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Add updates for alpha2

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Andrew M. Kuchling 2003-03-02 02:31:58 +00:00
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@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ cause a \exception{UnicodeError} to be raised. Applications can test
whether arbitrary Unicode strings are supported as file names by
checking \member{os.path.supports_unicode_filenames}, a Boolean value.
Under MacOS, \function{os.listdir()} may now return Unicode filenames.
\begin{seealso}
\seepep{277}{Unicode file name support for Windows NT}{Written by Neil
@ -1359,7 +1361,7 @@ use with iterators, inspired by various functions provided by the ML
and Haskell languages. For example,
\code{itertools.ifilter(predicate, iterator)} returns all elements in
the iterator for which the function \function{predicate()} returns
\constant{True}, and \code{itertools.times(\var{N}, obj)} returns
\constant{True}, and \code{itertools.repeat(obj, \var{N})} returns
\code{obj} \var{N} times. There are a number of other functions in
the module; see the \ulink{package's reference
documentation}{../lib/module-itertools.html} for details.
@ -1495,8 +1497,10 @@ a collaborative development process in action.)
\item On Windows, the \module{socket} module now ships with Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) support.
\item The value of the C \constant{PYTHON_API_VERSION} macro is now exposed
at the Python level as \code{sys.api_version}.
\item The value of the C \constant{PYTHON_API_VERSION} macro is now
exposed at the Python level as \code{sys.api_version}. The current
exception can be cleared by calling the new \function{sys.exc_clear()}
function.
\item The new \module{tarfile} module
allows reading from and writing to \program{tar}-format archive files.