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@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
\tableofcontents
% MacOS framework-related changes (section of its own, probably)
-%
-% xreadlines obsolete; files are their own iterator
%\section{Introduction \label{intro}}
@@ -1020,6 +1018,17 @@ support using the \code{+=} assignment operator to add another array's
contents, and the \code{*=} assignment operator to repeat an array.
(Contributed by Jason Orendorff.)
+\item The \module{bsddb} module has been updated to version 3.4.0
+of the \ulink{PyBSDDB}{http://pybsddb.sourceforge.net} package,
+providing a more complete interface to the transactional features of
+the BerkeleyDB library.
+The old version of the module has been renamed to
+\module{bsddb185} and is no longer built automatically; you'll
+have to edit \file{Modules/Setup} to enable it. Note that the new
+\module{bsddb} package is intended to be compatible with the
+old module, so be sure to file bugs if you discover any
+incompatibilities.
+
\item The Distutils \class{Extension} class now supports
an extra constructor argument named \var{depends} for listing
additional source files that an extension depends on. This lets
@@ -1329,6 +1338,7 @@ options:
set maximum length of output
$
\end{verbatim}
+% $ prevent Emacs tex-mode from getting confused
Optik was written by Greg Ward, with suggestions from the readers of
the Getopt SIG.