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@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ Extension modules this is the last release_lock() call. You can check with imp.lock_held(). (SF bug #580952 and patch #683257.) +- Change to cPickle to match pickle.py (see below and PEP 307). + - Fix some bugs in the parser module. SF bug #678518. - Thanks to Scott David Daniels, a subtle bug in how the zlib @@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ Extension modules - Fix a crash on Solaris that occurred when calling close() on an mmap'ed file which was already closed. (SF patch #665913) +- Fixed serveral serious bugs in the zipimport implementation. + - datetime changes: The datetime and datetimetz classes have been collapsed into a single @@ -240,6 +244,19 @@ Extension modules Library ------- +- The logging module was updated slightly; the WARN level was renamed + to WARNING, and the matching function/method warn() to warning(). + +- The pickle and cPickle modules were updated with a new pickling + protocol (documented by pickletools.py, see below) and several + extensions to the pickle customization API (__reduce__, __setstate__ + etc.). The copy module now uses more of the pickle customization + API to copy objects that don't implement __copy__ or __deepcopy__. + See PEP 307 for details. + +- The distutils "register" command now uses http://www.python.org/pypi + as the default repository. (See PEP 301.) + - the platform dependent path related variables sep, altsep, extsep, pathsep, curdir, pardir and defpath are now defined in the platform dependent path modules (e.g. ntpath.py) rather than os.py, so these @@ -354,7 +371,16 @@ C API Tests ----- -- Several tests weren't being run. Now they are. +- Several tests weren't being run rom regrtest.py (test_timeout.py, + test_tarfile.py, test_netrc.py, test_multifile.py, + test_importhooks.py and test_imp.py). Now they are. (Note to + developers: please read Lib/test/README when creating a new test, to + make sure to do it right! All tests need to use either unittest or + pydoc.) + +- Added test_posix.py, a test suite for the posix module. + +- Added test_hexoct.py, a test suite for hex/oct constant folding. Windows ------- @@ -370,7 +396,7 @@ Windows release without strong cryptography. - sys.path[0], if it contains a directory name, is now always an - absolute pathname. + absolute pathname. (SF patch #664376.) - The new logging package is now installed by the Windows installer. It wasn't in 2.3a1 due to oversight. |