summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Misc/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Misc/NEWS')
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e55b9de..21ff1b9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ XXX Planned XXX Release date: 14-Nov-2001
Type/class unification and new-style classes
+- Assignment to object.__dict__ is now possible, for objects that are
+ instances of new-style classes that have a __dict__ (unless the base
+ class forbids it).
+
- dictionary() now accepts an iterable object producing 2-sequences.
For example, dictionary(d.items()) == d for any dictionary d. The
argument, and the elements of the argument, can be any iterable
@@ -15,9 +19,17 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
Core and builtins
+- Clarified the error messages for unsupported operands to an operator
+ (like 1 + '').
+
Extension modules
-- Various bugfixes to the curses module.
+- The socket module defines a new method for socket objects,
+ sendall(). This is like send() but may make multiple calls to
+ send() until all data has been sent.
+
+- Various bugfixes to the curses module. There is now a test suite
+ for the curses module (you have to run it manually).
Library