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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2006-04-25 12:31:38 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2006-04-25 12:31:38 (GMT)
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Add two items; easy_install is now off the table, though pkgutil still is
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@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
\usepackage{distutils}
% $Id$
-% The easy_install stuff
% Describe the pkgutil module
% Fix XXX comments
% Count up the patches and bugs
@@ -1293,6 +1292,11 @@ ts = datetime.strptime('10:13:15 2006-03-07',
'%H:%M:%S %Y-%m-%d')
\end{verbatim}
+\item The \module{doctest} module gained a \code{SKIP} option that
+keeps an example from being executed at all. This is intended for
+code snippets that are usage examples intended for the reader and
+aren't actually test cases.
+
\item The \module{fileinput} module was made more flexible.
Unicode filenames are now supported, and a \var{mode} parameter that
defaults to \code{"r"} was added to the
@@ -1416,6 +1420,15 @@ The \member{st_flags} member is also available, if the platform supports it.
(Contributed by Antti Louko and Diego Petten\`o.)
% (Patch 1180695, 1212117)
+\item The Python debugger provided by the \module{pdb} module
+can now store lists of commands to execute when a breakpoint is
+reached and execution stops. Once breakpoint #1 has been created,
+enter \samp{commands 1} and enter a series of commands to be executed,
+finishing the list with \samp{end}. The command list can include
+commands that resume execution, such as \samp{continue} or
+\samp{next}. (Contributed by Gr\'egoire Dooms.)
+% Patch 790710
+
\item The \module{pickle} and \module{cPickle} modules no
longer accept a return value of \code{None} from the
\method{__reduce__()} method; the method must return a tuple of