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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-10-22 00:43:43 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-10-22 00:43:43 (GMT)
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Methods of built-in types now properly check for keyword arguments
(formerly these were silently ignored). The only built-in methods that take keyword arguments are __call__, __init__ and __new__.
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@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ XXX Planned XXX Release date: 14-Nov-2001
Type/class unification and new-style classes
+- Methods of built-in types now properly check for keyword arguments
+ (formerly these were silently ignored). The only built-in methods
+ that take keyword arguments are __call__, __init__ and __new__.
+
Core and builtins
Extension modules