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  r65012 | jesse.noller | 2008-07-16 15:24:06 +0200 (Wed, 16 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  Apply patch for issue 3090: ARCHFLAGS parsing incorrect
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  r65035 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-16 23:19:28 +0200 (Wed, 16 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #3045: fix pydoc behavior for TEMP path with spaces.
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  r65037 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-16 23:31:41 +0200 (Wed, 16 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #1608818: errno can get set by every call to readdir().
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  r65038 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-17 00:04:20 +0200 (Thu, 17 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #3305: self->stream can be NULL.
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  r65039 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-17 00:09:17 +0200 (Thu, 17 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #3345: fix docstring.
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  r65040 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-17 00:33:18 +0200 (Thu, 17 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #3312: fix two sqlite3 crashes.
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  r65048 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-17 01:35:54 +0200 (Thu, 17 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #3388: add a paragraph about using "with" for file objects.
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  r65057 | gregory.p.smith | 2008-07-17 05:13:05 +0200 (Thu, 17 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  news note for r63052
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  r65077 | jesse.noller | 2008-07-17 23:01:05 +0200 (Thu, 17 Jul 2008) | 3 lines

  Fix issue 3395, update _debugInfo to be _debug_info
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  r65091 | ronald.oussoren | 2008-07-18 07:48:03 +0200 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  Last bit of a fix for issue3381 (addon for my patch in r65061)
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  r65092 | vinay.sajip | 2008-07-18 10:59:06 +0200 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Issue #3389: Allow resolving dotted names for handlers in logging configuration files. Thanks to Philip Jenvey for the patch.
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  r65093 | vinay.sajip | 2008-07-18 11:00:00 +0200 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Issue #3389: Allow resolving dotted names for handlers in logging configuration files. Thanks to Philip Jenvey for the patch.
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  r65094 | vinay.sajip | 2008-07-18 11:00:35 +0200 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Issue #3389: Allow resolving dotted names for handlers in logging configuration files. Thanks to Philip Jenvey for the patch.
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  r65095 | vinay.sajip | 2008-07-18 11:01:10 +0200 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Issue #3389: Allow resolving dotted names for handlers in logging configuration files. Thanks to Philip Jenvey for the patch.
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  r65097 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-18 12:20:59 +0200 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  Remove duplicate entry in __all__.
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  r65098 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-18 12:29:30 +0200 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  Correct attribute name.
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  r65099 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-18 13:15:06 +0200 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 3 lines

  Document the different meaning of precision for {:f} and {:g}.
  Also document how inf and nan are formatted. #3404.
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  r65127 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-07-19 02:42:03 +0200 (Sat, 19 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Improve accuracy of gamma test function
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  r65128 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-07-19 02:43:00 +0200 (Sat, 19 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Add recipe to the itertools docs.
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  r65131 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-19 12:08:55 +0200 (Sat, 19 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #3378: in case of no memory, don't leak even more memory. :)
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  r65133 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-19 14:39:10 +0200 (Sat, 19 Jul 2008) | 3 lines

  #3302: fix segfaults when passing None for arguments that can't
  be NULL for the C functions.
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  r65134 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-19 14:46:12 +0200 (Sat, 19 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #3303: fix crash with invalid Py_DECREF in strcoll().
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  r65135 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-19 15:00:22 +0200 (Sat, 19 Jul 2008) | 3 lines

  #3319: don't raise ZeroDivisionError if number of rounds is so
  low that benchtime is zero.
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  r65136 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-19 15:09:42 +0200 (Sat, 19 Jul 2008) | 3 lines

  #3323: mention that if inheriting from a class without __slots__,
  the subclass will have a __dict__ available too.
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  r65139 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-19 15:48:44 +0200 (Sat, 19 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  Add ordering info for findall and finditer.
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  r65149 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-07-20 01:21:57 +0200 (Sun, 20 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Fix compress() recipe in docs to use itertools.
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  r65150 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-07-20 01:58:47 +0200 (Sun, 20 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Clean-up itertools docs and recipes.
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  r65151 | gregory.p.smith | 2008-07-20 02:22:08 +0200 (Sun, 20 Jul 2008) | 9 lines

  fix issue3120 - don't truncate handles on 64-bit Windows.

