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@@ -5,26 +5,25 @@ Python News
What's New in Python 3.2 Beta 1?
================================
-*Release date: XX-Dec-2010*
+*Release date: 05-Dec-2010*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
-- Issue #10596: Fix float.__mod__ to have the same behaviour as
- float.__divmod__ with respect to signed zeros. -4.0 % 4.0 should be
- 0.0, not -0.0.
+- Issue #10596: Fix float.__mod__ to have the same behaviour as float.__divmod__
+ with respect to signed zeros. -4.0 % 4.0 should be 0.0, not -0.0.
-- Issue #1772833: Add the -q command-line option to suppress copyright
- and version output in interactive mode.
+- Issue #1772833: Add the -q command-line option to suppress copyright and
+ version output in interactive mode.
- Provide an *optimize* parameter in the built-in compile() function.
-- Fixed several corner case issues on os.stat/os.lstat related to reparse
- points. (Windows)
+- Fixed several corner case issues on Windows in os.stat/os.lstat related to
+ reparse points.
- PEP 384 (Defining a Stable ABI) is implemented.
-- Issue #2690: Range objects support negative indices and slicing
+- Issue #2690: Range objects support negative indices and slicing.
- Issue #9915: Speed up sorting with a key.
@@ -56,8 +55,8 @@ Library
- Add the "display" and "undisplay" pdb commands.
-- Issue #7245: Add a SIGINT handler in pdb that allows to break a program
- again after a "continue" command.
+- Issue #7245: Add a SIGINT handler in pdb that allows to break a program again
+ after a "continue" command.
- Add the "interact" pdb command.
@@ -260,8 +259,8 @@ C-API
-----
- Issue #10557: Added a new API function, PyUnicode_TransformDecimalToASCII(),
- which transforms non-ASCII decimal digits in a Unicode string to their
- ASCII equivalents.
+ which transforms non-ASCII decimal digits in a Unicode string to their ASCII
+ equivalents.
- Issue #9518: Extend the PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT macro to explicitly
zero-initialize all fields, fixing compiler warnings seen when building
@@ -279,10 +278,10 @@ Tests
-----
- regrtest.py once again ensures the test directory is removed from sys.path
- when it is invoked directly as the __main__ module
+ when it is invoked directly as the __main__ module.
-- `python -m test` can be used to run the test suite as well as
- `python -m test.regrtest`.
+- `python -m test` can be used to run the test suite as well as `python -m
+ test.regrtest`.
- Do not fail test_socket when the IP address of the local hostname cannot be
looked up.