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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ What's New in Python 2.3 alpha 2? *Release date: XX-XXX-2003* Core and builtins ----------------- +----------------- - Through a bytecode optimizer bug (and I bet you didn't even know Python *had* a bytecode optimizer :-), "unsigned" hex/oct constants @@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ Core and builtins Extension modules ----------------- +- The imp module now has ways to acquire and release the "import + lock": imp.acquire_lock() and imp.release_lock(). Note: this is a + reentrant lock, so releasing the lock only truly releases it when + this is the last release_lock() call. You can check with + imp.lock_held(). (SF bug #580952 and patch #683257.) + - Fix some bugs in the parser module. SF bug #678518. - Thanks to Scott David Daniels, a subtle bug in how the zlib |