diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 119dfd71bfb..f2d90fb4ae0 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ Python News +++++++++++ -What's New in Python 3.2.3 release candidate 1? -=============================================== +What's New in Python 3.2.4 +========================== -*Release date: 24-Feb-2011* +*Release date: XX-XX-XXXX* Core and Builtins ----------------- @@ -19,6 +19,48 @@ Core and Builtins - Issue #13521: dict.setdefault() now does only one lookup for the given key, making it "atomic" for many purposes. Patch by Filip Gruszczyński. +Library +------- + +- Issue #14195: An issue that caused weakref.WeakSet instances to incorrectly + return True for a WeakSet instance 'a' in both 'a < a' and 'a > a' has been + fixed. + +- Issue #14177: marshal.loads() now raises TypeError when given an unicode + string. Patch by Guilherme Gonçalves. + +- Issue #14159: Fix the len() of weak containers (WeakSet, WeakKeyDictionary, + WeakValueDictionary) to return a better approximation when some objects + are dead or dying. Moreover, the implementation is now O(1) rather than + O(n). + +- Issue #13125: Silence spurious test_lib2to3 output when in non-verbose mode. + Patch by Mikhail Novikov. + +- Issue #13447: Add a test file to host regression tests for bugs in the + scripts found in the Tools directory. + +- Issue #6884: Fix long-standing bugs with MANIFEST.in parsing in distutils + on Windows. + +- Issue #8033: sqlite3: Fix 64-bit integer handling in user functions + on 32-bit architectures. Initial patch by Philippe Devalkeneer. + +Extension Modules +----------------- + +- Issue #14212: The re module didn't retain a reference to buffers it was + scanning, resulting in segfaults. + + +What's New in Python 3.2.3 release candidate 1? +=============================================== + +*Release date: 24-Feb-2011* + +Core and Builtins +----------------- + - Issue #13703: oCERT-2011-003: add -R command-line option and PYTHONHASHSEED environment variable, to provide an opt-in way to protect against denial of service attacks due to hash collisions within the dict and set types. Patch @@ -133,30 +175,6 @@ Core and Builtins Library ------- -- Issue #14195: An issue that caused weakref.WeakSet instances to incorrectly - return True for a WeakSet instance 'a' in both 'a < a' and 'a > a' has been - fixed. - -- Issue #14177: marshal.loads() now raises TypeError when given an unicode - string. Patch by Guilherme Gonçalves. - -- Issue #14159: Fix the len() of weak containers (WeakSet, WeakKeyDictionary, - WeakValueDictionary) to return a better approximation when some objects - are dead or dying. Moreover, the implementation is now O(1) rather than - O(n). - -- Issue #13125: Silence spurious test_lib2to3 output when in non-verbose mode. - Patch by Mikhail Novikov. - -- Issue #13447: Add a test file to host regression tests for bugs in the - scripts found in the Tools directory. - -- Issue #6884: Fix long-standing bugs with MANIFEST.in parsing in distutils - on Windows. - -- Issue #8033: sqlite3: Fix 64-bit integer handling in user functions - on 32-bit architectures. Initial patch by Philippe Devalkeneer. - - HTMLParser is now able to handle slashes in the start tag. - Issue #14001: CVE-2012-0845: xmlrpc: Fix an endless loop in @@ -550,9 +568,6 @@ Tests Extension Modules ----------------- -- Issue #14212: The re module didn't retain a reference to buffers it was - scanning, resulting in segfaults. - - Issue #13840: The error message produced by ctypes.create_string_buffer when given a Unicode string has been fixed.