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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst index ec56865..bf30ac1 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ .. |release| replace:: 1.02 -.. % $Id: whatsnew24.tex 54632 2007-03-31 11:59:54Z georg.brandl $ -.. % Don't write extensive text for new sections; I'll do that. -.. % Feel free to add commented-out reminders of things that need -.. % to be covered. --amk +.. $Id: whatsnew24.tex 54632 2007-03-31 11:59:54Z georg.brandl $ +.. Don't write extensive text for new sections; I'll do that. +.. Feel free to add commented-out reminders of things that need +.. to be covered. --amk This article explains the new features in Python 2.4.1, released on March 30, 2005. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Python Library Reference and the Python Reference Manual. Often you will be referred to the PEP for a particular new feature for explanations of the implementation and design rationale. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 218: Built-In Set Objects @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ currently no plans to deprecate the module. Originally proposed by Greg Wilson and ultimately implemented by Raymond Hettinger. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 237: Unifying Long Integers and Integers @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ the correct answer, 8589934592. Original PEP written by Moshe Zadka and GvR. The changes for 2.4 were implemented by Kalle Svensson. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 289: Generator Expressions @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ list comprehensions match generator expressions in this respect. Proposed by Raymond Hettinger and implemented by Jiwon Seo with early efforts steered by Hye-Shik Chang. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 292: Simpler String Substitutions @@ -199,25 +199,19 @@ PEP 292 adds a :class:`Template` class to the :mod:`string` module that uses If a key is missing from the dictionary, the :meth:`substitute` method will raise a :exc:`KeyError`. There's also a :meth:`safe_substitute` method that -ignores missing keys: - -.. % $ Terminate $-mode for Emacs - -:: +ignores missing keys:: >>> t = string.Template('$page: $title') >>> t.safe_substitute({'page':3}) '3: $title' -.. % $ Terminate math-mode for Emacs - .. seealso:: :pep:`292` - Simpler String Substitutions Written and implemented by Barry Warsaw. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 318: Decorators for Functions and Methods @@ -346,7 +340,7 @@ returned. http://www.python.org/moin/PythonDecoratorLibrary This Wiki page contains several examples of decorators. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 322: Reverse Iteration @@ -382,7 +376,7 @@ you want to reverse an iterator, first convert it to a list with :func:`list`. :pep:`322` - Reverse Iteration Written and implemented by Raymond Hettinger. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 324: New subprocess Module @@ -468,7 +462,7 @@ of the PEP is highly recommended. Written and implemented by Peter Åstrand, with assistance from Fredrik Lundh and others. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 327: Decimal Data Type @@ -698,7 +692,7 @@ includes a quick-start tutorial and a reference. proposed as a standard, and underlies the new Python decimal type. Much of this material was written by Mike Cowlishaw, designer of the Rexx language. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 328: Multi-line Imports @@ -734,7 +728,7 @@ PEP was not implemented for Python 2.4, but was completed for Python 2.5. :pep:`328` - Imports: Multi-Line and Absolute/Relative Written by Aahz. Multi-line imports were implemented by Dima Dorfman. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== PEP 331: Locale-Independent Float/String Conversions @@ -773,7 +767,7 @@ letting extensions such as GTK+ produce the correct results. :pep:`331` - Locale-Independent Float/String Conversions Written by Christian R. Reis, and implemented by Gustavo Carneiro. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Other Language Changes @@ -932,7 +926,7 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.4 makes to the core Python language. * :const:`None` is now a constant; code that binds a new value to the name ``None`` is now a syntax error. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Optimizations @@ -983,15 +977,13 @@ benchmark around 5% faster than Python 2.3 and 35% faster than Python 2.2. measurement of Python's performance. Your own applications may show greater or smaller benefits from Python 2.4.) -.. % pystone is almost useless for comparing different versions of Python; -.. % instead, it excels at predicting relative Python performance on -.. % different machines. -.. % So, this section would be more informative if it used other tools -.. % such as pybench and parrotbench. For a more application oriented -.. % benchmark, try comparing the timings of test_decimal.py under 2.3 -.. % and 2.4. +.. pystone is almost useless for comparing different versions of Python; + instead, it excels at predicting relative Python performance on different + machines. So, this section would be more informative if it used other tools + such as pybench and parrotbench. For a more application oriented benchmark, + try comparing the timings of test_decimal.py under 2.3 and 2.4. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules @@ -1322,9 +1314,9 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. * The :mod:`mpz`, :mod:`rotor`, and :mod:`xreadlines` modules have been removed. -.. % ====================================================================== -.. % whole new modules get described in subsections here -.. % ===================== +.. ====================================================================== +.. whole new modules get described in subsections here +.. ===================== cookielib @@ -1348,7 +1340,7 @@ URLs. This module was contributed by John J. Lee. -.. % ================== +.. ================== doctest @@ -1447,7 +1439,7 @@ you get the following output:: +rather ********************************************************************** -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Build and C API Changes @@ -1500,7 +1492,7 @@ Some of the changes to Python's build process and to the C API are: * The :ctype:`tracebackobject` type has been renamed to :ctype:`PyTracebackObject`. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Port-Specific Changes @@ -1509,7 +1501,7 @@ Port-Specific Changes * The Windows port now builds under MSVC++ 7.1 as well as version 6. (Contributed by Martin von Löwis.) -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== Porting to Python 2.4 @@ -1556,7 +1548,7 @@ code: for certain illegal values; previously these errors would pass silently. For example, you can no longer set a handler on the :const:`SIGKILL` signal. -.. % ====================================================================== +.. ====================================================================== .. _acks: |