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Replaced British spelling of 'behaviour' with 'behavior'.
Noted the new optional argument in math.log(x [,base]).
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Raymond Hettinger 2002-12-14 20:20:45 +00:00
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@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ A standard package for writing logs called \module{logging} has been
added to Python 2.3. It provides a powerful and flexible way for
components to generate logging output which can then be filtered and
processed in various ways. A standard configuration file format can
be used to control the logging behaviour of a program. Python comes
be used to control the logging behavior of a program. Python comes
with handlers that will write log records to standard error or to a
file or socket, send them to the system log, or even e-mail them to a
particular address, and of course it's also possible to write your own
@ -833,8 +833,8 @@ creates a dictionary with keys taken from the supplied iterator
(Patches contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
The dict() constructor now also accepts keyword arguments to simplify
creating small dictionaries:
The \function{dict()} constructor now also accepts keyword arguments to
simplify creating small dictionaries:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> dict(red=1, blue=2, green=3, black=4)
@ -1169,7 +1169,10 @@ sequence type. For example:
convert between radians and degrees. Other functions in the
\module{math} module such as
\function{math.sin()} and \function{math.cos()} have always required
input values measured in radians. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
input values measured in radians. Also, added an optional \var{base}
argument to \function{math.log()} to make it easier to compute
logarithms for bases other than \code{e} and \code{10}.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
\item Seven new functions, \function{getpgid()}, \function{killpg()},
\function{lchown()}, \function{major()}, \function{makedev()},
@ -1389,7 +1392,7 @@ Martin von L\"owis.)
returns only strings. Instead, if Tcl returns other objects those
objects are converted to their Python equivalent, if one exists, or
wrapped with a \class{_tkinter.Tcl_Obj} object if no Python equivalent
exists. This behaviour can be controlled through the
exists. This behavior can be controlled through the
\method{wantobjects()} method of \class{tkapp} objects.
When using \module{_tkinter} through the \module{Tkinter} module (as
@ -1397,7 +1400,7 @@ most Tkinter applications will), this feature is always activated. It
should not cause compatibility problems, since Tkinter would always
convert string results to Python types where possible.
If any incompatibilities are found, the old behaviour can be restored
If any incompatibilities are found, the old behavior can be restored
by setting the \member{wantobjects} variable in the \module{Tkinter}
module to false before creating the first \class{tkapp} object.