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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew21.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew21.tex index 948d43a..04e8ff1 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew21.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew21.tex @@ -626,12 +626,13 @@ Python packages to a central server. \begin{itemize} -\item Ka-Ping Yee contributed two new modules: \module{inspect.py}, a module for -getting information about live Python code, and \module{pydoc.py}, a -module for interactively converting docstrings to HTML or text. -As a bonus, \file{Tools/scripts/pydoc}, which is now automatically -installed, uses \module{pydoc.py} to display documentation given a Python module, package, or class name. For example, -\samp{pydoc xml.dom} displays the following: +\item Ka-Ping Yee contributed two new modules: \module{inspect.py}, a +module for getting information about live Python code, and +\module{pydoc.py}, a module for interactively converting docstrings to +HTML or text. As a bonus, \file{Tools/scripts/pydoc}, which is now +automatically installed, uses \module{pydoc.py} to display +documentation given a Python module, package, or class name. For +example, \samp{pydoc xml.dom} displays the following: \begin{verbatim} Python Library Documentation: package xml.dom in xml @@ -650,6 +651,7 @@ DESCRIPTION ... \end{verbatim} +\file{pydoc} also includes a Tk-based interactive help browser. \file{pydoc} quickly becomes addictive; try it out! \item Two different modules for unit testing were added to the @@ -719,6 +721,11 @@ unsuitable for your application or network setup, call \item Support for raw socket access has been added to the \module{socket} module, contributed by Grant Edwards. +\item The \module{pstats} module now contains a simple interactive +statistics browser for displaying timing profiles for Python programs, +invoked when the module is run as a script. Contributed by +Eric S.\ Raymond. + \item A new implementation-dependent function, \function{sys._getframe(\optional{depth})}, has been added to return a given frame object from the current call stack. \function{sys._getframe()} returns the frame at the top of the call stack; |