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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst index 8db90cc..7c125ff 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst @@ -517,8 +517,8 @@ Sometimes you can see this inaccuracy when the number is printed:: >>> 1.1 1.1000000000000001 -The inaccuracy isn't always visible when you print the number because the FP-to- -decimal-string conversion is provided by the C library, and most C libraries try +The inaccuracy isn't always visible when you print the number because the +FP-to-decimal-string conversion is provided by the C library, and most C libraries try to produce sensible output. Even if it's not displayed, however, the inaccuracy is still there and subsequent operations can magnify the error. @@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ exponent:: ... decimal.InvalidOperation: x ** (non-integer) -You can combine :class:`Decimal` instances with integers, but not with floating- -point numbers:: +You can combine :class:`Decimal` instances with integers, but not with +floating-point numbers:: >>> a + 4 Decimal("39.72") @@ -684,8 +684,8 @@ includes a quick-start tutorial and a reference. Raymond Hettinger, Aahz, and Tim Peters. http://www.lahey.com/float.htm - The article uses Fortran code to illustrate many of the problems that floating- - point inaccuracy can cause. + The article uses Fortran code to illustrate many of the problems that + floating-point inaccuracy can cause. http://speleotrove.com/decimal/ A description of a decimal-based representation. This representation is being @@ -741,8 +741,8 @@ functions in Python's implementation required that the numeric locale remain set to the ``'C'`` locale. Often this was because the code was using the C library's :c:func:`atof` function. -Not setting the numeric locale caused trouble for extensions that used third- -party C libraries, however, because they wouldn't have the correct locale set. +Not setting the numeric locale caused trouble for extensions that used third-party +C libraries, however, because they wouldn't have the correct locale set. The motivating example was GTK+, whose user interface widgets weren't displaying numbers in the current locale. @@ -918,8 +918,8 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.4 makes to the core Python language. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) -* Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves a partially- - initialized module object in ``sys.modules``. The incomplete module object left +* Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves a partially-initialized + module object in ``sys.modules``. The incomplete module object left behind would fool further imports of the same module into succeeding, leading to confusing errors. (Fixed by Tim Peters.) @@ -1028,8 +1028,8 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. previous ones left off. (Implemented by Walter Dörwald.) * There is a new :mod:`collections` module for various specialized collection - datatypes. Currently it contains just one type, :class:`deque`, a double- - ended queue that supports efficiently adding and removing elements from either + datatypes. Currently it contains just one type, :class:`deque`, a double-ended + queue that supports efficiently adding and removing elements from either end:: >>> from collections import deque @@ -1485,8 +1485,8 @@ Some of the changes to Python's build process and to the C API are: intended as an aid to people developing the Python core. Providing :option:`!--enable-profiling` to the :program:`configure` script will let you profile the interpreter with :program:`gprof`, and providing the - :option:`!--with-tsc` switch enables profiling using the Pentium's Time-Stamp- - Counter register. Note that the :option:`!--with-tsc` switch is slightly + :option:`!--with-tsc` switch enables profiling using the Pentium's + Time-Stamp-Counter register. Note that the :option:`!--with-tsc` switch is slightly misnamed, because the profiling feature also works on the PowerPC platform, though that processor architecture doesn't call that register "the TSC register". (Contributed by Jeremy Hylton.) @@ -1540,8 +1540,8 @@ code: * The :mod:`tarfile` module now generates GNU-format tar files by default. -* Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves a partially- - initialized module object in ``sys.modules``. +* Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves a + partially-initialized module object in ``sys.modules``. * :const:`None` is now a constant; code that binds a new value to the name ``None`` is now a syntax error. |