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Andrew M. Kuchling 2006-03-17 15:56:41 +00:00
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Interactive Interpreter Changes}
In the interactive interpreter, \code{quit} and \code{exit}
have long been strings so that new users get a somewhat helpful message
when they try to quit:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> quit
'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.'
\end{verbatim}
In Python 2.5, \code{quit} and \code{exit} are now objects that still
produce string representations of themselves, but are also callable.
Newbies who try \code{quit()} or \code{exit()} will now exit the
interpreter as they expect. (Implemented by Georg Brandl.)
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\subsection{Optimizations}
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% datetime.datetime() now has a strptime class method which can be used to
% create datetime object using a string and format.
\item In the \module{gc} module, the new \function{get_count()} function
returns a 3-tuple containing the current collection counts for the
three GC generations. This is accounting information for the garbage
collector; when these counts reach a specified threshold, a garbage
collection sweep will be made. The existing \function{gc.collect()}
function now takes an optional \var{generation} argument of 0, 1, or 2
to specify which generation to collect.
\item A new \module{hashlib} module has been added to replace the
\module{md5} and \module{sha} modules. \module{hashlib} adds support
for additional secure hashes (SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512).