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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst index d846e25..8851ec1 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst @@ -1329,10 +1329,10 @@ underlying binary buffer. math ---- -The :mod:`math` module has a new function: +The :mod:`math` module has a new function, :func:`~math.log2`, which returns +the base-2 logarithm of *x*. - * :func:`~math.log2`: return the base-2 logarithm of *x* - (Written by Mark Dickinson in :issue:`11888`). +(Written by Mark Dickinson in :issue:`11888`). multiprocessing @@ -1476,9 +1476,11 @@ os pdb --- -* Tab-completion is now available not only for command names, but also their - arguments. For example, for the ``break`` command, function and file names - are completed. (Contributed by Georg Brandl in :issue:`14210`) +Tab-completion is now available not only for command names, but also their +arguments. For example, for the ``break`` command, function and file names +are completed. + +(Contributed by Georg Brandl in :issue:`14210`) pickle @@ -1487,6 +1489,7 @@ pickle :class:`pickle.Pickler` objects now have an optional :attr:`~pickle.Pickler.dispatch_table` attribute allowing to set per-pickler reduction functions. + (Contributed by Richard Oudkerk in :issue:`14166`.) @@ -1536,10 +1539,10 @@ sched shlex ----- -* The previously undocumented helper function ``quote`` from the - :mod:`pipes` modules has been moved to the :mod:`shlex` module and - documented. :func:`~shlex.quote` properly escapes all characters in a string - that might be otherwise given special meaning by the shell. +The previously undocumented helper function ``quote`` from the +:mod:`pipes` modules has been moved to the :mod:`shlex` module and +documented. :func:`~shlex.quote` properly escapes all characters in a string +that might be otherwise given special meaning by the shell. shutil @@ -1599,23 +1602,23 @@ signal smtpd ----- -* The :mod:`smtpd` module now supports :rfc:`5321` (extended SMTP) and :rfc:`1870` - (size extension). Per the standard, these extensions are enabled if and only - if the client initiates the session with an ``EHLO`` command. +The :mod:`smtpd` module now supports :rfc:`5321` (extended SMTP) and :rfc:`1870` +(size extension). Per the standard, these extensions are enabled if and only +if the client initiates the session with an ``EHLO`` command. - (Initial ``ELHO`` support by Alberto Trevino. Size extension by Juhana - Jauhiainen. Substantial additional work on the patch contributed by Michele - Orrù and Dan Boswell. :issue:`8739`) +(Initial ``ELHO`` support by Alberto Trevino. Size extension by Juhana +Jauhiainen. Substantial additional work on the patch contributed by Michele +Orrù and Dan Boswell. :issue:`8739`) smtplib ------- -* The :class:`~smtplib.SMTP_SSL` constructor and the :meth:`~smtplib.SMTP.starttls` - method now accept an SSLContext parameter to control parameters of the secure - channel. +The :class:`~smtplib.SMTP_SSL` constructor and the :meth:`~smtplib.SMTP.starttls` +method now accept an SSLContext parameter to control parameters of the secure +channel. - (Contributed by Kasun Herath in :issue:`8809`) +(Contributed by Kasun Herath in :issue:`8809`) socket @@ -1693,28 +1696,28 @@ ssl stat ---- -- The undocumented tarfile.filemode function has been moved to - :func:`stat.filemode`. It can be used to convert a file's mode to a string of - the form '-rwxrwxrwx'. +The undocumented tarfile.filemode function has been moved to +:func:`stat.filemode`. It can be used to convert a file's mode to a string of +the form '-rwxrwxrwx'. - (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`14807`) +(Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`14807`) sys --- -* The :mod:`sys` module has a new :data:`~sys.thread_info` :term:`struct - sequence` holding informations about the thread implementation. +The :mod:`sys` module has a new :data:`~sys.thread_info` :term:`struct +sequence` holding informations about the thread implementation. - (:issue:`11223`) +(:issue:`11223`) textwrap -------- -* The :mod:`textwrap` module has a new :func:`~textwrap.indent` that makes - it straightforward to add a common prefix to selected lines in a block - of text. +The :mod:`textwrap` module has a new :func:`~textwrap.indent` that makes +it straightforward to add a common prefix to selected lines in a block +of text. - (:issue:`13857`) +(:issue:`13857`) time ---- |