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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-01-15 06:58:15 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-01-15 06:58:15 (GMT) |
commit | ca9c6e433c6637352eecbe3432786a1ae9bec1de (patch) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst index 45eadf1..df746e7 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -1022,14 +1022,6 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. These attributes are all read-only. (Contributed by Christian Heimes.) - The :attr:`dont_write_bytecode` variable controls whether Python - writes any :file:`.pyc` or :file:`.pyo` files on importing a module. - If this variable is true, the compiled files are not written. The - variable can be set by Python code, by supplying the :option:`-B` - switch, or by setting the :envvar:`PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE` - environment variable to any non-empty string when running the Python - interpreter. - * The :mod:`tarfile` module now supports POSIX.1-2001 (pax) and POSIX.1-1988 (ustar) format tarfiles, in addition to the GNU tar format that was already supported. The default format @@ -1270,9 +1262,9 @@ Some of the more notable changes are: or :file:`.pyo` files by either supplying the :option:`-B` switch or setting the :envvar:`PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE` environment variable to any non-empty string when running the Python interpreter. These - are used to set a :attr:`dont_write_bytecode` variable in the - :mod:`sys` module. Python code can change this variable to - control whether bytecode files are subsequently written. + are also used to set the :data:`sys.dont_write_bytecode` attribute; + Python code can change this variable to control whether bytecode + files are subsequently written. (Contributed by Neal Norwitz and Georg Brandl.) .. ====================================================================== |