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Diffstat (limited to 'Misc/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 76 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 42 deletions
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Core and Builtins - Remove BaseException.message. -- Remove strop module. - - Remove tuple parameter unpacking (PEP 3113). - Remove the f_restricted attribute from frames. This naturally leads to teh @@ -41,8 +39,6 @@ Core and Builtins - range() now returns an iterator rather than a list. Floats are not allowed. xrange() is no longer defined. -- Merged from (2.6) trunk at r54987. - - Patch #1660500: hide iteration variable in list comps, add set comps and use common code to handle compilation of iterative expressions @@ -66,8 +62,6 @@ Core and Builtins - Removed indexing/slicing on BaseException. -- Removed the exceptions module, all the exceptions are already builtin. - - input() became raw_input(): the name input() now implements the functionality formerly known as raw_input(); the name raw_input() is no longer defined. @@ -138,73 +132,55 @@ Core and Builtins - Absolute import is the default behavior for 'import foo' etc. - Removed support for syntax: - backticks (`x`), <> + backticks (ie, `x`), <> - Removed these Python builtins: - apply(), coerce() + apply(), callable(), coerce(), file() - Removed these Python methods: {}.has_key -- Removed these Python slots: - __coerce__, __div__, __idiv__, __rdiv__ - -- Removed these attributes from Python modules: - * operator module: div, idiv, __div__, __idiv__ - -- Removed these C APIs: - PyNumber_Coerce(), PyNumber_CoerceEx() - -- Removed these C slots/fields: - nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide - -- Removed these macros: - staticforward, statichere, PyArg_GetInt, PyArg_NoArgs - -- Removed these typedefs: - intargfunc, intintargfunc, intobjargproc, intintobjargproc, - getreadbufferproc, getwritebufferproc, getsegcountproc, getcharbufferproc - - Removed these opcodes: BINARY_DIVIDE, INPLACE_DIVIDE, UNARY_CONVERT +- Remove C API support for restricted execution. + - zip returns an iterator - Additions: set literals, ellipsis literal +- Added class decorators per PEP 3129. + Extension Modules ----------------- -- isCallable() and sequenceIncludes() have been removed from the operator - module. +- Remove the imageop module. Obsolete long with its unit tests becoming + useless from the removal of rgbimg and imgfile. + +- Removed these attributes from Python modules: + * operator module: div, idiv, __div__, __idiv__, isCallable, sequenceIncludes Library ------- -- Remove popen2 module and os.popen* functions. - - Remove the compiler package. Use of the _ast module and (an eventual) AST -> bytecode mechanism. -- Remove md5 and sha. Both have been deprecated since Python 2.5. - -- Remove Bastion and rexec as they have been disabled since Python 2.3 (this - also leads to the C API support for restricted execution). +- Removed these modules: + * Bastion, bsddb185, exceptions, md5, popen2, rexec, + sets, sha, stringold, strop, xmllib - Remove obsolete IRIX modules: al/AL, cd/CD, cddb, cdplayer, cl/CL, DEVICE, ERRNO, FILE, fl/FL, flp, fm, GET, gl/GL, GLWS, IN, imgfile, IOCTL, jpeg, panel, panelparser, readcd, sgi, sv/SV, torgb, WAIT. -- Remove bsddb185 module; it was obsolete. - -- Remove commands.getstatus(); it was obsolete. - -- Remove functions in string and strop modules that are also string methods. +- Remove obsolete functions: + * commands.getstatus(), os.popen*, -- Remove obsolete modules: xmllib, stringold. +- Remove functions in the string module that are also string methods. - Remove support for long obsolete platforms: plat-aix3, plat-irix5. @@ -212,7 +188,6 @@ Library - Patch #1680961: atexit has been reimplemented in C. -- Removed all traces of the sets module. Build ----- @@ -220,6 +195,23 @@ Build C API ----- +- Removed these Python slots: + __coerce__, __div__, __idiv__, __rdiv__ + +- Removed these C APIs: + PyNumber_Coerce(), PyNumber_CoerceEx() + +- Removed these C slots/fields: + nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide + +- Removed these macros: + staticforward, statichere, PyArg_GetInt, PyArg_NoArgs + +- Removed these typedefs: + intargfunc, intintargfunc, intobjargproc, intintobjargproc, + getreadbufferproc, getwritebufferproc, getsegcountproc, getcharbufferproc + + Tests ----- |