  This is still messy, realistically PC/_subprocess.c should never cast pointers
  to python numbers and back at all.

  I don't have a 64-bit windows build environment because microsoft apparently
  thinks that should cost money.  Time to watch the buildbots.  It builds and
  passes tests on 32-bit windows.
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  r65155 | georg.brandl | 2008-07-20 13:50:29 +0200 (Sun, 20 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  #926501: add info where to put the docstring.
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  r65158 | neal.norwitz | 2008-07-20 21:35:23 +0200 (Sun, 20 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Fix a couple of names in error messages that were wrong
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  r65159 | neal.norwitz | 2008-07-20 22:39:36 +0200 (Sun, 20 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Fix misspeeld method name (negative)
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  r65176 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2008-07-21 23:36:24 +0200 (Mon, 21 Jul 2008) | 4 lines

  Increment version number in NEWS file, and move items that were added after 2.6b2.

  (I thought there was a script to automate this kind of updates)
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  r65177 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2008-07-22 00:00:38 +0200 (Tue, 22 Jul 2008) | 5 lines

  Issue2378: pdb would delete free variables when stepping into a class statement.

  The problem was introduced by r53954, the correction is to restore the symmetry between
  PyFrame_FastToLocals and PyFrame_LocalsToFast
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  r65178 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-07-22 00:05:34 +0200 (Tue, 22 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  don't use assert statement
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  r65183 | ronald.oussoren | 2008-07-22 09:06:00 +0200 (Tue, 22 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix buglet in fix for issue3381
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  r65184 | ronald.oussoren | 2008-07-22 09:06:33 +0200 (Tue, 22 Jul 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix build issue on OSX 10.4, somehow this wasn't committed before.
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  r65187 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-07-22 20:54:02 +0200 (Tue, 22 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Remove out-of-date section on Exact/Inexact.
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  r65188 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-07-22 21:00:47 +0200 (Tue, 22 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Tuples now have both count() and index().
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  r65189 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-07-22 21:03:05 +0200 (Tue, 22 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  Fix credits for math.sum()
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  r65190 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-07-22 21:18:50 +0200 (Tue, 22 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  One more attribution.
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  r65192 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-07-23 01:44:37 +0200 (Wed, 23 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  remove unneeded import
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  r65194 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-07-23 15:25:06 +0200 (Wed, 23 Jul 2008) | 1 line

  use isinstance
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9 files changed, 107 insertions, 83 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index a2e9b02..ab11a83 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ Glossary
       of :class:`dict` much resembles that for :class:`list`, but the keys can
       be any object with a :meth:`__hash__` function, not just integers starting
       from zero.  Called a hash in Perl.
+
+   docstring
+      A docstring ("documentation string") is a string literal that appears as
+      the first thing in a class or function suite.  While ignored when the
+      suite is executed, it is recognized by the compiler and put into the
+      :attr:`__doc__` attribute of the class or function.  Since it is available
+      via introspection, it is the canonical place for documentation of the
+      object.
     
    duck-typing 
       Pythonic programming style that determines an object's type by inspection
diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index 63cace6..79a69ea 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -33,18 +33,11 @@ by combining :func:`map` and :func:`count` to form ``map(f, count())``.
 Likewise, the functional tools are designed to work well with the high-speed
 functions provided by the :mod:`operator` module.
 
-The module author welcomes suggestions for other basic building blocks to be
-added to future versions of the module.
-
 Whether cast in pure python form or compiled code, tools that use iterators are
-more memory efficient (and faster) than their list based counterparts. Adopting
+more memory efficient (and often faster) than their list based counterparts. Adopting
 the principles of just-in-time manufacturing, they create data when and where
 needed instead of consuming memory with the computer equivalent of "inventory".
 
-The performance advantage of iterators becomes more acute as the number of
-elements increases -- at some point, lists grow large enough to severely impact
-memory cache performance and start running slowly.
-
 
 .. seealso::
 
@@ -517,55 +510,35 @@ which incur interpreter overhead.
 
