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@@ -12,73 +12,78 @@ What's new in Python 3.0b1? Core and Builtins ----------------- -- Issue #2963: fix merging oversight that disabled method cache for all types. +- Issue #2963: fix merging oversight that disabled method cache for + all types. - Issue #2964: fix a missing INCREF in instancemethod_descr_get. -- Issue 2895: Don't crash when given bytes objects as keyword names. +- Issue #2895: Don't crash when given bytes objects as keyword names. -- Issue 2798: When parsing arguments with PyArg_ParseTuple, the "s" code now - allows any unicode string and returns a utf-8 encoded buffer, just like the - "s#" code already does. The "z" code was corrected as well. +- Issue #2798: When parsing arguments with PyArg_ParseTuple, the "s" + code now allows any unicode string and returns a utf-8 encoded + buffer, just like the "s#" code already does. The "z" code was + corrected as well. -- Issue 2801: fix bug in the float.is_integer method where a ValueError - -- Issue #2863: generators now have a ``gen.__name__`` attribute that equals - ``gen.gi_code.co_name``, like ``func.__name___`` that equals - ``func.func_code.co_name``. The repr() of a generator now also contains - this name. +- Issue #2863: generators now have a ``gen.__name__`` attribute that + equals ``gen.gi_code.co_name``, like ``func.__name___`` that equals + ``func.func_code.co_name``. The repr() of a generator now also + contains this name. - Issue #2831: enumerate() now has a ``start`` argument. -- Issue #2801: fix bug in the float.is_integer method where a ValueError - was sometimes incorrectly raised. +- Issue #2801: fix bug in the float.is_integer method where a + ValueError was sometimes incorrectly raised. -- The --with-toolbox-glue option (and the associated pymactoolbox.h) have been - removed. +- The ``--with-toolbox-glue`` option (and the associated + pymactoolbox.h) have been removed. -- Issue #2196: hasattr now lets exceptions which do not inherit Exception - (KeyboardInterrupt, and SystemExit) propagate instead of ignoring them +- Issue #2196: hasattr() now lets exceptions which do not inherit + Exception (KeyboardInterrupt, and SystemExit) propagate instead of + ignoring them. Extension Modules ----------------- - Renamed ``_winreg`` module to ``winreg``. -- Support os.O_ASYNC and fcntl.FASYNC if the constants exist on the platform. +- Support os.O_ASYNC and fcntl.FASYNC if the constants exist on the + platform. - Support for Windows 9x has been removed from the winsound module. -- Fixed #2870: cmathmodule.c compile error. +- Issue #2870: cmathmodule.c compile error. Library ------- -- The repr module has been renamed to reprlib. +- The ``repr`` module has been renamed to ``reprlib``. -- The statvfs module has been removed. +- The ``statvfs`` module has been removed. -- #1713041: fix pprint's handling of maximum depth. +- Issue #1713041: fix pprint's handling of maximum depth. -- #2250: Exceptions raised during evaluation of names in rlcompleter's - ``Completer.complete()`` method are now caught and ignored. +- Issue #2250: Exceptions raised during evaluation of names in + rlcompleter's ``Completer.complete()`` method are now caught and + ignored. -- #2659: Added ``break_on_hyphens`` option to textwrap TextWrapper class. +- Patch #2659: Added ``break_on_hyphens`` option to textwrap's + ``TextWrapper`` class. - Issue #2487: change the semantics of math.ldexp(x, n) when n is too large to fit in a C long. ldexp(x, n) now returns a zero (with suitable sign) if n is large and negative; previously, it raised OverflowError. -- The ConfigParser module has been renamed to configparser. +- The ``ConfigParser`` module has been renamed to ``configparser``. -- Issue 2865: webbrowser.open() works again in a KDE environment. +- Issue #2865: webbrowser.open() works again in a KDE environment. -- The multifile module has been removed. +- The ``multifile`` module has been removed. -- The SocketServer module has been renamed to socketserver. +- The ``SocketServer`` module has been renamed to ``socketserver``. -- Fix the __all__ setting on 'collections' to include UserList and UserString. +- Fixed the ``__all__`` setting on ``collections`` to include + ``UserList`` and ``UserString``. - The sre module has been removed. @@ -106,11 +111,11 @@ Library - The imputil module has been