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Changes in 2.1 since 2.0
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These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
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for machine-independent changes. Changes since 2.1b2 are
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marked with [*] and at the bottom of the list.
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- This release is optionally Carbon-based, so it runs natively on MacOS 8.1 or
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later and MacOSX. (Note that on MacOSX MacPython will run as a normal Mac application,
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if you want to run Python from the BSD commandline get a unix-Python distribution
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from www.python.org).
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- Alternatively there is a classic PPC interpreter as well. There are two reasons you
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might want to use this: (a) you have a pre-MacOS9 system and don't want to install
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CarbonLib, or (b) you need Tkinter, for which no Carbon version is available yet.
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- Distutils is included and seems to work. On 8.1 you may want to get Apple's
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CarbonLib installer even if you plan to run classic, it contains the newer Appearance
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Mgr which Python needs (according to rumour).
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- There's a new module (package, actually) mkcwproject which builds CodeWarrior
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projects from simple templates. See Distutils or :Mac:scripts:genpluginprojects.py
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for examples of use.
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- The Numerical extension has moved to :Lib:site-python from :Extensions. As Numerical
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is now distutils-based you can easily install newer versions when they become
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available.
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- The Help and ctb modules are not available under Carbon because that functionality is
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not in Carbon.
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- Windows and Dialogs can now be different beasts, so you may have to call
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dlg.GetDialogWindow() where you used to be able to call window methods straight
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on the dialog. This also has consequences for code using FrameWork.DialogWindow.
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THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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- ctl.GetControlDataHandle() has been renamed to GetControlData_Handle(), and similarly
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for the other variants of GetControlData and SetControlData. This was needed
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because Carbon defines a completely different routine with the name GetControlDataHandle.
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THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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- Method mac.xstat() has disappeared. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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- Menu.SetPopupData() and GetPopupData() are gone. Use SetPopupMenuHandle() and
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SetPopupMenuID() (and the getters) in stead. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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- Various methods have disappeared when running under Carbon. The script
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:Mac:scripts:missingcarbonmethods.py can check your sources, but you need unix to run
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it. Or use it as documentation and search by hand. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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- The good news is that "direct access to toolbox structs" still works from Python,
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so Python programmers have a lot less to fix than C programmers.
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That's because the lowlevel code simply uses the accessors internally. The accessors
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are available both in Carbon and Classic MacPython.
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- Scrap under Carbon is, you guessed it, the Carbon Scrap Manager. Some workarounds are
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provided, though. THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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- The Internet Config routines that are missing from Carbon have been removed. This
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is no problem if you use the "ic" module, but may be if you use "icglue" directly.
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THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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- Various old toolbox names (CountMItems, EnableItem, etc) have disappeared. Use the
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new forms (CountMenuItems, EnableMenuItem, etc). THIS IS AN INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE.
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- Waste now uses Waste 2.0.
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- The default memory size for the interpreter has been upped again.
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- The MacOS error messages have been updated to reflect the current state of
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things. This was long overdue.
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- The crash in BuildApplication has been fixed.
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- struct.pack related problems (in Audio_Mac, for example) have been fixed.
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- (src/dev/cvs only): The project files now use the .mcp extension in stead of .prj.
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Projects for almost all plugins and the img modules are automatically generated
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with :Mac:scripts:genpluginprojects.py (also called by fullbuild). The .mcp files
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are not in the repository, if you don't want to use genpluginprojects you can import
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the .mcp.xml files in CodeWarrior.
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- ConfigurePython has been replace by two applets: ConfigurePythonClassic and
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ConfigurePythonCarbon. These will select either execution model for machines
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supporting both, and it will also build all the standard applets.
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- PythonInterpreterCarbon and PythonInterpreterClassic are now files of type "Atmp", not
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"APPL", so there should not be any confusion as to what the real application is
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(PythonInterpreter).
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- A BBEdit language module by Chris Stern is included in the :Mac:Contrib folder.
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- The ConfigurePython applets will now detect if the preference file refers to a different
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folder than where they live. They offer to remove the preference file in this case.
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- Import case-check was broken in 2.1b1, this is fixed.
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- A side-effect of the previous fix is that getpass works again.
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- BuildApplication was broken under Carbon. Fixed.
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- Morefindertools functionality integrated into findertools. [*]
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- ped.py from Mac:Demo crashed, this has been fixed by making Win.WhichWindow more robust. [*]
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- Tkinter mainloop is now a little less aggressive in eating events. [*]
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- The Python console window is raised to the front when input is read. This fixes a hang
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(for Carbon only) when crashing with a modal dialog open. [*]
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- The menu bar is (again) restored when Python is terminating. [*]
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What is not in this distribution
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- The garbage collection mods have not been enabled, mainly due to lack of test-time.
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- Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.1 yet. If/when it becomes available
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Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig and the MacPython homepage.
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Known problems
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This list is probably incomplete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage,
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http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.
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- Tkinter does not work under Carbon.
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- The IDE and Tkinter do not work together. Run tkinter programs under PythonInterpreter.
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- Tkinter file events do not work, unless you have opened the file through Tcl (but then
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you cannot access it from Python).
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- Aliases may not work in sys.path entries.
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- Under Carbon on OS9 only you may occasionally see a spurious KeyboardInterrupt. I have absolutely
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no clue as to what is causing this.
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- PythonInterpreter used interactively will eat a lot of processor cycles. You should use
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PythonIDE for interactive work and PythonInterpreter for scripts only. This is especially
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true under OSX.
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