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@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes Core and builtins ----------------- +- The repr() function for 8-bit strings now preserves all characters + that are considered printable in the current locale. (Previously, + all bytes that are not printable ASCII would be encoded in hex.) + This requires the user to set the current locale; in the initial "C" + locale the old behavior is maintained. [SF patch 479898] + - Unicode file name processing for Windows (PEP 277) is implemented. All platforms now have an os.path.supports_unicode_filenames attribute, which is set to True on Windows NT/2000/XP, and False elsewhere. @@ -348,6 +354,17 @@ Extension modules Library ------- +- Importing the readline module now no longer has the side effect of + calling setlocale(LC_CTYPE, ""). The initial "C" locale, or + whatever locale is explicitly set by the user, is preserved. If you + want repr() of 8-bit strings in your preferred encoding to preserve + all printable characters of that encoding, you have to add the + following code to your $PYTHONSTARTUP file or to your application's + main(): + + import locale + locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, "") + - shutil.move was added. shutil.copytree now reports errors as an exception at the end, instead of printing error messages. |