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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-09-29 19:13:35 (GMT)
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@@ -1329,10 +1329,10 @@ underlying binary buffer.
math
----
-The :mod:`math` module has a new function:
+The :mod:`math` module has a new function, :func:`~math.log2`, which returns
+the base-2 logarithm of *x*.
- * :func:`~math.log2`: return the base-2 logarithm of *x*
- (Written by Mark Dickinson in :issue:`11888`).
+(Written by Mark Dickinson in :issue:`11888`).
multiprocessing
@@ -1476,9 +1476,11 @@ os
pdb
---
-* Tab-completion is now available not only for command names, but also their
- arguments. For example, for the ``break`` command, function and file names
- are completed. (Contributed by Georg Brandl in :issue:`14210`)
+Tab-completion is now available not only for command names, but also their
+arguments. For example, for the ``break`` command, function and file names
+are completed.
+
+(Contributed by Georg Brandl in :issue:`14210`)
pickle
@@ -1487,6 +1489,7 @@ pickle
:class:`pickle.Pickler` objects now have an optional
:attr:`~pickle.Pickler.dispatch_table` attribute allowing to set per-pickler
reduction functions.
+
(Contributed by Richard Oudkerk in :issue:`14166`.)
@@ -1536,10 +1539,10 @@ sched
shlex
-----
-* The previously undocumented helper function ``quote`` from the
- :mod:`pipes` modules has been moved to the :mod:`shlex` module and
- documented. :func:`~shlex.quote` properly escapes all characters in a string
- that might be otherwise given special meaning by the shell.
+The previously undocumented helper function ``quote`` from the
+:mod:`pipes` modules has been moved to the :mod:`shlex` module and
+documented. :func:`~shlex.quote` properly escapes all characters in a string
+that might be otherwise given special meaning by the shell.
shutil
@@ -1599,23 +1602,23 @@ signal
smtpd
-----
-* The :mod:`smtpd` module now supports :rfc:`5321` (extended SMTP) and :rfc:`1870`
- (size extension). Per the standard, these extensions are enabled if and only
- if the client initiates the session with an ``EHLO`` command.
+The :mod:`smtpd` module now supports :rfc:`5321` (extended SMTP) and :rfc:`1870`
+(size extension). Per the standard, these extensions are enabled if and only
+if the client initiates the session with an ``EHLO`` command.
- (Initial ``ELHO`` support by Alberto Trevino. Size extension by Juhana
- Jauhiainen. Substantial additional work on the patch contributed by Michele
- Orrù and Dan Boswell. :issue:`8739`)
+(Initial ``ELHO`` support by Alberto Trevino. Size extension by Juhana
+Jauhiainen. Substantial additional work on the patch contributed by Michele
+Orrù and Dan Boswell. :issue:`8739`)
smtplib
-------
-* The :class:`~smtplib.SMTP_SSL` constructor and the :meth:`~smtplib.SMTP.starttls`
- method now accept an SSLContext parameter to control parameters of the secure
- channel.
+The :class:`~smtplib.SMTP_SSL` constructor and the :meth:`~smtplib.SMTP.starttls`
+method now accept an SSLContext parameter to control parameters of the secure
+channel.
- (Contributed by Kasun Herath in :issue:`8809`)
+(Contributed by Kasun Herath in :issue:`8809`)
socket
@@ -1693,28 +1696,28 @@ ssl
stat
----
-- The undocumented tarfile.filemode function has been moved to
- :func:`stat.filemode`. It can be used to convert a file's mode to a string of
- the form '-rwxrwxrwx'.
+The undocumented tarfile.filemode function has been moved to
+:func:`stat.filemode`. It can be used to convert a file's mode to a string of
+the form '-rwxrwxrwx'.
- (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`14807`)
+(Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`14807`)
sys
---
-* The :mod:`sys` module has a new :data:`~sys.thread_info` :term:`struct
- sequence` holding informations about the thread implementation.
+The :mod:`sys` module has a new :data:`~sys.thread_info` :term:`struct
+sequence` holding informations about the thread implementation.
- (:issue:`11223`)
+(:issue:`11223`)
textwrap
--------
-* The :mod:`textwrap` module has a new :func:`~textwrap.indent` that makes
- it straightforward to add a common prefix to selected lines in a block
- of text.
+The :mod:`textwrap` module has a new :func:`~textwrap.indent` that makes
+it straightforward to add a common prefix to selected lines in a block
+of text.
- (:issue:`13857`)
+(:issue:`13857`)
time
----