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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst index acdba83..31e8dd0 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ understand the complete implementation and design rationale for a change, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature. -.. seealso:: +.. seealso (now defunct) http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1356/urm0109h/0109h.htm "What's So Special About Python 2.2?" is also about the new 2.2 features, and @@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ amazing new capabilities. Before beginning this, the longest and most complicated section of this article, I'll provide an overview of the changes and offer some comments. -A long time ago I wrote a Web page (http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/warts.html) -listing flaws in Python's design. One of the most significant flaws was that -it's impossible to subclass Python types implemented in C. In particular, it's -not possible to subclass built-in types, so you can't just subclass, say, lists -in order to add a single useful method to them. The :mod:`UserList` module -provides a class that supports all of the methods of lists and that can be -subclassed further, but there's lots of C code that expects a regular Python -list and won't accept a :class:`UserList` instance. +A long time ago I wrote a Web page listing flaws in Python's design. One of the +most significant flaws was that it's impossible to subclass Python types +implemented in C. In particular, it's not possible to subclass built-in types, +so you can't just subclass, say, lists in order to add a single useful method to +them. The :mod:`UserList` module provides a class that supports all of the +methods of lists and that can be subclassed further, but there's lots of C code +that expects a regular Python list and won't accept a :class:`UserList` +instance. Python 2.2 fixes this, and in the process adds some exciting new capabilities. A brief summary: |