From b1c96fd83e706d795382e80052650b92d0f14fb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:42:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Write part of PEP 309 section --- Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex index bdcc05e4a6e..869eb587120 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex @@ -28,7 +28,28 @@ rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature. %====================================================================== \section{PEP 309: Partial Function Application} -XXX describe this PEP. +For programs written in a functional style, it can be useful to +construct variants of existing functions that have some of the +parameters filled in. This is called ``partial function application''. +The new \module{functional} module contains a \class{partial} class +that provides partial application. + +The \module{functional} module is intended to contain tools for +functional-style programming. Currently it only contains +\class{partial}, but new functions will probably be added in future +versions of Python. + +% XXX write rest of this +% XXX add example from my GTk programming + + +\begin{seealso} + +\seepep{309}{Partial Function Application}{PEP proposed and written by +Peter Harris; implemented by Hye-Shik Chang, with adaptations by +Raymond Hettinger.} + +\end{seealso} %======================================================================