[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.468,1.469

2002年8月15日 07:01:17 -0700

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Add notes about universal newlines.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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 correctly and without raising exceptions for unpaired ones.

+ - Universal newlines (PEP 278) is implemented. Briefly, using 'U'
+ instead of 'r' when opening a text file for reading changes the line
+ ending convention so that any of '\r', '\r\n', and '\n' is
+ recognized (even mixed in one file); all three are converted to
+ '\n', the standard Python line end character.
+ 
 - file.xreadlines() now raises a ValueError if the file is closed:
 Previously, an xreadlines object was returned which would raise
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 size of the executable.

! - XXX WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES Somebody fill this in; the PEP doesn't
! say how or when to configure it, or how to turn it off.

 - On Unix, a shared libpython2.3.so can be created with --enable-shared.
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 size of the executable.

! - The universal newlines option (PEP 278) is on by default. On Unix
! it can be disabled by passing --without-universal-newlines to the
! configure script. On other platforms, remove
! WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES from pyconfig.h.

 - On Unix, a shared libpython2.3.so can be created with --enable-shared.