More words on patch #837242, since 4 or 5 tests started

failing on one of the 32-bit buildbot boxes because of it,
due to tempting but always-wrong Python code.  Users
probably have code like this too (I know I did ...).
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Tim Peters 2006-04-11 01:44:07 +00:00
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@ -12,13 +12,24 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 2?
Core and builtins
-----------------
- Patch #837242: id() of any Python object always gives a positive
number, which might be a long integer. PyLong_FromVoidPtr and
PyLong_AsVoidPtr have been changed accordingly.
- Patch #837242: ``id()`` of any Python object always gives a positive
number now, which might be a long integer. ``PyLong_FromVoidPtr`` and
``PyLong_AsVoidPtr`` have been changed accordingly. Note that it has
never been correct to implement a ``hash()`` method that returns the
``id()`` of an object:
- Python on OS X 10.3 and above now uses dlopen() (via dynload_shlib.c)
def __hash__(self):
return id(self) # WRONG
because a hash result must be a (short) Python int but it was always
possible for ``id()`` to return a Python long. However, because ``id()``
cuold return negative values before, on a 32-bit box an ``id()`` result
was always usable as a hash value before this patch. That's no longer
necessarily so.
- Python on OS X 10.3 and above now uses dlopen() (via dynload_shlib.c)
to load extension modules and now provides the dl module. As a result,
sys.setdlopenflags() now works correctly on these systems. (SF patch
sys.setdlopenflags() now works correctly on these systems. (SF patch
#1454844)
- Patch #1463867: enhanced garbage collection to allow cleanup of cycles
@ -197,7 +208,7 @@ Core and builtins
and long longs.
- SF Bug #1350188, "setdlopenflags" leads to crash upon "import"
It was possible for dlerror() to return a NULL pointer, so
It was possible for dlerror() to return a NULL pointer, so
it will now use a default error message in this case.
- Replaced most Unicode charmap codecs with new ones using the
@ -572,7 +583,7 @@ Library
- Added the sqlite3 package. This is based on pysqlite2.1.3, and provides
a DB-API interface in the standard library. You'll need sqlite 3.0.8 or
later to build this - if you have an earlier version, the C extension
later to build this - if you have an earlier version, the C extension
module will not be built.
- Bug #1460340: ``random.sample(dict)`` failed in various ways. Dicts