[Python-checkins] cpython: Add an explicit mention of a backwards-incompatible fix that importlib

Mon Apr 16 17:36:09 CEST 2012

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6d767a08a1ba
changeset: 76355:6d767a08a1ba
user: Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date: Mon Apr 16 11:35:55 2012 -0400
summary:
 Add an explicit mention of a backwards-incompatible fix that importlib implicitly fixed.
files:
 Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 any of the dtoa.c string <-> float conversion functions, on MSVC builds of
 Python. This fixes issues when embedding Python in a Delphi app.
 
+- __import__() now matches PEP 328 and documentation by defaulting 'index' to 0
+ instead of -1 and removing support for negative values.
+
 - Issue #2377: Make importlib the implementation of __import__().
 
 - Issue #1559549: ImportError now has 'name' and 'path' attributes that are set
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
