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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index 87f5290..9a147f1 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -653,9 +653,13 @@ when running Python's \file{configure} script. (Contributed by Ondrej Palkovsky.) \item The \cfunction{PyArg_NoArgs()} macro is now deprecated, and code -that -uses it should be changed to use \code{PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "")} -instead. +that uses it should be changed. For Python 2.2 and later, the method +definition table can specify the +\constant{METH_NOARGS} flag, signalling that there are no arguments, and +the argument checking can then be removed. If compatibility with +pre-2.2 versions of Python is important, the code could use +\code{PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "")} instead, but this will be slower +than using \constant{METH_NOARGS}. \item A new function, \cfunction{PyObject_DelItemString(\var{mapping}, char *\var{key})} was added @@ -721,7 +725,7 @@ as well as \UNIX. The author would like to thank the following people for offering suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this article: Michael Chermside, Scott David Daniels, Fred~L. Drake, Jr., -Michael Hudson, Detlef Lannert, Andrew MacIntyre, Gustavo Niemeyer, -Neal Norwitz. +Michael Hudson, Detlef Lannert, Martin von L\"owis, Andrew MacIntyre, +Gustavo Niemeyer, Neal Norwitz. \end{document} |