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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex index 3d5a32a..1a82844 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex @@ -120,7 +120,17 @@ Example: (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) -% itertools.islice() now accepts None for the start and step arguments. +\item The \function{itertools.islice()} function now accepts +\code{None} for the start and step arguments. This makes it more +compatible with the attributes of slice objects, so that you can now write +the following: + +\begin{verbatim} +s = slice(5) # Create slice object +itertools.islice(iterable, s.start, s.stop, s.step) +\end{verbatim} + +(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) \item New module: \module{spwd} provides functions for accessing the shadow password database on systems that support it. |