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@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Core and builtins signal handlers and threads, complicated by readline's behaviour. It's quite possible that there are still bugs here. +- Added C macros Py_CLEAR and Py_VISIT to ease the implementation of + types that support garbage collection. + Extension modules ----------------- @@ -71,6 +74,16 @@ Library - Non-blocking SSL sockets work again; they were broken in Python 2.3. SF patch 945642. +- doctest unittest integration improvements: + + o Improved the unitest test output for doctest-based unit tests + + o Can now pass setUp and tearDown functions when creating + DocTestSuites. + +- The threading module has a new class, local, for creating objects + that provide thread-local data. + Tools/Demos ----------- @@ -83,6 +96,19 @@ C API - A large pile of datetime field-extraction macros is now documented, thanks to Anthony Tuininga (patch #986010). +Documentation +------------- + +Improved the tutorial on creating types in C. + + - point out the importance of reassigning data members before + assigning thier values + + - correct my missconception about return values from visitprocs. Sigh. + + - mention the labor saving Py_VISIT and Py_CLEAR macros. + + New platforms ------------- |