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* Credit the author of a patch or bugfix. Just the name is
sufficient; the e-mail address isn't necessary.
* It's helpful to add the bug/patch number as a comment:
* It's helpful to add the bug/patch number in an parenthetical
.. Patch 12345
XXX Describe the transmogrify() function added to the socket
module.
(Contributed by P.Y. Developer.)
(Contributed by P.Y. Developer; :issue:`12345`.)
This saves the maintainer the effort of going through the SVN logs
when researching a change.
@ -53,11 +52,13 @@
This article explains the new features in Python 2.6. No release date for
Python 2.6 has been set; it will probably be released in mid 2008.
This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification of the new
features, but instead provides a convenient overview. For full details, you
should refer to the documentation for Python 2.6. If you want to understand the
complete implementation and design rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular
new feature.
This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification of
the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview. For
full details, you should refer to the documentation for Python 2.6. If
you want to understand the complete implementation and design
rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature. For smaller
changes, this edition of "What's New in Python" links to the bug/patch
item for each change whenever possible.
.. Compare with previous release in 2 - 3 sentences here.
add hyperlink when the documentation becomes available online.
@ -147,9 +148,13 @@ After posting a call for volunteers, a new Roundup installation was
set up at http://bugs.python.org. One installation of Roundup can
host multiple trackers, and this server now also hosts issue trackers
for Jython and for the Python web site. It will surely find
other uses in the future.
other uses in the future. Where possible,
this edition of "What's New in Python" links to the bug/patch
item for each change.
Hosting is kindly provided by `Upfront Systems <http://www.upfrontsystems.co.za/>`__ of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Martin von Loewis put a
Hosting is kindly provided by
`Upfront Systems <http://www.upfrontsystems.co.za/>`__
of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Martin von Loewis put a
lot of effort into importing existing bugs and patches from
SourceForge; his scripts for this import operation are at
http://svn.python.org/view/tracker/importer/.
@ -187,16 +192,15 @@ Occasionally people would suggest converting the documentation into
SGML or, later, XML, but performing a good conversion is a major task
and no one pursued the task to completion.
During the 2.6 development cycle, Georg Brandl put a substantial
effort into building a new toolchain called Sphinx
for processing the documentation.
The input format is reStructured Text,
a markup commonly used in the Python community that supports
custom extensions and directives. Sphinx concentrates
on HTML output, producing attractively styled
and modern HTML, though printed output is still supported through
conversion to LaTeX. Sphinx is a standalone package that
can be used in documenting other projects.
During the 2.6 development cycle, Georg Brandl put a substantial
effort into building a new toolchain for processing the documentation.
The resulting package is called Sphinx, and is available from
http://sphinx.pocoo.org/. The input format is reStructured Text, a
markup commonly used in the Python community that supports custom
extensions and directives. Sphinx concentrates on HTML output,
producing attractively styled and modern HTML, though printed output
is still supported through conversion to LaTeX. Sphinx is a
standalone package that can be used in documenting other projects.
.. seealso::
@ -1266,30 +1270,22 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
have a :meth:`__complex__` method. In particular, the functions in the
:mod:`cmath` module will now accept objects with this method.
This is a backport of a Python 3.0 change.
(Contributed by Mark Dickinson.)
.. Patch #1675423
(Contributed by Mark Dickinson; :issue:`1675423`.)
A numerical nicety: when creating a complex number from two floats
on systems that support signed zeros (-0 and +0), the
:func:`complex` constructor will now preserve the sign
of the zero.
.. Patch 1507
of the zero. (:issue:`1507`)
* More floating-point features were also added. The :func:`float` function
will now turn the strings ``+nan`` and ``-nan`` into the corresponding
IEEE 754 Not A Number values, and ``+inf`` and ``-inf`` into
positive or negative infinity. This works on any platform with
IEEE 754 semantics. (Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
.. Patch 1635
IEEE 754 semantics. (Contributed by Christian Heimes; :issue:`1635`.)
