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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index 6d75de2..446ce43 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ Set([1, 2, 5, 6]) \end{verbatim} There are also \method{issubset()} and \method{issuperset()} methods -for checking whether one set is a strict subset or superset of -another: +for checking whether one set is a subset or superset of another: \begin{verbatim} >>> S1 = sets.Set([1,2,3]) @@ -543,7 +542,7 @@ A Boolean type was added to Python 2.3. Two new constants were added to the \module{__builtin__} module, \constant{True} and \constant{False}. (\constant{True} and \constant{False} constants were added to the built-ins -in Python 2.2.2, but the 2.2.2 versions simply have integer values of +in Python 2.2.1, but the 2.2.1 versions simply have integer values of 1 and 0 and aren't a different type.) The type object for this new type is named @@ -1484,7 +1483,7 @@ in, Guido van~Rossum rewrote parts of it. (This is a good example of a collaborative development process in action.) \item On Windows, the \module{socket} module now ships with Secure -Sockets Library (SSL) support. +Sockets Layer (SSL) support. \item The value of the C \constant{PYTHON_API_VERSION} macro is now exposed at the Python level as \code{sys.api_version}. @@ -1660,6 +1659,8 @@ Any breakage caused by this change should be reported as a bug. %====================================================================== \subsection{Date/Time Type} +% XXX This is out-of-date already: timetz and so on have gone away. + Date and time types suitable for expressing timestamps were added as the \module{datetime} module. The types don't support different calendars or many fancy features, and just stick to the basics of |