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@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ Core and builtins
Library
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+- Changed platform module API python_version_tuple() to actually
+ return a tuple (it used to return a list)
+
+- Added new platform module APIs python_branch(), python_revision(),
+ python_implementation() and linux_distribution()
+
+- Added support for IronPython and Jython to the platform module
+
- The sets module has been deprecated. Use the built-in set/frozenset types
instead.
@@ -376,6 +384,20 @@ Tests
number properly.
+Tools
+-----
+
+- Added IronPython and Jython support to pybench (part of which
+ was patch #1563844)
+
+- Made some minor changes to pybench output to allow the user
+ to see which Python version is running pybench
+
+- Added support for the new platform module feature
+ platform.python_implementation(); this will now be saved
+ in the benchmark pickle
+
+
Documentation
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