Other functions in the :mod:`math` module, :func:`isinf` and
:func:`isnan`, return true if their floating-point argument is
infinite or Not A Number.
.. Patch 1640
infinite or Not A Number. (:issue:`1640`)
The ``math.copysign(x, y)`` function
copies the sign bit of an IEEE 754 number, returning the absolute
@ -1306,34 +1302,26 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
:exc:`BaseException` instead of :exc:`Exception`. This means
that an exception handler that does ``except Exception:``
will not inadvertently catch :exc:`GeneratorExit`.
(Contributed by Chad Austin.)
.. Patch #1537
(Contributed by Chad Austin; :issue:`1537`.)
* Generator objects now have a :attr:`gi_code` attribute that refers to
the original code object backing the generator.
(Contributed by Collin Winter.)
.. Patch #1473257
(Contributed by Collin Winter; :issue:`1473257`.)
* The :func:`compile` built-in function now accepts keyword arguments
as well as positional parameters. (Contributed by Thomas Wouters.)
.. Patch 1444529
as well as positional parameters. (Contributed by Thomas Wouters;
:issue:`1444529`.)
* The :func:`complex` constructor now accepts strings containing
parenthesized complex numbers, letting ``complex(repr(cmplx))``
will now round-trip values. For example, ``complex('(3+4j)')``
now returns the value (3+4j).
.. Patch 1491866
now returns the value (3+4j). (:issue:`1491866`)
* The string :meth:`translate` method now accepts ``None`` as the
translation table parameter, which is treated as the identity
transformation. This makes it easier to carry out operations
that only delete characters. (Contributed by Bengt Richter.)
.. Patch 1193128
that only delete characters. (Contributed by Bengt Richter;
:issue:`1193128`.)
* The built-in :func:`dir` function now checks for a :meth:`__dir__`
method on the objects it receives. This method must return a list
@ -1341,8 +1329,7 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
and lets the object control the value that :func:`dir` produces.
Objects that have :meth:`__getattr__` or :meth:`__getattribute__`
methods can use this to advertise pseudo-attributes they will honor.
.. Patch 1591665
(:issue:`1591665`)
* Instance method objects have new attributes for the object and function
comprising the method; the new synonym for :attr:`im_self` is
@ -1368,9 +1355,7 @@ Optimizations
so the cache should remain correct even in the face of Python's dynamic
nature.
(Original optimization implemented by Armin Rigo, updated for
Python 2.6 by Kevin Jacobs.)
.. Patch 1700288
Python 2.6 by Kevin Jacobs; :issue:`1700288`.)
* All of the functions in the :mod:`struct` module have been rewritten in
C, thanks to work at the Need For Speed sprint.
@ -1409,9 +1394,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
* The :mod:`bsddb.dbshelve` module now uses the highest pickling protocol
available, instead of restricting itself to protocol 1.
(Contributed by W. Barnes.)
.. Patch 1551443
(Contributed by W. Barnes; :issue:`1551443`.)
* A new data type in the :mod:`collections` module: :class:`namedtuple(typename,
fieldnames)` is a factory function that creates subclasses of the standard tuple
@ -1464,9 +1447,8 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
* The :mod:`ctypes` module now supports a :class:`c_bool` datatype
that represents the C99 ``bool`` type. (Contributed by David Remahl.)
.. Patch 1649190
that represents the C99 ``bool`` type. (Contributed by David Remahl;
:issue:`1649190`.)
The :mod:`ctypes` string, buffer and array types also have improved
support for extended slicing syntax,
@ -1492,9 +1474,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
* The :mod:`datetime` module's :meth:`strftime` methods now support a
``%f`` format code that expands to the number of microseconds in the
object, zero-padded on
the left to six places. (Contributed by Skip Montanaro.)
.. Patch 1158
the left to six places. (Contributed by Skip Montanaro; :issue:`1158`.)
* The :mod:`decimal` module was updated to version 1.66 of
`the General Decimal Specification <http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/decarith.html>`__. New features
@ -1527,22 +1507,17 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
:meth:`storbinary` and :meth:`storlines`
now take an optional *callback* parameter that will be called with
each block of data after the data has been sent.
