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This article explains the new features in Python 2.6. The release
schedule is described in :pep:`361`; currently the final release is
scheduled for September 3 2008.
scheduled for October 1 2008.
This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification of
the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview. For
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(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
* XXX Describe the new ctypes calling convention that allows safe
access to errno.
(Implemented by Thomas Heller; :issue:`1798`.)
* The :mod:`ctypes` module now supports a :class:`c_bool` datatype
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,
where various combinations of ``(start, stop, step)`` are supplied.
(Implemented by Thomas Wouters.)
.. Revision 57769
* A new method in the :mod:`curses` module: for a window, :meth:`chgat` changes
the display characters for a certain number of characters on a single line.
(Contributed by Fabian Kreutz.)
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.. ======================================================================
ctypes Enhancements
--------------------------------------------------
Thomas Heller continued to maintain and enhance the
:mod:`ctypes` module.
:mod:`ctypes` now supports a :class:`c_bool` datatype
that represents the C99 ``bool`` type. (Contributed by David Remahl;
:issue:`1649190`.)
The :mod:`ctypes` string, buffer and array types have improved
support for extended slicing syntax,
where various combinations of ``(start, stop, step)`` are supplied.
(Implemented by Thomas Wouters.)
.. Revision 57769
A new calling convention tells :mod:`ctypes` to clear the ``errno`` or
Win32 LastError variables at the outset of each wrapped call.
(Implemented by Thomas Heller; :issue:`1798`.)
For the Unix ``errno`` variable: when creating a wrapped function,
you can supply ``use_errno=True`` as a keyword parameter
to the :func:`DLL` function
and then call the module-level methods :meth:`set_errno`
and :meth:`get_errno` to set and retrieve the error value.
The Win32 LastError variable is supported similarly by
the :func:`DLL`, :func:`OleDLL`, and :func:`WinDLL` functions.
You supply ``use_last_error=True`` as a keyword parameter
and then call the module-level methods :meth:`set_last_error`
and :meth:`get_last_error`.
The :func:`byref` function, used to retrieve a pointer to a ctypes
instance, now has an optional **offset** parameter that is a byte
count that will be added to the returned pointer.
.. ======================================================================
Improved SSL Support
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