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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-12-29 10:57:00 (GMT)
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
.. |release| replace:: 1.01
-.. % $Id: whatsnew23.tex 54631 2007-03-31 11:58:36Z georg.brandl $
+.. $Id: whatsnew23.tex 54631 2007-03-31 11:58:36Z georg.brandl $
This article explains the new features in Python 2.3. Python 2.3 was released
on July 29, 2003.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Reference and the Python Reference Manual. If you want to understand the
complete implementation and design rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular
new feature.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
PEP 218: A Standard Set Datatype
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ whether one set is a subset or superset of another::
PEP written by Greg V. Wilson. Implemented by Greg V. Wilson, Alex Martelli, and
GvR.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-generators:
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ a data structure.
Written by Neil Schemenauer, Tim Peters, Magnus Lie Hetland. Implemented mostly
by Neil Schemenauer and Tim Peters, with other fixes from the Python Labs crew.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-encodings:
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ use characters outside of the usual alphanumerics.
Written by Marc-André Lemburg and Martin von Löwis; implemented by Suzuki Hisao
and Martin von Löwis.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
PEP 273: Importing Modules from ZIP Archives
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ import from the :file:`lib/` subdirectory within the archive.
Just van Rossum that uses the import hooks described in :pep:`302`. See section
:ref:`section-pep302` for a description of the new import hooks.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
PEP 277: Unicode file name support for Windows NT
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Under MacOS, :func:`os.listdir` may now return Unicode filenames.
Written by Neil Hodgson; implemented by Neil Hodgson, Martin von Löwis, and Mark
Hammond.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
PEP 278: Universal Newline Support
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ This feature can be disabled when compiling Python by specifying the
:pep:`278` - Universal Newline Support
Written and implemented by Jack Jansen.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-enumerate:
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ This can be rewritten using :func:`enumerate` as::
:pep:`279` - The enumerate() built-in function
Written and implemented by Raymond D. Hettinger.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
PEP 282: The logging Package
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ documentation for all of the details. Reading :pep:`282` will also be helpful.
:pep:`282` - A Logging System
Written by Vinay Sajip and Trent Mick; implemented by Vinay Sajip.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-bool:
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ instead of ``'1'`` and ``'0'``.
:pep:`285` - Adding a bool type
Written and implemented by GvR.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
PEP 293: Codec Error Handling Callbacks
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ characters and "xmlcharrefreplace" emits XML character references.
:pep:`293` - Codec Error Handling Callbacks
Written and implemented by Walter Dörwald.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-pep301:
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ register --list-classifiers``.
:pep:`301` - Package Index and Metadata for Distutils
Written and implemented by Richard Jones.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-pep302:
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ Pseudo-code for Python's new import logic, therefore, looks something like this
:pep:`302` - New Import Hooks
Written by Just van Rossum and Paul Moore. Implemented by Just van Rossum.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-pep305:
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ of tuples or lists, quoting strings that contain the delimiter.
Written and implemented by Kevin Altis, Dave Cole, Andrew McNamara, Skip
Montanaro, Cliff Wells.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-pep307:
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ codes for private use. Currently no codes have been specified.
:pep:`307` - Extensions to the pickle protocol
Written and implemented by Guido van Rossum and Tim Peters.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-slices:
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ now the type object for the slice type, and is no longer a function. This is
consistent with Python 2.2, where :class:`int`, :class:`str`, etc., underwent
the same change.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
Other Language Changes
@@ -1042,8 +1042,6 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.3 makes to the core Python language.
objects available in the :mod:`types` module.) For example, you can create a new
module object with the following code:
- .. % XXX should new.py use PendingDeprecationWarning?
-
::
>>> import types
@@ -1115,7 +1113,7 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.3 makes to the core Python language.
assigned to :attr:`__bases__` along the lines of those relating to assigning to
an instance's :attr:`__class__` attribute.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
String Changes
@@ -1179,7 +1177,7 @@ String Changes
the usual way when the only reference to them is from the internal dictionary of
interned strings. (Implemented by Oren Tirosh.)
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
Optimizations
@@ -1211,7 +1209,7 @@ Optimizations
The net result of the 2.3 optimizations is that Python 2.3 runs the pystone
benchmark around 25% faster than Python 2.2.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules
@@ -1566,8 +1564,6 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-December/031107.html for a more
detailed explanation of this change. (Implemented by Martin von Löwis.)
- .. %
-
* Calling Tcl methods through :mod:`_tkinter` no longer returns only strings.
Instead, if Tcl returns other objects those objects are converted to their
Python equivalent, if one exists, or wrapped with a :class:`_tkinter.Tcl_Obj`
@@ -1671,7 +1667,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
To implement this change, the :mod:`stringprep` module, the ``mkstringprep``
tool and the ``punycode`` encoding have been added.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
Date/Time Type
@@ -1726,7 +1722,7 @@ support for parsing strings and getting back a :class:`date` or
For more information, refer to the module's reference documentation.
(Contributed by Tim Peters.)
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
The optparse Module
@@ -1791,7 +1787,7 @@ See the module's documentation for more details.
Optik was written by Greg Ward, with suggestions from the readers of the Getopt
SIG.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-pymalloc:
@@ -1864,7 +1860,7 @@ and bundle it with the source of your extension.
of the file :file:`Objects/obmalloc.c` in the Python source code. The above
link points to the file within the SourceForge CVS browser.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
Build and C API Changes
@@ -1926,7 +1922,7 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
the type name leading up to the final period will no longer have the desired
effect. For more detail, read the API reference documentation or the source.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
Port-Specific Changes
@@ -1952,7 +1948,7 @@ source distribution, were updated for 2.3. (Contributed by Sean Reifschneider.)
Other new platforms now supported by Python include AtheOS
(http://www.atheos.cx/), GNU/Hurd, and OpenVMS.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _section-other:
@@ -2003,7 +1999,7 @@ Some of the more notable changes are:
executed next. A ``jump`` command has been added to the :mod:`pdb` debugger
taking advantage of this new feature. (Implemented by Richie Hindle.)
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
Porting to Python 2.3
@@ -2042,8 +2038,6 @@ code:
desired upper bits. For example, to clear just the top bit (bit 31), you could
write ``0xffffffffL &~(1L<<31)``.
- .. % The empty groups below prevent conversion to guillemets.
-
* You can no longer disable assertions by assigning to ``__debug__``.
* The Distutils :func:`setup` function has gained various new keyword arguments
@@ -2065,7 +2059,7 @@ code:
* Names of extension types defined by the modules included with Python now
contain the module and a ``'.'`` in front of the type name.
-.. % ======================================================================
+.. ======================================================================
.. _acks: