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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-10-19 02:05:35 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-10-19 02:05:35 (GMT) |
| commit | 1c486099adb1ec399430971c9215918f3db56d31 (patch) | |
| tree | 78310d4d395793118e5f83a40ff1aa363aa81357 /Misc | |
| parent | b8c65bc27ffc61c659180c351d3cc283abd1be45 (diff) | |
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Note the Unicode changes from SF patch #470578.
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ What's New in Python 2.2b1? -Release date: 28-Sep-2100 +Release date: 19-Oct-2001 =========================== Type/class unification and new-style classes @@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ Core and builtins A bug which could allow a core dump when binary operations involved proxy reference has been fixed. +- unicode(obj) now behaves more like str(obj), accepting arbitrary + objects, and calling a __unicode__ method if it exists. + unicode(obj, encoding) and unicode(obj, encoding, errors) still + require an 8-bit string argument. + Extension modules - thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None). @@ -131,6 +136,9 @@ C API tested on Linux and Windows; other platforms please beware (and report any bugs or strange behavior). +- PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject() no longer accepts Unicode objects as + input. + New platforms Tests |