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Marc-André Lemburg bff879cabb This patch finalizes the move from UTF-8 to a default encoding in the Python Unicode implementation. The internal buffer used for implementing the buffer protocol is renamed to defenc to make this change visible. It now holds the default encoded version of the Unicode object and is calculated on demand (NULL otherwise). Since the default encoding defaults to ASCII, this will mean that Unicode objects which hold non-ASCII characters will no longer work on C APIs using the "s" or "t" parser markers. C APIs must now explicitly provide Unicode support via the "u", "U" or "es"/"es#" parser markers in order to work with non-ASCII Unicode strings. (Note: this patch will also have to be applied to the 1.6 branch of the CVS tree.)		2000-08-03 18:46:08 +00:00
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ACKS	Typo fix.	2000-06-29 12:45:50 +00:00
AIX-NOTES	New version of Vladimir Marangozov's AIX hacks -- simpler etc.	1997-08-06 23:42:07 +00:00
BLURB	Drop Capitalized Important Words.	1997-11-25 15:40:06 +00:00
BLURB.LUTZ	Initial revision	1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
BLURB.WINDOWS	A nice blurb that Mark Hammond wrote, aimed at Windows users.	1997-11-05 17:15:02 +00:00
COPYRIGHT	s/REGENTS/COPYRIGHT HOLDERS/ followed by paragraph reflow.	2000-06-30 20:22:36 +00:00
Fixcprt.py	/usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python	1996-11-27 19:52:01 +00:00
HISTORY	Moved history up to and including 1.5.1 here.	1998-12-21 21:41:14 +00:00
HPUX-NOTES	Added note about libpython1.5.a.	1997-07-19 20:44:33 +00:00
HYPE	Initial revision	1994-04-14 13:02:35 +00:00
Makefile	Initial revision	1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
Makefile.pre.in	Setup.thread => Setup.config	2000-06-30 16:04:18 +00:00
NEWS	News for 1.5.2 (final).	1999-04-13 15:52:45 +00:00
NEXT-NOTES	PS: use -O2, not -O3	1996-09-06 23:31:18 +00:00
PURIFY.README	Updated for Python 1.5, including my experiences with Purify on	1997-10-07 15:50:58 +00:00
Porting	mini-faq on porting python	1998-08-10 16:36:48 +00:00
README	# mention Porting in list of files	1998-08-10 16:38:58 +00:00
RENAME	Oops, another forgotten renaming: varobject -> PyVarObject.	1997-05-15 21:31:03 +00:00
RFD	Initial revision	1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
bugrelease.txt	Checking in text versions of release forms and explanation.	1999-11-05 15:21:08 +00:00
ccpy-style.el	Last try, think I got it now.	1999-12-01 23:40:01 +00:00
cheatsheet	Very useful file!	1994-08-05 15:57:31 +00:00
comparisons	A comparison with several other languages that also appears in the	1997-11-20 21:15:28 +00:00
editline-fix	Added editline fix	1996-09-12 17:29:33 +00:00
faq2html.py	/usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python	1996-11-27 19:52:01 +00:00
fixfuncptrs.sh	Initial revision	1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
indent.pro	Some new files...	1994-09-14 14:06:46 +00:00
legalfaq.txt	Checking in text versions of release forms and explanation.	1999-11-05 15:21:08 +00:00
python-mode.el	(py-execute-region): Make sure the new temporary buffer is current for	2000-06-23 20:24:25 +00:00
python.man	Change copyright notice.	2000-06-30 23:50:40 +00:00
renumber.py	/usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python	1996-11-27 19:52:01 +00:00
setuid-prog.c	correct bogus instructions 'ccoment out' -> 'uncomment'	1998-09-10 20:18:09 +00:00
unicode.txt	This patch finalizes the move from UTF-8 to a default encoding in	2000-08-03 18:46:08 +00:00
vgrindefs	New version from Neale... He promised it's the last.	1997-11-11 16:36:14 +00:00
wetsign.txt	Checking in text versions of release forms and explanation.	1999-11-05 15:21:08 +00:00

README

Python Misc subdirectory
========================

This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere, in
particular the UNIX manual page, an Emacs mode for Python source code,
and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers).  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
----------------

ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX (all new!)
BLURB		A quick description of Python for newcomers
BLURB.LUTZ	A testimonial from a converted Tcl/Perl hacker :-)
COPYRIGHT	The Python copyright notice
FAQ		(deleted -- see http://www.python.org for the online FAQ)
Fixcprt.py	Fix the copyright message (a yearly chore :-)
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
HYPE		More hype about Python
Makefile	Used for administrative chores like cleaning up
Makefile.pre.in	Generic Makefile template for building extensions
NEWS		News for this release
Porting		Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
README		The file you're reading now
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
editline-fix	A news article on how to fix R$'s editline for Python
fixfuncptrs.sh	Shell script to fix function pointer initializers
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
renumber.py	Script to renumber the sections in the FAQ
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)