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@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ changes, sorted alphabetically by module name. Consult the
:file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more complete list of
changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
+* It is not mandatory anymore to store clear text passwords in the
+ :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As long
+ as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package will
+ prompt for the password if not present. (Added by tarek, with the initial
+ contribution of Nathan Van Gheem; :issue:`4394`.)
+
+* The :mod:`pydoc` module now has help for the various symbols that Python
+ uses. You can now do ``help('<<')`` or ``help('@')``, for example.
+ (Contributed by David Laban; :issue:`4739`.)
+
* A new function in the :mod:`subprocess` module,
:func:`check_output`, runs a command with a specified set of arguments
and returns the command's output as a string if the command runs without
@@ -125,11 +135,9 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
(Contributed by Gregory P. Smith.)
-* It is not mandatory anymore to store clear text passwords in the
- :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As long
- as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package will
- prompt for the password if not present. (Added by tarek, with the initial
- contribution of Nathan Van Gheem; :issue:`4394`.)
+* The :func:`is_zipfile` function in the :mod:`zipfile` module will now
+ accept a file object, in addition to the path names accepted in earlier
+ versions. (Contributed by Gabriel Genellina; :issue:`4756`.)
.. ======================================================================
.. whole new modules get described in subsections here