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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-10-08 18:57:31 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-10-08 18:57:31 (GMT) |
| commit | e78d352385999a9e9300ad289efaecbd9ebd8635 (patch) | |
| tree | 90b0e33a1a6ceaed1c8803896b53cb22b4f6511a /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | 0136e7980547cdb3e759c144c96873d508dd5c29 (diff) | |
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Backport r66857: make all whatsnew docs accessible.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/index.rst | 20 |
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst index 925fd0f..0b4d954 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ release schedule. The changes in Python 2.5 are an interesting mix of language and library improvements. The library enhancements will be more important to Python's user community, I think, because several widely-useful packages were added. New -modules include ElementTree for XML processing (section :ref:`module-etree`), -the SQLite database module (section :ref:`module-sqlite`), and the :mod:`ctypes` -module for calling C functions (section :ref:`module-ctypes`). +modules include ElementTree for XML processing (:mod:`xml.etree`), +the SQLite database module (:mod:`sqlite`), and the :mod:`ctypes` +module for calling C functions. The language changes are of middling significance. Some pleasant new features were added, but most of them aren't features that you'll use every day. @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ add a :keyword:`return` statement at the marked location. :: # return False -.. _module-contextlib: +.. _contextlibmod: The contextlib module --------------------- @@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the SVN logs for all the details. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) * New module: The :mod:`contextlib` module contains helper functions for use - with the new ':keyword:`with`' statement. See section :ref:`module-contextlib` + with the new ':keyword:`with`' statement. See section :ref:`contextlibmod` for more about this module. * New module: The :mod:`cProfile` module is a C implementation of the existing @@ -2272,8 +2272,6 @@ code: .. ====================================================================== -.. _acks: - Acknowledgements ================ diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b66fd3a --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. _whatsnew-index: + +###################### + What's New in Python +###################### + +The "What's New in Python" series of essays takes tours through the most +important changes between major Python versions. They are a "must read" for +anyone wishing to stay up-to-date after a new release. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + 2.6.rst + 2.5.rst + 2.4.rst + 2.3.rst + 2.2.rst + 2.1.rst + 2.0.rst |