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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libpwd.tex | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 2 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex b/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex index ae2551b..1e7a1c8 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex @@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ This module provides access to the \UNIX{} user account and password database. It is available on all \UNIX{} versions. -Password database entries are reported as 7-tuples containing the -following items from the password database (see \code{<pwd.h>}), in order: +Password database entries are reported as a tuple-like object, whose +attributes correspond to the members of the \code{passwd} structure +(Attribute field below, see \code{<pwd.h>}): -\begin{tableiii}{r|l|l}{textrm}{Index}{Field}{Meaning} +\begin{tableiii}{r|l|l}{textrm}{Index}{Attribute}{Meaning} \lineiii{0}{\code{pw_name}}{Login name} \lineiii{1}{\code{pw_passwd}}{Optional encrypted password} \lineiii{2}{\code{pw_uid}}{Numerical user ID} @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Core and builtins Extension modules +- pwd and grp return enhanced tuples now, with symbolic field names. + - array.array is now a type object. A new format character 'u' indicates Py_UNICODE arrays. For those, .tounicode and .fromunicode methods are available. Arrays now support __iadd__ |