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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2006-06-09 19:03:16 (GMT)
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Describe startswith()/endswiith() change; add reminder about wsgiref
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
\usepackage{distutils}
% $Id$
+% wsgiref section
% Fix XXX comments
% Count up the patches and bugs
@@ -1098,6 +1099,17 @@ Some examples:
(Implemented by Fredrik Lundh following a suggestion by Raymond Hettinger.)
+\item The \method{startswith()} and \method{endswith()} methods
+of string types now accept tuples of strings to check for.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+def is_image_file (filename):
+ return filename.endswith(('.gif', '.jpg', '.tiff'))
+\end{verbatim}
+
+(Implemented by Georg Brandl following a suggestion by Tom Lynn.)
+% RFE #1491485
+
\item The \function{min()} and \function{max()} built-in functions
gained a \code{key} keyword parameter analogous to the \code{key}
argument for \method{sort()}. This parameter supplies a function that
@@ -2015,6 +2027,11 @@ Marc-Andr\'e Lemburg.}
\end{seealso}
+%======================================================================
+%\subsection{The wsgiref package\label{module-wsgiref}}
+
+% XXX write this
+
% ======================================================================
\section{Build and C API Changes\label{build-api}}