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@@ -10,9 +10,28 @@ The source compiles and runs out of the box on more platforms than ever -- including Windows NT. Makefiles or projects for a variety of non-UNIX platforms are provided. -Apology: many new features are badly documented or not at all. I had +APOLOGY: some new features are badly documented or not at all. I had the choice -- postpone the new release indefinitely, or release it -now, with working code but some undocumented areas... +now, with working code but some undocumented areas. The problem with +postponing the release is that people continue to suffer from existing +bugs, and send me patches based on the previous release -- which I +can't apply directly because my own source has changed. Also, some +new modules (like signal) have been ready for release for quite some +time, and people are anxiously waiting for them. In the case of +signal, the interface is simple enough to figure out without +documentation (if you're anxious enough :-). In this case it was not +simple to release the module on its own, since it relies on many small +patches elsewhere in the source. + +For most new Python modules, the source code contains comments that +explain how to use them. Documentation for the Tk interface, written +by Matt Conway, is available as tkinter-doc.tar.gz from the Python +home and mirror ftp sites (see Misc/FAQ for ftp addresses). For the +new operator overloading facilities, have a look at Demo/classes: +Complex.py and Rat.py show how to implement a numeric type without and +with __coerce__ method. Also have a look at the end of the Tutorial +document (Doc/tut.tex). If you're still confused: use the newsgroup +or mailing list. New language features: |