[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1153,1.1154

Thu Oct 7 08:46:27 CEST 2004

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv27294/Misc
Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
SF patch #1035498: -m option to run a module as a script
(Contributed by Nick Coghlan.)
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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diff -u -d -r1.1153 -r1.1154

--- NEWS	6 Oct 2004 02:11:37 -0000	1.1153
+++ NEWS	7 Oct 2004 06:46:24 -0000	1.1154
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Added a command line option, -m module, which searches sys.path for the
+ module and then runs it. (Contributed by Nick Coghlan.)
+
 - The bytecode optimizer now folds tuples of constants into a single
 constant.
 
@@ -29,7 +32,9 @@
 
 - ``collections.deque`` objects didn't play quite right with garbage
 collection, which could lead to a segfault in a release build, or
- an assert failure in a debug build.
+ an assert failure in a debug build. Also, added overflow checks,
+ better detection of mutation during iteration, and shielded deque
+ comparisons from unusual subclass overrides of the __iter__() method.
 
 Library
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