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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst index 78d66fe..c0cb7cf 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst @@ -71,16 +71,22 @@ New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules os -- -The :mod:`os` module has a new :func:`~os.sendfile` function which provides an -efficent "zero-copy" way for copying data from one file (or socket) descriptor -to another. -The phrase "zero-copy" refers to the fact that all of the copying of data -between the two descriptors is done entirely by the kernel, with no copying of -data into userspace buffers. -:func:`~os.sendfile` can be used to efficiently copy data from a file on disk to -a network socket, e.g. for downloading a file. - -(Patch submitted by Ross Lagerwall and Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`10882`.) +* The :mod:`os` module has a new :func:`~os.sendfile` function which provides + an efficent "zero-copy" way for copying data from one file (or socket) + descriptor to another. The phrase "zero-copy" refers to the fact that all of + the copying of data between the two descriptors is done entirely by the + kernel, with no copying of data into userspace buffers. :func:`~os.sendfile` + can be used to efficiently copy data from a file on disk to a network socket, + e.g. for downloading a file. + + (Patch submitted by Ross Lagerwall and Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`10882`.) + +* The :mod:`os` module has two new functions: :func:`~os.getpriority` and + :func:`~os.setpriority`. They can be used to get or set process + niceness/priority in a fashion similar to :func:`os.nice` but extended to all + processes instead of just the current one. + + (Patch submitted by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`10784`.) Optimizations ============= |