1fcd438956
Update document for the actual 2.1rc1
2001-04-16 02:27:53 +00:00
9ad526fac3
Markup nit: use \envvar to mark environment variables.
2001-04-12 04:11:21 +00:00
db7657d4e0
Explain popitem()
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Add Unixware 7 port
Ready for RC1
Minor rewrites
2001-04-12 03:37:19 +00:00
4240bc50f6
Note missing explanation
2001-03-26 13:34:53 +00:00
ac1abe0bfe
Add a paragraph about obmalloc turning up bugs in extension modules
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Mention the new ports
2001-03-23 03:52:46 +00:00
ef85cc84a0
Add section for PEP 241
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Add PyUnit and sys.excepthook
2001-03-23 03:29:08 +00:00
45bbda2593
Fix a further markup problem noted by FLD
2001-03-10 16:49:07 +00:00
61af5605fa
Discuss PEP 236.
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Update nested scope section.
2001-03-03 03:25:04 +00:00
81df7be2a2
Update estimate bug and patch counts
2001-03-02 21:19:38 +00:00
694e1816c2
Fix markup nit pointed out by FLD
2001-03-01 01:02:52 +00:00
8bad993dd3
Add description of PEP235
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Remove references to 2.1alpha
Update description of PEP229
2001-02-28 22:39:15 +00:00
74d18ed076
Cover pydoc
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Update reference Python version to beta1
Rip out PEP 232 section
Add placeholders for PEP 236 and 235
Fix erroneous \filename references
2001-02-28 22:22:40 +00:00
bf140147d8
Document the object allocator
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Minor sentence change
2001-02-28 22:10:07 +00:00
15ad28cf89
Finished the section on weak references
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Mentioned doctest, difflib, sys._getframe(), and the change to use
PyImport_ImportModule() everywhere in C code
No more XXX!
2001-02-14 02:44:18 +00:00
81b6ae7ef7
Create separate section for changes to the standard library
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Make note about difflib and doctest
Bump version number
2001-02-11 16:55:39 +00:00
6a360bd3a7
Wrote section on nested scopes, and moved it to the front
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Began a section on weak references
Various rewrites and paragraph refills
Added: non-recursive makefiles, repr() of strings now uses \n, raw socket I/O
Bumped version number
2001-02-05 02:47:52 +00:00
4308d3c4b5
Add note about non-recursive Makefiles
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Get Fred's name right
Add some XXX items that need to be written
2001-01-29 17:36:53 +00:00
1ae43c4341
Add names of people who've pointed out broken links and images
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Bump version number
2001-01-24 01:11:26 +00:00
d975196d57
Fredrik pointed out that the database shrank more than 55K
2001-01-24 00:52:56 +00:00
26e94a8822
Jeremy didn't write PEP 205, Fred did!
2001-01-23 15:21:05 +00:00
f33c118869
Add introductory note about this article's draft status
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Grammatical and typographic fixes from David Goodger
Expanded notes about PEP 229
Removed user-visible XXXes; they're in comments now
2001-01-23 02:48:26 +00:00
91834c6c7e
Added dictionary.popitem() and the improved XML modules.
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Reorder the smaller items, roughly in decreasing order of visibility to
the Python coder
Finished an incomplete sentence.
Moved the unwritten sections down to the bottom.
Bumped version number and added acknowledgements
2001-01-22 19:51:13 +00:00
f228fd10d9
Add reference to PEP 232.
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Use correct flag name Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES
Mention that numeric methods can return Py_NotImplemented (NAS)
Mention optional arguments in time modules (TW)
Various minor rewrites and additional attributions
2001-01-22 17:52:19 +00:00
b216ab632f
Fill out various transcripts and XXX bits, thanks to the WMATA.
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The only missing section is the Nested Scopes section, which has to wait
to see if a patch is actually committed. (Plus any other notable changes
that get made or backed out between now and 2.1final, of course...)
2001-01-22 16:15:44 +00:00
90cecee894
Beginning of a "What's New in Python 2.1" article
2001-01-22 04:02:09 +00:00
Andrew M. Kuchling
Fred Drake