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@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 1? Core language, builtins, and interpreter +- There is a new Unicode companion to the builtin str() function + called unistr(). Like str(), it calls either the tp_str slot of + objects or the "__str__" method and converts the returned value + to an Unicode object (in case this is necessary). + + The unistr() is complemented by a new PyObject_Unicode() C API + which behaves in the same way. + - The comparison operators support "rich comparison overloading" (PEP 207). C extension types can provide a rich comparison function in the new tp_richcompare slot in the type object. The cmp() function |