(Contributed by Phil Schwartz.)
.. Patch 1221598
(Contributed by Phil Schwartz; :issue:`1221598`.)
* The :func:`reduce` built-in function is also available in the
:mod:`functools` module. In Python 3.0, the built-in is dropped and it's
only available from :mod:`functools`; currently there are no plans
to drop the built-in in the 2.x series. (Patched by
Christian Heimes.)
.. Patch 1739906
Christian Heimes; :issue:`1739906`.)
* The :func:`glob.glob` function can now return Unicode filenames if
a Unicode path was used and Unicode filenames are matched within the directory.
.. Patch #1001604
a Unicode path was used and Unicode filenames are matched within the
directory. (:issue:`1001604`)
* The :mod:`gopherlib` module has been removed.
@ -1655,9 +1630,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
* The :mod:`macfs` module has been removed. This in turn required the
:func:`macostools.touched` function to be removed because it depended on the
:mod:`macfs` module.
.. Patch #1490190
:mod:`macfs` module. (:issue:`1490190`)
* :class:`mmap` objects now have a :meth:`rfind` method that finds
a substring, beginning at the end of the string and searching
@ -1706,49 +1679,38 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
visit the directory's contents. For backward compatibility, the
parameter's default value is false. Note that the function can fall
into an infinite recursion if there's a symlink that points to a
parent directory.
parent directory. (:issue:`1273829`)
.. Patch 1273829
* The ``os.environ`` object's :meth:`clear` method will now unset the
environment variables using :func:`os.unsetenv` in addition to clearing
the object's keys. (Contributed by Martin Horcicka.)
.. Patch #1181
the object's keys. (Contributed by Martin Horcicka; :issue:`1181`.)
* In the :mod:`os.path` module, the :func:`splitext` function
has been changed to not split on leading period characters.
This produces better results when operating on Unix's dot-files.
For example, ``os.path.splitext('.ipython')``
now returns ``('.ipython', '')`` instead of ``('', '.ipython')``.
.. Bug #115886
(:issue:`115886`)
A new function, :func:`relpath(path, start)` returns a relative path
from the ``start`` path, if it's supplied, or from the current
working directory to the destination ``path``. (Contributed by
Richard Barran.)
.. Patch 1339796
Richard Barran; :issue:`1339796`.)
On Windows, :func:`os.path.expandvars` will now expand environment variables
in the form "%var%", and "~user" will be expanded into the
user's home directory path. (Contributed by Josiah Carlson.)
.. Patch 957650
user's home directory path. (Contributed by Josiah Carlson;
:issue:`957650`.)
* The Python debugger provided by the :mod:`pdb` module
gained a new command: "run" restarts the Python program being debugged,
and can optionally take new command-line arguments for the program.
(Contributed by Rocky Bernstein.)
.. Patch #1393667
(Contributed by Rocky Bernstein; :issue:`1393667`.)
The :func:`post_mortem` function, used to enter debugging of a
traceback, will now use the traceback returned by :func:`sys.exc_info`
if no traceback is supplied. (Contributed by Facundo Batista.)
.. Patch #1106316
if no traceback is supplied. (Contributed by Facundo Batista;
:issue:`1106316`.)
* The :mod:`pickletools` module now has an :func:`optimize` function
that takes a string containing a pickle and removes some unused
@ -1765,16 +1727,12 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
``os.closerange(*low*, *high*)`` efficiently closes all file descriptors
from *low* to *high*, ignoring any errors and not including *high* itself.
This function is now used by the :mod:`subprocess` module to make starting
processes faster. (Contributed by Georg Brandl.)
.. Patch #1663329
processes faster. (Contributed by Georg Brandl; :issue:`1663329`.)
* The :mod:`pyexpat` module's :class:`Parser` objects now allow setting
their :attr:`buffer_size` attribute to change the size of the buffer
used to hold character data.
(Contributed by Achim Gaedke.)
.. Patch 1137
(Contributed by Achim Gaedke; :issue:`1137`.)
