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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2002-11-15 06:46:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2002-11-15 06:46:14 (GMT) |
| commit | 7994716b6bcaeca64f47b7b3ed4e411bb6afc415 (patch) | |
| tree | 0815d4b85257de2a72984d5c7026dab279b053e7 /Misc/NEWS | |
| parent | 3a7f405f5b3388b5ba3cf807100627ae5fbf696f (diff) | |
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SF patch #520382: Expand shelve.py to have a full dictionary interface
and add a mixin to UserDict.py to make it easier to implement a full
dictionary interface.
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@@ -381,6 +381,15 @@ Extension modules Library ------- +- UserDict.py now defines a DictMixin class which defines all dictionary + methods for classes that already have a minimum mapping interface. + This greatly simplifies writing classes that need to be substitutable + for dictionaries (such as the shelve module). + +- shelve.py now subclasses from UserDict.DictMixin. Now shelve supports + all dictionary methods. This eases the transition to persistent + storage for scripts originally written with dictionaries in mind. + - A new package, logging, implements the logging API defined by PEP 282. The code is written by Vinay Sajip. |