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@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ XXX Planned XXX Release date: 14-Nov-2001 Type/class unification and new-style classes +- 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 + objects. + - Methods of built-in types now properly check for keyword arguments (formerly these were silently ignored). The only built-in methods that take keyword arguments are __call__, __init__ and __new__. @@ -31,6 +36,10 @@ Build C API +- New function PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE() returns the size of a non- + NULL result from PySequence_Fast(), more quickly than calling + PySequence_Size(). + New platforms - Updated RISCOS port by Dietmar Schwertberger. |