Add fix for getattr(obj, name, default). Rearrange a few things.

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Guido van Rossum 2001-10-16 21:34:49 +00:00
parent d892357bf7
commit 9074ef6081
1 changed files with 14 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
- doctest now finds and runs docstrings attached to new-style classes,
class methods, static methods, and properties.
Core
Core and builtins
- A very subtle syntactical pitfall in list comprehensions was fixed.
For example: [a+b for a in 'abc', for b in 'def']. The comma in
@ -31,15 +31,26 @@ Core
Note that [a for a in <singleton>] is a convoluted way to say
[<singleton>] anyway, so it's not like any expressiveness is lost.
- getattr(obj, name, default) now only catches AttributeError, as
documented, rather than returning the default value for all
exceptions (which could mask bugs in a __getattr__ hook, for
example).
Extension modules
- thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None).
- binascii has now two quopri support functions, a2b_qp and b2a_qp.
- readline now supports setting the startup_hook and the pre_event_hook.
- posix supports chroot where available.
Library
- Decompression objects in the zlib module now accept an optional
second parameter to decompress() that specifies the maximum amount
of memory to use for the uncompressed data.
- thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None).
Library
- doctest now excludes functions and classes not defined by the module
being tested, thanks to Tim Hochberg.
@ -75,10 +86,6 @@ Library
which indicates whether output is intended for the header 'Q'
encoding.
- Decompression objects in the zlib module now accept an optional
second parameter to decompress() that specifies the maximum amount
of memory to use for the uncompressed data.
Tools/Demos
- Demo/dns was removed. It no longer serves any purpose; a package