[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1037,1.1038

Sun Jul 11 21:26:22 CEST 2004

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv12108/Misc
Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
SF patch 986010: add missing doc for datetime C API, from
Anthony Tuininga.
This is a derived patch, taking the opportunity to add some organization
to the now-large pile of datetime-related macros, and to factor out
tedious repeated text.
Also improved some clumsy wording in NEWS.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1037
retrieving revision 1.1038
diff -C2 -d -r1.1037 -r1.1038
*** NEWS	10 Jul 2004 23:54:07 -0000	1.1037
--- NEWS	11 Jul 2004 19:26:19 -0000	1.1038
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*** 14,24 ****

 - Patch #550732: Add PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords(). Analogous to
! PyArg_VaParse(). Both are now documented. Thanks Greg Chapman.

 - Allow string and unicode return types from .encode()/.decode()
! methods on string and unicode objects. Added unicode.decode()
 which was missing for no apparent reason.

! - An attempt to fix the mess that is Python's behaviour with 
 signal handlers and threads, complicated by readline's behaviour.
 It's quite possible that there are still bugs here.
--- 14,24 ----

 - Patch #550732: Add PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords(). Analogous to
! PyArg_VaParse(). Both are now documented. Thanks Greg Chapman.

 - Allow string and unicode return types from .encode()/.decode()
! methods on string and unicode objects. Added unicode.decode()
 which was missing for no apparent reason.

! - An attempt to fix the mess that is Python's behaviour with
 signal handlers and threads, complicated by readline's behaviour.
 It's quite possible that there are still bugs here.
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*** 30,36 ****
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! - Bug #979794: difflib.get_grouped_opcodes() now handles the case of when it is
! comparing two empty lists. Was affecting both context_diff() and
! unified_diff(). Was also a duplicate of bug #980117.

 - Bug #980938: smtplib now prints debug output to sys.stderr.
--- 30,36 ----
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! - Bugs #979794 and #980117: difflib.get_grouped_opcodes() now handles the
! case of comparing two empty lists. This affected both context_diff() and
! unified_diff(),

 - Bug #980938: smtplib now prints debug output to sys.stderr.
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*** 48,52 ****
 instead of unsigned.

! - decimal.py now only uses signals in the spec. The other conditions are
 no longer part of the public API.

--- 48,52 ----
 instead of unsigned.

! - decimal.py now only uses signals in the IBM spec. The other conditions are
 no longer part of the public API.

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*** 58,62 ****
 SF patch 982681.

! - Non-blocking SSL sockets work again; they were broken in Python 2.3. 
 SF patch 945642.

--- 58,62 ----
 SF patch 982681.

! - Non-blocking SSL sockets work again; they were broken in Python 2.3.
 SF patch 945642.

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*** 70,73 ****
--- 70,76 ----
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+ - A large pile of datetime field-extraction macros is now documented,
+ thanks to Anthony Tuininga (patch #986010).
+ 
 New platforms
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*** 439,443 ****
 Library
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! 
 - Bug #981530: Fix UnboundLocalError in shutil.rmtree(). This affects
 the documented behavior: the function passed to the onerror()
--- 442,446 ----
 Library
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! 
 - Bug #981530: Fix UnboundLocalError in shutil.rmtree(). This affects
 the documented behavior: the function passed to the onerror()