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@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ What's New in Python 2.2a1? Core +- TENTATIVELY, a large amount of code implementing much of what's + described in PEP 252 (Making Types Look More Like Classes) and PEP + 253 (Subtyping Built-in Types) was added. This will be released + with Python 2.2a1. Documentation will be provided separately + through http://www.python.org/2.2/. The purpose of releasing this + with Python 2.2a1 is to test backwards compatibility. It is + possible, though not likely, that a decision is made not to release + this code as part of 2.2 final, if any serious backwards + incompapatibilities are found during alpha testing that cannot be + repaired. + - Generators were added; this is a new way to create an iterator (see below) using what looks like a simple function containing one or more 'yield' statements. See PEP 255. Since this adds a new |