removed. -- os.path.walk has been removed in favor of os.walk +- os.path.walk has been removed in favor of os.walk. - pdb gained the "until" command. -- test.test_support has been renamed test.support +- The test.test_support module has been renamed to test.support. Build ----- @@ -124,22 +129,22 @@ What's New in Python 3.0a5? Core and Builtins ----------------- -- Fix misbehaviour of PyLong_FromSsize_t on systems where sizeof(size_t) > - sizeof(long). +- Fixed misbehaviour of PyLong_FromSsize_t on systems where + sizeof(size_t) > sizeof(long). -- Issue #2221: Corrected a SystemError "error return without exception set", - when the code executed by exec() raises an exception, and sys.stdout.flush() - also raises an error. +- Issue #2221: Corrected a SystemError "error return without exception + set", when the code executed by exec() raises an exception, and + sys.stdout.flush() also raises an error. -- Bug #2565: The repr() of type objects now calls them 'class', - not 'type' - whether they are builtin types or not. +- Bug #2565: The repr() of type objects now calls them 'class', not + 'type' - whether they are builtin types or not. - The command line processing was converted to pass Unicode strings through as unmodified as possible; as a consequence, the C API related to command line arguments was changed to use wchar_t. -- All backslashes in raw strings are interpreted literally. This means that - '\u' and '\U' escapes are not treated specially. +- All backslashes in raw strings are interpreted literally. This + means that '\u' and '\U' escapes are not treated specially. Extension Modules ----------------- @@ -147,13 +152,13 @@ Extension Modules Library ------- -- ctypes objects now support the PEP3118 buffer interface +- ctypes objects now support the PEP3118 buffer interface. - Issue #2682: ctypes callback functions now longer contain a cyclic reference to themselves. -- Issue #2058: Remove the buf attribute and add __slots__ to the TarInfo - class in order to reduce tarfile's memory usage. +- Issue #2058: Remove the buf attribute and add __slots__ to the + TarInfo class in order to reduce tarfile's memory usage. - Bug #2606: Avoid calling .sort() on a dict_keys object. @@ -167,13 +172,13 @@ Build - Issue #1496032: On alpha, use -mieee when gcc is the compiler. - "make install" is now an alias for "make altinstall", to prevent - accidentally overwriting a Python 2.x installation. - Use "make fullinstall" to force Python 3.0 to be installed as - "python". + accidentally overwriting a Python 2.x installation. Use "make + fullinstall" to force Python 3.0 to be installed as "python". - Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when gcc is used as compiler. + What's New in Python 3.0a4? =========================== @@ -195,9 +200,9 @@ Extension Modules Library ------- -- The class distutils.commands.build_py.build_py_2to3 can be used - as a build_py replacement to automatically run 2to3 on modules - that are going to be installed. +- The class distutils.commands.build_py.build_py_2to3 can be used as a + build_py replacement to automatically run 2to3 on modules that are + going to be installed. - A new pickle protocol (protocol 3) is added with explicit support for bytes. This is the default protocol. It intentionally cannot @@ -212,17 +217,20 @@ Library more common than binary data anyway. - Default to ASCII as the locale.getpreferredencoding, if the POSIX - system doesn't support CODESET and LANG isn't set or doesn't - allow deduction of an encoding. + system doesn't support CODESET and LANG isn't set or doesn't allow + deduction of an encoding. + +- Issue #1202: zlib.crc32 and zlib.adler32 now return an unsigned + value. -- Issue #1202: zlib.crc32 and zlib.adler32 now return an unsigned value. +- Issue #719888: Updated tokenize to use a bytes API. generate_tokens + has been renamed tokenize and now works with bytes rather than + strings. A new detect_encoding function has been added for + determining source file encoding according to PEP-0263. Token + sequences returned by tokenize always start with an ENCODING token + which specifies the encoding used to decode the file. This token is + used to encode the output of untokenize back to bytes. -- Issue #719888: Updated tokenize to use a bytes API. generate_tokens has been - renamed tokenize and now works with bytes rather than strings. A