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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2010-02-22 15:24:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2010-02-22 15:24:43 (GMT) |
| commit | 7718e5e220c7b226eb62556ec0c4f3dbdaa75e99 (patch) | |
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#7794: describe 3.1 support for executing directories and zip archives
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst index f51c4ee..6ff04ed 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst @@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ Other Language Changes Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are: +* Directories and zip archives containing a :file:`__main__.py` + file can now be executed directly by passing their name to the + interpreter. The directory/zipfile is automatically inserted as the + first entry in sys.path. (Suggestion and initial patch by Andy Chu; + revised patch by Phillip J. Eby and Nick Coghlan; :issue:`1739468`.) + * The :func:`int` type gained a ``bit_length`` method that returns the number of bits necessary to represent its argument in binary:: |