 .. testcode::
 
-   def take(n, seq):
-       return list(islice(seq, n))
+   def take(n, iterable):
+       "Return first n items of the iterable as a list"
+       return list(islice(iterable, n))
 
-   def enumerate(iterable):
-       return zip(count(), iterable)
+   def enumerate(iterable, start=0):
+       return zip(count(start), iterable)
 
-   def tabulate(function):
+   def tabulate(function, start=0):
        "Return function(0), function(1), ..."
-       return map(function, count())
-
-   def items(mapping):
-       return zip(mapping.keys(), mapping.values())
+       return map(function, count(start))
 
    def nth(iterable, n):
-       "Returns the nth item or raise StopIteration"
-       return next(islice(iterable, n, None))
-
-   def all(seq, pred=None):
-       "Returns True if pred(x) is true for every element in the iterable"
-       for elem in filterfalse(pred, seq):
-           return False
-       return True
-
-   def any(seq, pred=None):
-       "Returns True if pred(x) is true for at least one element in the iterable"
-       for elem in filter(pred, seq):
-           return True
-       return False
-
-   def no(seq, pred=None):
-       "Returns True if pred(x) is false for every element in the iterable"
-       for elem in filter(pred, seq):
-           return False
-       return True
-
-   def quantify(seq, pred=None):
-       "Count how many times the predicate is true in the sequence"
-       return sum(map(pred, seq))
-
-   def padnone(seq):
+       "Returns the nth item or empty list"
+       return list(islice(iterable, n, n+1))
+
+   def quantify(iterable, pred=bool):
+       "Count how many times the predicate is true"
+       return sum(map(pred, iterable))
+
+   def padnone(iterable):
        """Returns the sequence elements and then returns None indefinitely.
 
        Useful for emulating the behavior of the built-in map() function.
        """
-       return chain(seq, repeat(None))
+       return chain(iterable, repeat(None))
 
-   def ncycles(seq, n):
+   def ncycles(iterable, n):
        "Returns the sequence elements n times"
-       return chain.from_iterable(repeat(seq, n))
+       return chain.from_iterable(repeat(iterable, n))
 
    def dotproduct(vec1, vec2):
        return sum(map(operator.mul, vec1, vec2))
@@ -616,7 +589,21 @@ which incur interpreter overhead.
 
    def compress(data, selectors):
        "compress('abcdef', [1,0,1,0,1,1]) --> a c e f"
-       for d, s in zip(data, selectors):
-           if s:
-               yield d
-
+       decorated = zip(data, selectors)
+       filtered =  filter(operator.itemgetter(1), decorated)
+       return map(operator.itemgetter(0), filtered)
+
+   def combinations_with_replacement(iterable, r):
+       "combinations_with_replacement('ABC', 3) --> AA AB AC BB BC CC"
+       pool = tuple(iterable)
+       n = len(pool)
+       indices = [0] * r
+       yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices)
+       while True:
+           for i in reversed(range(r)):
+               if indices[i] != n - 1:
+                   break
+           else:
+               return
+           indices[i:] = [indices[i] + 1] * (r - i)
+           yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices)
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index 3f6b860..734e3b2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ timed intervals.
    The system will save old log files by appending extensions to the filename.
    The extensions are date-and-time based, using the strftime format
    ``%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`` or a leading portion thereof, depending on the
-   rollover interval. 
+   rollover interval.
    If the *utc* argument is true, times in UTC will be used; otherwise
    local time is used.
 
@@ -2315,6 +2315,10 @@ The ``class`` entry indicates the handler's class (as determined by :func:`eval`
 in the ``logging`` package's namespace). The ``level`` is interpreted as for
 loggers, and ``NOTSET`` is taken to mean "log everything".
 
+.. versionchanged:: 2.6
+  Added support for resolving the handler's class as a dotted module and class
+  name.
+
 The ``formatter`` entry indicates the key name of the formatter for this
 handler. If blank, a default formatter (``logging._defaultFormatter``) is used.
 If a name is specified, it must appear in the ``[formatters]`` section and have
diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index 5831364..a6ebc22 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -571,17 +571,20 @@ form.
 .. function:: findall(pattern, string[, flags])
 
    Return all non-overlapping matches of *pattern* in *string*, as a list of
-   strings.  If one or more groups are present in the pattern, return a list of
-   groups; this will be a list of tuples if the pattern has more than one group.
-   Empty matches are included in the result unless they touch the beginning of
-   another match.
+   strings.  The *string* is scanned left-to-right, and matches are returned in
+   the order found.  If one or more groups are present in the pattern, return a
+   list of groups; this will be a list of tuples if the pattern has more than
+   one group.  Empty matches are included in the result unless they touch the
+   beginning of another match.
 
