If your files contain newlines embedded within fields, the
input should be split into lines in a manner which preserves the
newline characters.
\item Library: the \module{locale} module's
\function{format()} function's would previously
accept any string as long as no more than one \%char specifier
appeared. In Python 2.5, the argument must be exactly one \%char
specifier with no surrounding text.
\item Library: The \module{pickle} and \module{cPickle} modules no
longer accept a return value of \code{None} from the
\method{__reduce__()} method; the method must return a tuple of
@ -2440,10 +2469,10 @@ freed with the corresponding family's \cfunction{*_Free()} function.
The author would like to thank the following people for offering
suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
article: Nick Coghlan, Phillip J. Eby, Lars Gust\"abel, Raymond Hettinger, Ralf
W. Grosse-Kunstleve, Kent Johnson, Martin von~L\"owis, Fredrik Lundh,
Andrew McNamara, Skip Montanaro,
Gustavo Niemeyer, Paul Prescod, James Pryor, Mike Rovner, Scott Weikart, Barry
Warsaw, Thomas Wouters.
article: Georg Brandl, Nick Coghlan, Phillip J. Eby, Lars Gust\"abel,
Raymond Hettinger, Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve, Kent Johnson, Iain Lowe,
Martin von~L\"owis, Fredrik Lundh, Andrew McNamara, Skip Montanaro,
Gustavo Niemeyer, Paul Prescod, James Pryor, Mike Rovner, Scott
Weikart, Barry Warsaw, Thomas Wouters.
\end{document}