diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst | 35 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst index 20a4b56..e063f1b 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst @@ -636,7 +636,10 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. * The :mod:`ctypes` module now always converts ``None`` to a C NULL pointer for arguments declared as pointers. (Changed by Thomas - Heller; :issue:`4606`.) + Heller; :issue:`4606`.) The underlying `libffi library + <http://sourceware.org/libffi/>`__ has been updated to version + 3.0.9, containing various fixes for different platforms. (Updated + by Matthias Klose; :issue:`8142`.) * New method: the :mod:`datetime` module's :class:`timedelta` class gained a :meth:`total_seconds` method that returns the number of seconds @@ -794,6 +797,10 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. contributed by Travis H.; :issue:`6508`. Support for initgroups added by Jean-Paul Calderone; :issue:`7333`.) + The :func:`os.fork` function now re-initializes the import lock in + the child process; this fixes problems on Solaris when :func:`fork` + is called from a thread. (Fixed by Zsolt Cserna; :issue:`7242`.) + The :func:`normpath` function now preserves Unicode; if its input path is a Unicode string, the return value is also a Unicode string. (Fixed by Matt Giuca; :issue:`5827`.) @@ -827,13 +834,25 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details. to store data. (Contributed by Tarek Ziadé; :issue:`6693`.) + The :mod:`site` module now reports exceptions occurring + when the :mod:`sitecustomize` module is imported, and will no longer + catch and swallow the :exc:`KeyboardError` exception. (Fixed by + Victor Stinner; :issue:`3137`.) + * The :mod:`socket` module's :class:`SSL` objects now support the buffer API, which fixed a test suite failure. (Fixed by Antoine - Pitrou; :issue:`7133`.) The :func:`create_connection` function + Pitrou; :issue:`7133`.) + + The :func:`create_connection` function gained a *source_address* parameter, a ``(host, port)`` 2-tuple giving the source address that will be used for the connection. (Contributed by Eldon Ziegler; :issue:`3972`.) + The :meth:`recv_into` and `recvfrom_into` methods will now write + into objects that support the buffer API, most usefully + the :class:`bytearray` and :class:`memoryview` objects. (Implemented by + Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`8104`.) + * The :mod:`SocketServer` module's :class:`TCPServer` class now has a :attr:`disable_nagle_algorithm` class attribute. The default value is False; if overridden to be True, @@ -963,6 +982,11 @@ The :mod:`sysconfig` module provides access to Python's configuration information like the list of installation paths and the configuration variables relevant for the current platform. (contributed by Tarek) +Updated module: ElementTree 1.3 +--------------------------------- + +XXX write this. + .. ====================================================================== .. whole new modules get described in subsections here @@ -1365,9 +1389,10 @@ Other Changes and Fixes * Two benchmark scripts, :file:`iobench` and :file:`ccbench`, were added to the :file:`Tools` directory. :file:`iobench` measures the speed of built-in file I/O objects (as returned by :func:`open`) - while performing various operations, and :file:`ccbench` is a concurrency - benchmark that tries to measure computing throughput and thread switching - latency when performing several tasks using a varying number of threads. + while performing various operations, and :file:`ccbench` is a + concurrency benchmark that tries to measure computing throughput, + thread switching latency, and IO processing bandwidth when + performing several tasks using a varying number of threads. * When importing a module from a :file:`.pyc` or :file:`.pyo` file with an existing :file:`.py` counterpart, the :attr:`co_filename` |