 
 .. function:: finditer(pattern, string[, flags])
 
    Return an :term:`iterator` yielding :class:`MatchObject` instances over all
-   non-overlapping matches for the RE *pattern* in *string*.  Empty matches are
-   included in the result unless they touch the beginning of another match.
+   non-overlapping matches for the RE *pattern* in *string*.  The *string* is
+   scanned left-to-right, and matches are returned in the order found.  Empty
+   matches are included in the result unless they touch the beginning of another
+   match.
 
 
 .. function:: sub(pattern, repl, string[, count])
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index faf5fed..5049dc1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -360,10 +360,11 @@ zero-padding.  This is equivalent to an *alignment* type of ``'='`` and a *fill*
 character of ``'0'``.
 
 The *precision* is a decimal number indicating how many digits should be
-displayed after the decimal point for a floating point value.  For non-number
-types the field indicates the maximum field size - in other words, how many
-characters will be used from the field content. The *precision* is ignored for
-integer values.
+displayed after the decimal point for a floating point value formatted with
+``'f'`` and ``'F'``, or before and after the decimal point for a floating point
+value formatted with ``'g'`` or ``'G'``.  For non-number types the field
+indicates the maximum field size - in other words, how many characters will be
+used from the field content. The *precision* is ignored for integer values.
 
 Finally, the *type* determines how the data should be presented.
 
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ The available integer presentation types are:
    |         | the current locale setting to insert the appropriate     |
    |         | number separator characters.                             |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
-   | None    | the same as ``'d'``                                      |
+   | None    | The same as ``'d'``.                                     |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
                                                                          
 The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are:
@@ -412,10 +413,13 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are:
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | ``'g'`` | General format. This prints the number as a fixed-point  |
    |         | number, unless the number is too large, in which case    |
-   |         | it switches to ``'e'`` exponent notation.                |
+   |         | it switches to ``'e'`` exponent notation. Infinity and   |
+   |         | NaN values are formatted as ``inf``, ``-inf`` and        |
+   |         | ``nan``, respectively.                                   |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | ``'G'`` | General format. Same as ``'g'`` except switches to       |
-   |         | ``'E'`` if the number gets to large.                     |
+   |         | ``'E'`` if the number gets to large. The representations |
+   |         | of infinity and NaN are uppercased, too.                 |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | ``'n'`` | Number. This is the same as ``'g'``, except that it uses |
    |         | the current locale setting to insert the appropriate     |
@@ -424,7 +428,7 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are:
    | ``'%'`` | Percentage. Multiplies the number by 100 and displays    |
    |         | in fixed (``'f'``) format, followed by a percent sign.   |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
-   | None    | the same as ``'g'``                                      |
+   | None    | The same as ``'g'``.                                     |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index a3665e7..9dd2c99 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ reference to the current global namespace as the global namespace to be used
 when the function is called.
 
 The function definition does not execute the function body; this gets executed
-only when the function is called.
+only when the function is called. [#]_
 
 .. index::
   statement: @
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ Class definitions
    pair: name; binding
    pair: execution; frame
    single: inheritance
+   single: docstring
 
 A class definition defines a class object (see section :ref:`types`):
 
@@ -552,10 +553,10 @@ to a class object or class type which allows subclassing.  The class's suite is
 then executed in a new execution frame (see section :ref:`naming`), using a
 newly created local namespace and the original global namespace. (Usually, the
 suite contains only function definitions.)  When the class's suite finishes
-execution, its execution frame is discarded but its local namespace is saved.  A
-class object is then created using the inheritance list for the base classes and
-the saved local namespace for the attribute dictionary.  The class name is bound
-to this class object in the original local namespace.
+execution, its execution frame is discarded but its local namespace is
+saved. [#]_ A class object is then created using the inheritance list for the
+base classes and the saved local namespace for the attribute dictionary.  The
+class name is bound to this class object in the original local namespace.
 
