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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ee60980 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +\documentclass{howto} + +% $Id$ + +\title{What's New in Python 2.2} +\release{0.01} +\author{A.M. Kuchling} +\authoraddress{\email{amk1@bigfoot.com}} +\begin{document} +\maketitle\tableofcontents + +\section{Introduction} + +{\large This document is a draft, and is subject to change until the +final version of Python 2.2 is released. Currently it's not up to +date at all. Please send any comments, bug reports, or questions, no +matter how minor, to \email{amk1@bigfoot.com}. } + +This article explains the new features in Python 2.2. +Python 2.2 includes some significant changes that go far toward cleaning up +the language's darkest corners. + +This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification for +the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview of the +new features. For full details, you should refer to 2.2 documentation +such as the Library Reference and the Reference Guide, or to the PEP +for a particular new feature. + +The final release of Python 2.2 is planned for October 2001. + +%====================================================================== +\section{PEP 234: Iterators} + +XXX + +\begin{seealso} + +\seepep{234}{Iterators}{Written by Ka-Ping Yee and GvR; implemented +by the Python Labs crew, mostly by GvR and Tim Peters.} + +\end{seealso} + +%====================================================================== +\section{PEP 252: Type and Class Changes} + +XXX + +\begin{seealso} + +\seepep{252}{Making Types Look More Like Classes}{Written and implemented +by GvR.} + +\end{seealso} + +%====================================================================== +\section{New and Improved Modules} + +\begin{itemize} + + \item XXX + +\end{itemize} + + +%====================================================================== +\section{Other Changes and Fixes} + +XXX + +\begin{itemize} + + \item XXX Nested scoping enabled by default + + \item XXX C API: Reorganization of object calling + +%Original log message: + +%The call_object() function, originally in ceval.c, begins a new life +%as the official API PyObject_Call(). It is also much simplified: all +%it does is call the tp_call slot, or raise an exception if that's +%NULL. + +%The subsidiary functions (call_eval_code2(), call_cfunction(), +%call_instance(), and call_method()) have all been moved to the file +%implementing their particular object type, renamed according to the +%local convention, and added to the type's tp_call slot. Note that +%call_eval_code2() became function_call(); the tp_slot for class +%objects now simply points to PyInstance_New(), which already has the +%correct signature. + +%Because of these moves, there are some more new APIs that expose +%helpers in ceval.c that are now needed outside: PyEval_GetFuncName(), +%PyEval_GetFuncDesc(), PyEval_EvalCodeEx() (formerly get_func_name(), +%get_func_desc(), and eval_code2(). + +\end{itemize} + + + +%====================================================================== +\section{Acknowledgements} + +The author would like to thank the following people for offering +suggestions on various drafts of this article: No one yet. + +\end{document} |