Add Tix and rexec changes

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Andrew M. Kuchling 2003-01-06 20:04:17 +00:00
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\section{New and Improved Modules}
\section{New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules}
As usual, Python's standard library received a number of enhancements and
bug fixes. Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted
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functions: \function{get_history_item()},
\function{get_current_history_length()}, and \function{redisplay()}.
\item The \module{rexec} and \module{Bastion} modules have been
declared dead, and attempts to import them will fail with a
\exception{RuntimeError}. New-style classes provide new ways to break
out of the restricted execution environment provided by
\module{rexec}, and no one has interest in fixing them or time to do
so. If you have applications using \module{rexec}, rewrite them to
use something else.
(Sticking with Python 2.2 or 2.1 will not make your applications any
safer, because there are known bugs in the \module{rexec} module in
those versions. I repeat, if you're using \module{rexec}, stop using
it immediately.)
\item The \module{shutil} module gained a \function{move(\var{src},
\var{dest})} function that recursively moves a file or directory to a new
location.
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particular encoding by providing an optional encoding argument to
the \method{toxml()} and \method{toprettyxml()} methods of DOM nodes.
item The \module{Tix} module has received various bug fixes and
updates for the current version of the Tix package.
\item The \module{Tkinter} module now works with a thread-enabled
version of Tcl. Tcl's threading model requires that widgets only be
accessed from the thread in which they're created; accesses from