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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-10-24 20:51:44 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-10-24 20:51:44 (GMT) |
| commit | 491921467c2e9cf50e9c7a80ab3e3f5ff0243da6 (patch) | |
| tree | 381cec43a5f781a8c66dafd7143c0a2a15dea308 /Misc/NEWS | |
| parent | a768882b0000852539a312c939d69ab9f08f62ae (diff) | |
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Note updated RISCOS port. Remove reference in the 2.1 release notes
to os.extsep -- that variable actually didn't exist in that release!
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@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Library cycles created by casual use of sys.exc_info() no longer cause permanent memory leaks (provided garbage collection is enabled). +- os.extsep -- a new variable needed by the RISCOS support. It is the + separator used by extensions, and is '.' on all platforms except + RISCOS, where it is '/'. There is no need to use this variable + unless you have a masochistic desire to port your code to RISCOS. + Tools/Demos Build @@ -28,6 +33,8 @@ C API New platforms +- Updated RISCOS port by Dietmar Schwertberger. + Tests - Added a test script for the curses module. It isn't run automatically; @@ -1446,10 +1453,7 @@ New platforms - 2.1 contains new files and patches for RISCOS, thanks to Dietmar Schwertberger! See RISCOS/README for more information -- it seems that because of the bizarre filename conventions on RISCOS, no port - to that platform is easy. Note that the new variable os.endsep is - silently supported in order to make life easier on this platform, - but we don't advertise it because it's not worth for most folks to - care about RISCOS portability. + to that platform is easy. What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 2? |