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@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ This new feature is implemented using the new import hooks from
\seepep{273}{Import Modules from Zip Archives}{Written by James C. Ahlstrom,
who also provided an implementation.
Python 2.3 follows the specification in \pep{273},
-but uses an implementation written by Just van Rossum
+but uses an implementation written by Just van~Rossum
that uses the import hooks described in \pep{302}.}
\end{seealso}
@@ -759,8 +759,7 @@ raise ImportError
\begin{seealso}
\seepep{302}{New Import Hooks}{Written by Just van~Rossum and Paul Moore.
-Implemented by Just van Rossum.
-% XXX is that credit right?
+Implemented by Just van~Rossum.
}
\end{seealso}
@@ -964,7 +963,7 @@ simplify creating small dictionaries:
{'blue': 2, 'black': 4, 'green': 3, 'red': 1}
\end{verbatim}
-(Contributed by Just van Rossum.)
+(Contributed by Just van~Rossum.)
\item The \keyword{assert} statement no longer checks the \code{__debug__}
flag, so you can no longer disable assertions by assigning to \code{__debug__}.
@@ -1302,11 +1301,11 @@ radians. Also, an optional \var{base} argument was added to
bases other than \code{e} and \code{10}. (Contributed by Raymond
Hettinger.)
-\item Seven new functions, \function{getpgid()}, \function{killpg()},
-\function{lchown()}, \function{major()}, \function{makedev()},
-\function{minor()}, and \function{mknod()}, were added to the
+\item Several new functions (\function{getpgid()}, \function{killpg()},
+\function{lchown()}, \function{loadavg()}, \function{major()}, \function{makedev()},
+\function{minor()}, and \function{mknod()}) were added to the
\module{posix} module that underlies the \module{os} module.
-(Contributed by Gustavo Niemeyer and Geert Jansen.)
+(Contributed by Gustavo Niemeyer, Geert Jansen, and Denis S. Otkidach.)
\item The old and never-documented \module{linuxaudiodev} module has
been renamed to \module{ossaudiodev}, because the OSS sound drivers