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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index d47fe9a..4044fe0 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ % Go through and get the contributor's name for all the various changes \title{What's New in Python 2.3} -\release{0.01} +\release{0.02} \author{A.M. Kuchling} \authoraddress{\email{akuchlin@mems-exchange.org}} @@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ KeyError: pop(): dictionary is empty >>> \end{verbatim} +(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) + \item Two new functions in the \module{math} module, \function{degrees(\var{rads})} and \function{radians(\var{degs})}, convert between radians and degrees. Other functions in the @@ -582,40 +584,28 @@ This results in the benchmark tests in \file{Lib/test/test_bufio.py} speeding up from 57 seconds to 1.7 seconds, according to one measurement. -\item XXX Introduce two new flag bits that can be set in a PyMethodDef method -descriptor, as used for the tp_methods slot of a type. These new flag -bits are both optional, and mutually exclusive. Most methods will not -use either. These flags are used to create special method types which -exist in the same namespace as normal methods without having to use -tedious construction code to insert the new special method objects in -the type's tp_dict after PyType_Ready() has been called. - -If METH_CLASS is specified, the method will represent a class method -like that returned by the classmethod() built-in. - -If METH_STATIC is specified, the method will represent a static method -like that returned by the staticmethod() built-in. - -These flags may not be used in the PyMethodDef table for modules since -these special method types are not meaningful in that case; a -ValueError will be raised if these flags are found in that context. +\item It's now possible to define class and static methods for a C +extension type by setting either the \constant{METH_CLASS} or +\constant{METH_STATIC} flags in a method's \ctype{PyMethodDef} +structure. \end{itemize} \subsection{Port-Specific Changes} + XXX write this XXX OS/2 EMX port -XXX MacOS: Weaklink most toolbox modules, improving backward -compatibility. Modules will no longer fail to load if a single routine -is missing on the curent OS version, in stead calling the missing -routine will raise an exception. Should finally fix 531398. 2.2.1 -candidate. Also blacklisted some constants with definitions that -were not Python-compatible. +On MacOS, most toolbox modules have been weaklinked to improve +backward compatibility. This means that modules will no longer fail +to load if a single routine is missing on the curent OS version. +Instead calling the missing routine will raise an exception. -XXX Checked in Sean Reifschneider's RPM spec file and patches. +Sean Reifschneider contributed an updated RPM spec file that can be +found in the \file{Misc/RPM/} directory in the Python source +distribution. %====================================================================== |