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authorDavid Goodger <goodger@python.org>2003-01-03 03:30:21 (GMT)
committerDavid Goodger <goodger@python.org>2003-01-03 03:30:21 (GMT)
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Python News
What's New in Python 2.3 alpha 2?
=================================
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2003
+*Release date: XX-XXX-2003*
Core and builtins
-----------------
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ Extension modules
Library
-------
+TBD
+
Tools/Demos
-----------
+TBD
+
Build
-----
@@ -65,12 +69,18 @@ Build
C API
-----
+TBD
+
New platforms
-------------
+TBD
+
Tests
-----
+TBD
+
Windows
-------
@@ -80,6 +90,8 @@ Windows
Mac
---
+TBD
+
What's New in Python 2.3 alpha 1?
=================================
@@ -98,7 +110,7 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
a different meaning than before.
- int() now returns a long object if the argument is outside the
- integer range, so int("4"*1000), int(1e200) and int(1L<<1000) will
+ integer range, so int("4" * 1000), int(1e200) and int(1L<<1000) will
all return long objects instead of raising an OverflowError.
- Assignment to __class__ is disallowed if either the old or the new
@@ -801,15 +813,15 @@ Library
has changed slightly so that an explicit maxlinelen value is always
honored, and so unicode conversion error handling can be specified.
-- distutils' build_ext command now links c++ extensions with the c++
+- distutils' build_ext command now links C++ extensions with the C++
compiler available in the Makefile or CXX environment variable, if
- running under *nix.
+ running under \*nix.
- New module bz2: provides a comprehensive interface for the bz2 compression
library. It implements a complete file interface, one-shot (de)compression
functions, and types for sequential (de)compression.
-- New pdb command `pp' which is like `p' except that it pretty-prints
+- New pdb command 'pp' which is like 'p' except that it pretty-prints
the value of its expression argument.
- Now bdist_rpm distutils command understands a verify_script option in
@@ -1937,9 +1949,6 @@ Library
Tool to a standard library package. (Tools/compiler still exists as
a sample driver.)
-Tools
------
-
Build
-----