From e434b3b68114a271d615848515f96de135e501b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:20:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add intro to the changed modules section. --- Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst index 5c50c2fabb9..73ef9af8cea 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst @@ -515,6 +515,20 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are: New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules ===================================== +Python's standard library is now receiving significant maintenance efforts +and quality improvements. + +The biggest news for Python 3.2 is that the :mod:`email` package and +:mod:`nntplib` modules now work correctly with Python 3.2's bytes/text model. +For the first time, there is correct handling of inputs with mixed encodings. + +Another significant win is the addition of substantially better support for +*SSL* connections and security certificates. + +In addition, many more functions and classes now have a :term:`context manager` +to support convenient and reliable resource clean-up using the +:keyword:`with`-statement. + email -----