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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index 7c96342..f20c208 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ cause a \exception{UnicodeError} to be raised. Applications can test whether arbitrary Unicode strings are supported as file names by checking \member{os.path.supports_unicode_filenames}, a Boolean value. +Under MacOS, \function{os.listdir()} may now return Unicode filenames. + \begin{seealso} \seepep{277}{Unicode file name support for Windows NT}{Written by Neil @@ -1359,7 +1361,7 @@ use with iterators, inspired by various functions provided by the ML and Haskell languages. For example, \code{itertools.ifilter(predicate, iterator)} returns all elements in the iterator for which the function \function{predicate()} returns -\constant{True}, and \code{itertools.times(\var{N}, obj)} returns +\constant{True}, and \code{itertools.repeat(obj, \var{N})} returns \code{obj} \var{N} times. There are a number of other functions in the module; see the \ulink{package's reference documentation}{../lib/module-itertools.html} for details. @@ -1495,8 +1497,10 @@ a collaborative development process in action.) \item On Windows, the \module{socket} module now ships with Secure 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}. +\item The value of the C \constant{PYTHON_API_VERSION} macro is now +exposed at the Python level as \code{sys.api_version}. The current +exception can be cleared by calling the new \function{sys.exc_clear()} +function. \item The new \module{tarfile} module allows reading from and writing to \program{tar}-format archive files. |