[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.76, 1.77

Mon Aug 2 14:10:00 CEST 2004

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 \item The \function{eval(\var{expr}, \var{globals}, \var{locals})}
! function now accepts any mapping type for the \var{locals} argument.
! Previously this had to be a regular Python dictionary.

 \item The \function{zip()} built-in function and \function{itertools.izip()}
--- 609,616 ----

 \item The \function{eval(\var{expr}, \var{globals}, \var{locals})}
! and \function{execfile(\var{filename}, \var{globals}, \var{locals})}
! functions and the \keyword{exec} statement now accept any mapping type
! for the \var{locals} argument. Previously this had to be a regular
! Python dictionary. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)

 \item The \function{zip()} built-in function and \function{itertools.izip()}