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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst index 6a7e0e8..4cf1438 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ .. |release| replace:: 1.02 -.. % $Id: whatsnew22.tex 37315 2004-09-10 19:33:00Z akuchling $ +.. $Id: whatsnew22.tex 37315 2004-09-10 19:33:00Z akuchling $ Introduction @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ to the PEP for a particular new feature. "What's So Special About Python 2.2?" is also about the new 2.2 features, and was written by Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEPs 252 and 253: Type and Class Changes @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ for the type handling is in :file:`Objects/typeobject.c`, but you should only resort to it after all other avenues have been exhausted, including posting a question to python-list or python-dev. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 234: Iterators @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ requires a :meth:`next` method. Written by Ka-Ping Yee and GvR; implemented by the Python Labs crew, mostly by GvR and Tim Peters. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 255: Simple Generators @@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ a data structure. Written by Neil Schemenauer, Tim Peters, Magnus Lie Hetland. Implemented mostly by Neil Schemenauer and Tim Peters, with other fixes from the Python Labs crew. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 237: Unifying Long Integers and Integers @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ rarely needed. Written by Moshe Zadka and Guido van Rossum. Implemented mostly by Guido van Rossum. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 238: Changing the Division Operator @@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ Here are the changes 2.2 introduces: :pep:`238` - Changing the Division Operator Written by Moshe Zadka and Guido van Rossum. Implemented by Guido van Rossum.. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Unicode Changes @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ implemented by Fredrik Lundh and Martin von Löwis. :pep:`261` - Support for 'wide' Unicode characters Written by Paul Prescod. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 227: Nested Scopes @@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ anyway). :pep:`227` - Statically Nested Scopes Written and implemented by Jeremy Hylton. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== New and Improved Modules @@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ New and Improved Modules scheduling an activity to happen at some future time. (Contributed by Itamar Shtull-Trauring.) -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Interpreter Changes and Fixes @@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ code, none of the changes described here will affect you very much. takes 2 parameters instead of 3. The third argument was never used, and can simply be discarded when porting code from earlier versions to Python 2.2. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Other Changes and Fixes @@ -1155,23 +1155,23 @@ Some of the more notable changes are: left commented out in :file:`setup.py`. People who want to experiment with these modules can uncomment them manually. - .. % Jack's original comments: - .. % The main change is the possibility to build Python as a - .. % framework. This installs a self-contained Python installation plus the - .. % OSX framework "glue" into /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework (or - .. % another location of choice). For now there is little immedeate added - .. % benefit to this (actually, there is the disadvantage that you have to - .. % change your PATH to be able to find Python), but it is the basis for - .. % creating a fullblown Python application, porting the MacPython IDE, - .. % possibly using Python as a standard OSA scripting language and much - .. % more. You enable this with "configure --enable-framework". - .. % The other change is that most MacPython toolbox modules, which - .. % interface to all the MacOS APIs such as windowing, quicktime, - .. % scripting, etc. have been ported. Again, most of these are not of - .. % immedeate use, as they need a full application to be really useful, so - .. % they have been commented out in setup.py. People wanting to experiment - .. % can uncomment them. Gestalt and Internet Config modules are enabled by - .. % default. + .. Jack's original comments: + The main change is the possibility to build Python as a + framework. This installs a self-contained Python installation plus the + OSX framework "glue" into /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework (or + another location of choice). For now there is little immedeate added + benefit to this (actually, there is the disadvantage that you have to + change your PATH to be able to find Python), but it is the basis for + creating a fullblown Python application, porting the MacPython IDE, + possibly using Python as a standard OSA scripting language and much + more. You enable this with "configure --enable-framework". + The other change is that most MacPython toolbox modules, which + interface to all the MacOS APIs such as windowing, quicktime, + scripting, etc. have been ported. Again, most of these are not of + immedeate use, as they need a full application to be really useful, so + they have been commented out in setup.py. People wanting to experiment + can uncomment them. Gestalt and Internet Config modules are enabled by + default. * Keyword arguments passed to builtin functions that don't take them now cause a :exc:`TypeError` exception to be raised, with the message "*function* takes no @@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ Some of the more notable changes are: unpredictably depending on the platform. A call such as ``pow(2.0, 8.0, 7.0)`` will now raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Acknowledgements |