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@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 1?
Core language, builtins, and interpreter
-- There is a new Unicode companion to the builtin str() function
- called unistr(). Like str(), it calls either the tp_str slot of
- objects or the "__str__" method and converts the returned value
- to an Unicode object (in case this is necessary).
-
- The unistr() is complemented by a new PyObject_Unicode() C API
- which behaves in the same way.
+- There is a new Unicode companion to the PyObject_Str() API
+ called PyObject_Unicode(). It behaves in the same way as the
+ former, but assures that the returned value is an Unicode object
+ (applying the usual coercion if necessary).
- The comparison operators support "rich comparison overloading" (PEP
207). C extension types can provide a rich comparison function in