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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2005-03-01 00:53:46 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2005-03-01 00:53:46 (GMT)
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@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature.
%======================================================================
+\section{PEP 309: Partial Function Application}
-% Large, PEP-level features and changes should be described here.
+XXX describe this PEP.
%======================================================================
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ print max(L, key=len)
print max(L)
\end{verbatim}
+% XXX also supported by heapq.nsmallest() and heapq.nlargest().
+
(Contributed by Steven Bethard and Raymond Hettinger.)
\end{itemize}
@@ -84,7 +87,23 @@ details.
\begin{itemize}
-\item Descriptions go here.
+% the cPickle module no longer accepts the deprecated None option in the
+% args tuple returned by __reduce__().
+
+% csv module improvements
+
+% datetime.datetime() now has a strptime class method which can be used to
+% create datetime object using a string and format.
+
+% itertools.islice() now accepts None for the start and step arguments.
+
+\item New module: \module{spwd} provides functions for accessing the
+shadow password database on systems that support it.
+% XXX give example
+
+% XXX os.stat_float_times is now True
+
+% os.{SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, SEEK_END} have been added for convenience.
\end{itemize}
@@ -137,7 +156,11 @@ changes to your code:
\begin{itemize}
-\item Everything is all in the details!
+\item Some old deprecated modules (\module{statcache}, \module{tzparse},
+ \module{whrandom}) have been moved to \file{Lib/lib-old}.
+% XXX note how to get them back
+
+% the pickle module no longer uses the deprecated bin parameter.
\end{itemize}