 Classes can also be decorated; as with functions, ::
 
@@ -597,3 +598,11 @@ which is then bound to the class name.
 .. [#] Currently, control "flows off the end" except in the case of an exception or the
    execution of a :keyword:`return`, :keyword:`continue`, or :keyword:`break`
    statement.
+
+.. [#] A string literal appearing as the first statement in the function body is
+   transformed into the function's ``__doc__`` attribute and therefore the
+   function's :term:`docstring`.
+
+.. [#] A string literal appearing as the first statement in the class body is
+   transformed into the namespace's ``__doc__`` item and therefore the class's
+   :term:`docstring`.
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 3d531c7..8f95700 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1435,6 +1435,10 @@ saved because *__dict__* is not created for each instance.
 Notes on using *__slots__*
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""
 
+* When inheriting from a class without *__slots__*, the *__dict__* attribute of
+  that class will always be accessible, so a *__slots__* definition in the
+  subclass is meaningless.
+
 * Without a *__dict__* variable, instances cannot be assigned new variables not
   listed in the *__slots__* definition.  Attempts to assign to an unlisted
   variable name raises :exc:`AttributeError`. If dynamic assignment of new
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index cc2a392..cbca95b 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -355,6 +355,16 @@ attempts to use the file object will automatically fail. ::
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
    ValueError: I/O operation on closed file
 
+It is good practice to use the :keyword:`with` keyword when dealing with file
+objects.  This has the advantage that the file is properly closed after its
+suite finishes, even if an exception is raised on the way.  It is also much
+shorter than writing equivalent :keyword:`try`\ -\ :keyword:`finally` blocks::
+
+    >>> with open('/tmp/workfile', 'r') as f:
+    ...     read_data = f.read()
+    >>> f.closed
+    True
+
 File objects have some additional methods, such as :meth:`isatty` and
 :meth:`truncate` which are less frequently used; consult the Library Reference
 for a complete guide to file objects.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 5cf29cb..203091f 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -1324,14 +1324,6 @@ The most general ABC is :class:`Number`.  It defines no operations at
 all, and only exists to allow checking if an object is a number by
 doing ``isinstance(obj, Number)``.
 
-Numbers are further divided into :class:`Exact` and :class:`Inexact`.
-Exact numbers can represent values precisely and operations never
-round off the results or introduce tiny errors that may break the
-commutativity and associativity properties; inexact numbers may
-perform such rounding or introduce small errors.  Integers, long
-integers, and rational numbers are exact, while floating-point
-and complex numbers are inexact.
-
 :class:`Complex` is a subclass of :class:`Number`.  Complex numbers
 can undergo the basic operations of addition, subtraction,
 multiplication, division, and exponentiation, and you can retrieve the
@@ -1449,13 +1441,15 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
   it will be returned if *iterator* has been exhausted; otherwise,
   the :exc:`StopIteration` exception will be raised.  (:issue:`2719`)
 
-* Tuples now have an :meth:`index` method matching the list type's
-  :meth:`index` method::
+* Tuples now have :meth:`index` and :meth:`count` methods matching the
+  list type's :meth:`index` and :meth:`count` methods::
 
     >>> t = (0,1,2,3,4)
     >>> t.index(3)
     3
 
+  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger)
+
 * The built-in types now have improved support for extended slicing syntax,
   where various combinations of ``(start, stop, step)`` are supplied.
   Previously, the support was partial and certain corner cases wouldn't work.
@@ -1545,7 +1539,8 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
 
   * :func:`~math.sum` adds up the stream of numbers from an iterable,
     and is careful to avoid loss of precision by calculating partial sums.
-    (Contributed by Jean Brouwers; :issue:`2819`.)
+    (Contributed by Jean Brouwers, Raymond Hettinger, and Mark Dickinson;
+    :issue:`2819`.)
 
   * The inverse hyperbolic functions :func:`~math.acosh`, :func:`~math.asinh`
     and :func:`~math.atanh`.
@@ -1596,8 +1591,8 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
 * The string :meth:`translate` method now accepts ``None`` as the
   translation table parameter, which is treated as the identity
   transformation.   This makes it easier to carry out operations
-  that only delete characters.  (Contributed by Bengt Richter;
-  :issue:`1193128`.)
+  that only delete characters.  (Contributed by Bengt Richter and
+  implemented by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`1193128`.)
 
 * The built-in :func:`dir` function now checks for a :meth:`__dir__`
   method on the objects it receives.  This method must return a list