* The :mod:`Queue` module now provides queue classes that retrieve entries
in different orders. The :class:`PriorityQueue` class stores
@ -1788,25 +1746,19 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
system, and vice versa. Unfortunately, this change also means
that Python 2.6's :class:`Random` objects can't be unpickled correctly
on earlier versions of Python.
(Contributed by Shawn Ligocki.)
.. Issue 1727780
(Contributed by Shawn Ligocki; :issue:`1727780`.)
The new ``triangular(low, high, mode)`` function returns random
numbers following a triangular distribution. The returned values
are between *low* and *high*, not including *high* itself, and
with *mode* as the mode, the most frequently occurring value
in the distribution. (Contributed by Wladmir van der Laan and
Raymond Hettinger.)
.. Patch 1681432
Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`1681432`.)
* Long regular expression searches carried out by the :mod:`re`
module will now check for signals being delivered, so especially
long searches can now be interrupted.
(Contributed by Josh Hoyt and Ralf Schmitt.)
.. Patch 846388
(Contributed by Josh Hoyt and Ralf Schmitt; :issue:`846388`.)
* The :mod:`rgbimg` module has been removed.
@ -1814,9 +1766,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
have a read-only :attr:`queue` attribute that returns the
contents of the scheduler's queue, represented as a list of
named tuples with the fields ``(time, priority, action, argument)``.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
.. Patch 1861
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`1861`.)
* The :mod:`select` module now has wrapper functions
for the Linux :cfunc:`epoll` and BSD :cfunc:`kqueue` system calls.
@ -1824,11 +1774,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
objects; ``pollobj.modify(fd, eventmask)`` takes a file descriptor
or file object and an event mask,
(Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
.. Patch 1657
.. XXX
(Contributed by Christian Heimes; :issue:`1657`.)
* The :mod:`sets` module has been deprecated; it's better to
use the built-in :class:`set` and :class:`frozenset` types.
@ -1850,9 +1796,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
On receiving a signal, a byte will be written and the main event loop
will be woken up, without the need to poll.
(Contributed by Adam Olsen.)
.. Patch 1583
(Contributed by Adam Olsen; :issue:`1583`.)
The :func:`siginterrupt` function is now available from Python code,
and allows changing whether signals can interrupt system calls or not.
@ -1863,10 +1807,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
allows setting interval timers that will cause a signal to be
delivered to the process after a specified time, measured in
wall-clock time, consumed process time, or combined process+system
time. (Contributed by Guilherme Polo.)
.. Patch 2240
time. (Contributed by Guilherme Polo; :issue:`2240`.)
* The :mod:`smtplib` module now supports SMTP over SSL thanks to the
addition of the :class:`SMTP_SSL` class. This class supports an
@ -1881,22 +1822,17 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
(SMTP over SSL contributed by Monty Taylor; timeout parameter
added by Facundo Batista; LMTP implemented by Leif
Hedstrom.)
.. Patch #957003
Hedstrom; :issue:`957003`.)
* In the :mod:`smtplib` module, SMTP.starttls() now complies with :rfc:`3207`
and forgets any knowledge obtained from the server not obtained from
the TLS negotiation itself. (Patch contributed by Bill Fenner.)
.. Issue 829951
the TLS negotiation itself. (Patch contributed by Bill Fenner;
:issue:`829951`.)
* The :mod:`socket` module now supports TIPC (http://tipc.sf.net),
a high-performance non-IP-based protocol designed for use in clustered
environments. TIPC addresses are 4- or 5-tuples.
(Contributed by Alberto Bertogli.)
.. Patch #1646
(Contributed by Alberto Bertogli; :issue:`1646`.)
* The base classes in the :mod:`SocketServer` module now support
calling a :meth:`handle_timeout` method after a span of inactivity
@ -1904,9 +1840,8 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
by Michael Pomraning.) The :meth:`serve_forever` method
now takes an optional poll interval measured in seconds,
controlling how often the server will check for a shutdown request.
