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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst index 169c876..7f4a89f 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst @@ -456,10 +456,11 @@ Removed Syntax * The :keyword:`from` *module* :keyword:`import` ``*`` syntax is only allowed at the module level, no longer inside functions. -* The only acceptable syntax for relative imports is :keyword:`from` - ``.``[*module*] :keyword:`import` *name*; :keyword:`import` forms - not starting with ``.`` are always interpreted as absolute imports. - (:pep:`0328`) +* The only acceptable syntaxes for relative imports are :keyword:`from` + ``.`` :keyword:`import` *name* or + :keyword:`from` ``.module`` :keyword:`import` *name*. + :keyword:`import` forms not starting with ``.`` are always + interpreted as absolute imports. (:pep:`0328`) * Classic classes are gone. @@ -559,8 +560,8 @@ review: release schedule. However, the package is alive and well, externally maintained at http://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm. -* Some modules were renamed because their old name flaunted - :pep:`0008`, or for various other reasons: +* Some modules were renamed because their old name disobeyed + :pep:`0008`, or for various other reasons. Here's the list: ======================= ======================= Old Name New Name @@ -607,7 +608,7 @@ review: really care about :mod:`tkinter`. Also note that as of Python 2.6, the functionality of :mod:`turtle` has been greatly enhanced. - * :mod:`urllib` (:mod:`urllib`, :mod:`urllib`2, :mod:`urlparse`, + * :mod:`urllib` (:mod:`urllib`, :mod:`urllib2`, :mod:`urlparse`, :mod:`robotparse`). * :mod:`xmlrpc` (:mod:`xmlrpclib`, :mod:`DocXMLRPCServer`, @@ -649,7 +650,7 @@ Some other changes to standard library modules, not covered by * :data:`string.letters` and its friends (:data:`string.lowercase` and :data:`string.uppercase`) are gone. Use :data:`string.ascii_letters` etc. instead. (The reason for the - removal is that :data:string.letters` and friends had + removal is that :data:`string.letters` and friends had locale-specific behavior, which is a bad idea for such attractively-named global "constants".) @@ -702,8 +703,8 @@ new powerful features added: :attr:`__traceback__` attribute (see below). * :pep:`3110`: Catching exceptions. You must now use - *:keyword:`except` SomeException* :keyword:`as` *variable* instead - *of :keyword:`except` *SomeException*, variable*. Moreover, the + :keyword:`except` *SomeException* :keyword:`as` *variable* instead + of :keyword:`except` *SomeException*, variable*. Moreover, the *variable* is explicitly deleted when the :keyword:`except` block is left. |