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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2003-04-09 19:06:21 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2003-04-09 19:06:21 (GMT)
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- New function sys.call_tracing() allows pdb to debug code
recursively. - pdb has a new command, "debug", which lets you step through arbitrary code from the debugger's (pdb) prompt.
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@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ Core and builtins
Extension modules
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+- New function sys.call_tracing() allows pdb to debug code
+ recursively.
+
- New function gc.get_referents(obj) returns a list of objects
directly referenced by obj. In effect, it exposes what the object's
tp_traverse slot does, and can be helpful when debugging memory
@@ -86,6 +89,9 @@ Extension modules
Library
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+- pdb has a new command, "debug", which lets you step through
+ arbitrary code from the debugger's (pdb) prompt.
+
- unittest.failUnlessEqual and its equivalent unittest.assertEqual now
return 'not a == b' rather than 'a != b'. This gives the desired
result for classes that define __eq__ without defining __ne__.