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@ -636,7 +636,10 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
* The :mod:`ctypes` module now always converts ``None`` to a C NULL
pointer for arguments declared as pointers. (Changed by Thomas
Heller; :issue:`4606`.)
Heller; :issue:`4606`.) The underlying `libffi library
<http://sourceware.org/libffi/>`__ has been updated to version
3.0.9, containing various fixes for different platforms. (Updated
by Matthias Klose; :issue:`8142`.)
* New method: the :mod:`datetime` module's :class:`timedelta` class
gained a :meth:`total_seconds` method that returns the number of seconds
@ -794,6 +797,10 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
contributed by Travis H.; :issue:`6508`. Support for initgroups added
by Jean-Paul Calderone; :issue:`7333`.)
The :func:`os.fork` function now re-initializes the import lock in
the child process; this fixes problems on Solaris when :func:`fork`
is called from a thread. (Fixed by Zsolt Cserna; :issue:`7242`.)
The :func:`normpath` function now preserves Unicode; if its input path
is a Unicode string, the return value is also a Unicode string.
(Fixed by Matt Giuca; :issue:`5827`.)
@ -827,13 +834,25 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
to store data.
(Contributed by Tarek Ziadé; :issue:`6693`.)
The :mod:`site` module now reports exceptions occurring
when the :mod:`sitecustomize` module is imported, and will no longer
catch and swallow the :exc:`KeyboardError` exception. (Fixed by
Victor Stinner; :issue:`3137`.)
* The :mod:`socket` module's :class:`SSL` objects now support the
buffer API, which fixed a test suite failure. (Fixed by Antoine
Pitrou; :issue:`7133`.) The :func:`create_connection` function
Pitrou; :issue:`7133`.)
The :func:`create_connection` function
gained a *source_address* parameter, a ``(host, port)`` 2-tuple
giving the source address that will be used for the connection.
(Contributed by Eldon Ziegler; :issue:`3972`.)
The :meth:`recv_into` and `recvfrom_into` methods will now write
into objects that support the buffer API, most usefully
the :class:`bytearray` and :class:`memoryview` objects. (Implemented by
Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`8104`.)
* The :mod:`SocketServer` module's :class:`TCPServer` class now
has a :attr:`disable_nagle_algorithm` class attribute.
The default value is False; if overridden to be True,
@ -963,6 +982,11 @@ 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. (contributed by Tarek)
Updated module: ElementTree 1.3
---------------------------------
XXX write this.
.. ======================================================================
.. whole new modules get described in subsections here
@ -1365,9 +1389,10 @@ 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 built-in file I/O objects (as returned by :func:`open`)
while performing various operations, and :file:`ccbench` is a concurrency
benchmark that tries to measure computing throughput and thread switching
latency when performing several tasks using a varying number of threads.
while performing various operations, and :file:`ccbench` is a
concurrency benchmark that tries to measure computing throughput,
thread switching latency, and IO processing bandwidth when
performing 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`