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named pipes like a regular file by opening them for reading, and named pipes like a regular file by opening them for reading, and
this would block indefinitely. (Fixed by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`3002`.) this would block indefinitely. (Fixed by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`3002`.)
New function: :func:`make_archive` takes a filename, archive type
(zip or tar-format), and a directory path, and creates an archive
containing the directory's contents. (Added by Tarek Ziadé.)
* New functions: in the :mod:`site` module, three new functions * New functions: in the :mod:`site` module, three new functions
return various site- and user-specific paths. return various site- and user-specific paths.
:func:`getsitepackages` returns a list containing all :func:`getsitepackages` returns a list containing all
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prevent buffering many small sends into a single TCP packet. prevent buffering many small sends into a single TCP packet.
(Contributed by Kristjan Valur Jonsson; :issue:`6192`.) (Contributed by Kristjan Valur Jonsson; :issue:`6192`.)
* Updated module: the :mod:`sqlite` module has been updated to
version 2.6.0 of the `pysqlite package <http://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/>`__. Version 2.6.0 includes a number of bugfixes, and adds
the ability to load SQLite extensions from shared libraries.
Call the ``enable_load_extension(True)`` method to enable extensions,
and then call :meth:`load_extension` to load a particular shared library.
(Updated by Gerhard Häring.)
* The :mod:`struct` module will no longer silently ignore overflow * The :mod:`struct` module will no longer silently ignore overflow
errors when a value is too large for a particular integer format errors when a value is too large for a particular integer format
code (one of ``bBhHiIlLqQ``); it now always raises a code (one of ``bBhHiIlLqQ``); it now always raises a
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resulting archive. This is more powerful than the existing resulting archive. This is more powerful than the existing
*exclude* argument, which has therefore been deprecated. *exclude* argument, which has therefore been deprecated.
(Added by Lars Gustäbel; :issue:`6856`.) (Added by Lars Gustäbel; :issue:`6856`.)
The :class:`TarFile` class also now supports the context manager protocol.
(Added by Lars Gustäbel; :issue:`7232`.)
* The :mod:`threading` module's :meth:`Event.wait` method now returns * The :mod:`threading` module's :meth:`Event.wait` method now returns
the internal flag on exit. This means the method will usually the internal flag on exit. This means the method will usually