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authorBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2006-03-07 09:46:03 (GMT)
committerBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2006-03-07 09:46:03 (GMT)
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SF patch #1443865; gc.get_count() added and optional argument 'generation'
added to gc.collect(). Updated docs, unit test, and NEWS entry. (Also, fixed a typo in NEWS.)
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@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Core and builtins
This was not portable. float('0x3') now raises a ValueError.
- Patch #1382163: Expose Subversion revision number to Python. New C API
- function Py_GetBuildNumber(). New attribute sys.build_number. Build number
+ function Py_GetBuildNumber(). New attribute sys.subversion. Build number
is now displayed in interactive prompt banner.
- Implementation of PEP 341 - Unification of try/except and try/finally.
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ Extension Modules
Library
-------
+- The function get_count() has been added to the gc module, and gc.collect()
+ grew an optional 'generation' argument.
+
- A library msilib to generate Windows Installer files, and a distutils
command bdist_msi have been added.