(Contributed by Pedro Werneck and Jeffrey Yasskin.)
.. Patch #742598, #1193577
(Contributed by Pedro Werneck and Jeffrey Yasskin;
:issue:`742598`, :issue:`1193577`.)
* The :mod:`struct` module now supports the C99 :ctype:`_Bool` type,
using the format character ``'?'``.
@ -1919,9 +1854,8 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
include
:attr:`mant_dig` (number of digits in the mantissa), :attr:`epsilon`
(smallest difference between 1.0 and the next largest value
representable), and several others. (Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
.. Patch 1534
representable), and several others. (Contributed by Christian Heimes;
:issue:`1534`.)
Another new variable, :attr:`dont_write_bytecode`, controls whether Python
writes any :file:`.pyc` or :file:`.pyo` files on importing a module.
@ -1943,9 +1877,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
It's now possible to determine the current profiler and tracer functions
by calling :func:`sys.getprofile` and :func:`sys.gettrace`.
(Contributed by Georg Brandl.)
.. Patch #1648
(Contributed by Georg Brandl; :issue:`1648`.)
* The :mod:`tarfile` module now supports POSIX.1-2001 (pax) and
POSIX.1-1988 (ustar) format tarfiles, in addition to the GNU tar
@ -1979,9 +1911,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
* The :class:`tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile` class usually deletes
the temporary file it created when the file is closed. This
behaviour can now be changed by passing ``delete=False`` to the
constructor. (Contributed by Damien Miller.)
.. Patch #1537850
constructor. (Contributed by Damien Miller; :issue:`1537850`.)
A new class, :class:`SpooledTemporaryFile`, behaves like
a temporary file but stores its data in memory until a maximum size is
@ -1991,9 +1921,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
The :class:`NamedTemporaryFile` and :class:`SpooledTemporaryFile` classes
both work as context managers, so you can write
``with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp: ...``.
(Contributed by Alexander Belopolsky.)
.. Issue #2021
(Contributed by Alexander Belopolsky; :issue:`2021`.)
* The :mod:`test.test_support` module now contains a
:func:`EnvironmentVarGuard`
@ -2030,9 +1958,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
whitespace.
>>>
(Contributed by Dwayne Bailey.)
.. Patch #1581073
(Contributed by Dwayne Bailey; :issue:`1581073`.)
* The :mod:`timeit` module now accepts callables as well as strings
for the statement being timed and for the setup code.
@ -2040,9 +1966,8 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
:class:`Timer` instances:
``repeat(stmt, setup, time, repeat, number)`` and
``timeit(stmt, setup, time, number)`` create an instance and call
the corresponding method. (Contributed by Erik Demaine.)
.. Patch #1533909
the corresponding method. (Contributed by Erik Demaine;
:issue:`1533909`.)
* An optional ``timeout`` parameter was added to the
:func:`urllib.urlopen` function and the
@ -2065,9 +1990,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
:attr:`allow_reuse_address` attribute before calling the
:meth:`server_bind` and :meth:`server_activate` methods to
open the socket and begin listening for connections.
(Contributed by Peter Parente.)
.. Patch 1599845
(Contributed by Peter Parente; :issue:`1599845`.)
:class:`SimpleXMLRPCServer` also has a :attr:`_send_traceback_header`
attribute; if true, the exception and formatted traceback are returned
@ -2090,9 +2013,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
# Unpack all the files in the archive.
z.extractall()
(Contributed by Alan McIntyre.)
.. Patch 467924
(Contributed by Alan McIntyre; :issue:`467924`.)
.. ======================================================================
.. whole new modules get described in subsections here
@ -2178,9 +2099,12 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
* The BerkeleyDB module now has a C API object, available as
``bsddb.db.api``. This object can be used by other C extensions
that wish to use the :mod:`bsddb` module for their own purposes.
(Contributed by Duncan Grisby.)
(Contributed by Duncan Grisby; :issue:`1551895`.)
