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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex index 0edd2a9..d3475e6 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex @@ -182,6 +182,18 @@ implemented by Jiwon Seo with early efforts steered by Hye-Shik Chang.} \end{seealso} %====================================================================== +\section{PEP 318: Decorators for Functions, Methods and Classes} + +% XXX write this section + +\begin{seealso} +\seepep{318}{Decorators for Functions, Methods and Classes}{Written +by Kevin D. Smith, Jim Jewett, and Skip Montanaro. Several people wrote +patches implementing function decorators, but the one that was actually +checked in was patch #979728, written by Mark Russell.} +\end{seealso} + +%====================================================================== \section{PEP 322: Reverse Iteration} A new built-in function, \function{reversed(\var{seq})}, takes a sequence @@ -629,6 +641,11 @@ Python dictionary. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) [] \end{verbatim} +\item Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves +a partially-initialized module object in \code{sys.modules}. The +incomplete module object left behind would fool further imports of the +same module into succeeding, leading to confusing errors. + \item \constant{None} is now a constant; code that binds a new value to the name \samp{None} is now a syntax error. |