.. Patch 1551895
* The new buffer interface, previously described in
`the PEP 3118 section <#pep-3118-revised-buffer-protocol>`__,
adds :cfunc:`PyObject_GetBuffer` and :cfunc:`PyObject_ReleaseBuffer`,
as well as a few other functions.
* Python's use of the C stdio library is now thread-safe, or at least
as thread-safe as the underlying library is. A long-standing potential
@ -2195,6 +2119,14 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
immediately after the GIL is re-acquired.
(Contributed by Antoine Pitrou and Gregory P. Smith.)
* Importing modules simultaneously in two different threads no longer
deadlocks; it will now raise an :exc:`ImportError`. A new API
function, :cfunc:`PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock`, will look for a
module in ``sys.modules`` first, then try to import it after
acquiring an import lock. If the import lock is held by another
thread, the :exc:`ImportError` is raised.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
* Several functions return information about the platform's
floating-point support. :cfunc:`PyFloat_GetMax` returns
the maximum representable floating point value,
@ -2204,16 +2136,12 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
``"mant_dig"`` (number of digits in the mantissa), ``"epsilon"``
(smallest difference between 1.0 and the next largest value
representable), and several others.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
.. Issue 1534
(Contributed by Christian Heimes; :issue:`1534`.)
* Python's C API now includes two functions for case-insensitive string
comparisons, ``PyOS_stricmp(char*, char*)``
and ``PyOS_strnicmp(char*, char*, Py_ssize_t)``.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
.. Issue 1635
(Contributed by Christian Heimes; :issue:`1635`.)
* Many C extensions define their own little macro for adding
integers and strings to the module's dictionary in the
@ -2229,14 +2157,11 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
:cmacro:`Py_Refcnt()` became :cmacro:`Py_REFCNT()`.
The mixed-case macros are still available
in Python 2.6 for backward compatibility.
.. Issue 1629
(:issue:`1629`)
* Distutils now places C extensions it builds in a
different directory when running on a debug version of Python.
(Contributed by Collin Winter.)
.. Patch 1530959
(Contributed by Collin Winter; :issue:`1530959`.)
* Several basic data types, such as integers and strings, maintain
internal free lists of objects that can be re-used. The data
@ -2284,8 +2209,7 @@ Port-Specific Changes: Windows
exposing the :func:`DisableReflectionKey`, :func:`EnableReflectionKey`,
and :func:`QueryReflectionKey` functions, which enable and disable
registry reflection for 32-bit processes running on 64-bit systems.
.. Patch 1753245
(:issue:`1753245`)
* The new default compiler on Windows is Visual Studio 2008 (VS 9.0). The
build directories for Visual Studio 2003 (VS7.1) and 2005 (VS8.0)
@ -2346,21 +2270,21 @@ that may require changes to your code:
the implementation now explicitly checks for this case and raises
an :exc:`ImportError`.
* C API: the :cfunc:`PyImport_Import` and :cfunc:`PyImport_ImportModule`
functions now default to absolute imports, not relative imports.
This will affect C extensions that import other modules.
* The :mod:`socket` module exception :exc:`socket.error` now inherits
from :exc:`IOError`. Previously it wasn't a subclass of
:exc:`StandardError` but now it is, through :exc:`IOError`.
(Implemented by Gregory P. Smith.)
.. Issue 1706815
(Implemented by Gregory P. Smith; :issue:`1706815`.)
* The :mod:`xmlrpclib` module no longer automatically converts
:class:`datetime.date` and :class:`datetime.time` to the
:class:`xmlrpclib.DateTime` type; the conversion semantics were
not necessarily correct for all applications. Code using
:mod:`xmlrpclib` should convert :class:`date` and :class:`time`
instances.
.. Issue 1330538
instances. (:issue:`1330538`)
* (3.0-warning mode) The :class:`Exception` class now warns
when accessed using slicing or index access; having
@ -2384,5 +2308,6 @@ Acknowledgements
================
The author would like to thank the following people for offering suggestions,
corrections and assistance with various drafts of this article: Jim Jewett.
corrections and assistance with various drafts of this article:
Georg Brandl, Jim Jewett.