new - detect_encoding function has been added for determining source file encoding - according to PEP-0263. Token sequences returned by tokenize always start - with an ENCODING token which specifies the encoding used to decode the file. - This token is used to encode the output of untokenize back to bytes. What's New in Python 3.0a3? =========================== @@ -232,84 +240,90 @@ What's New in Python 3.0a3? Core and Builtins ----------------- -- Issue #2282: io.TextIOWrapper was not overriding seekable() from io.IOBase. +- Issue #2282: io.TextIOWrapper was not overriding seekable() from + io.IOBase. -- Issue #2115: Important speedup in setting __slot__ attributes. Also - prevent a possible crash: an Abstract Base Class would try to access a slot - on a registered virtual subclass. +- Issue #2115: Important speedup in setting __slot__ attributes. Also + prevent a possible crash: an Abstract Base Class would try to access + a slot on a registered virtual subclass. -- Fixed repr() and str() of complex numbers with infinity or nan as real or - imaginary part. +- Fixed repr() and str() of complex numbers with infinity or nan as + real or imaginary part. -- Clear all free list during a gc.collect() of the highest generation in order - to allow pymalloc to free more arenas. Python may give back memory to the - OS earlier. +- Clear all free list during a gc.collect() of the highest generation + in order to allow pymalloc to free more arenas. Python may give back + memory to the OS earlier. -- Issue #2045: Fix an infinite recursion triggered when printing a subclass of - collections.defaultdict, if its default_factory is set to a bound method. +- Issue #2045: Fix an infinite recursion triggered when printing a + subclass of collections.defaultdict, if its default_factory is set + to a bound method. - Fixed a minor memory leak in dictobject.c. The content of the free list was not freed on interpreter shutdown. -- Limit free list of method and builtin function objects to 256 entries - each. +- Limit free list of method and builtin function objects to 256 + entries each. -- Patch #1953: Added ``sys._compact_freelists()`` and the C API functions - ``PyInt_CompactFreeList`` and ``PyFloat_CompactFreeList`` +- Patch #1953: Added ``sys._compact_freelists()`` and the C API + functions ``PyInt_CompactFreeList`` and ``PyFloat_CompactFreeList`` to compact the internal free lists of pre-allocted ints and floats. - Bug #1983: Fixed return type of fork(), fork1() and forkpty() calls. - Python expected the return type int but the fork familie returns pi_t. + Python expected the return type int but the fork familie returns + pi_t. -- Issue #1678380: Fix a bug that identifies 0j and -0j when they appear - in the same code unit. +- Issue #1678380: Fix a bug that identifies 0j and -0j when they + appear in the same code unit. -- Issue #2025 : Add tuple.count() and tuple.index() methods to comply with - the collections.Sequence API. +- Issue #2025: Added tuple.count() and tuple.index() methods to comply + with the collections.Sequence API. -- Fixed multiple reinitialization of the Python interpreter. The small int - list in longobject.c has caused a seg fault during the third finalization. +- Fixed multiple reinitialization of the Python interpreter. The small + int list in longobject.c has caused a seg fault during the third + finalization. -- Issue #1973: bytes.fromhex('') raises SystemError +- Issue #1973: bytes.fromhex('') raised SystemError. -- Issue #1771: remove cmp parameter from sorted() and list.sort() +- Issue #1771: remove cmp parameter from sorted() and list.sort(). -- Issue #1969: split and rsplit in bytearray are inconsistent +- Issue #1969: split and rsplit in bytearray are inconsistent. -- map() and no longer accepts None for the first argument. - Use zip() instead. +- map() no longer accepts None for the first argument. Use zip() + instead. - Issue #1769: Now int("- 1") is not allowed any more. -- Object/longobject.c: long(float('nan')) raises an OverflowError instead - of returning 0. +- Object/longobject.c: long(float('nan')) raises an OverflowError + instead of returning 0. -- Issue #1762972: __file__ points to the source file instead of the pyc/pyo - file if the py file exists. +- Issue #1762972: __file__ points to the source file instead of the + pyc/pyo file if the py file exists. - Issue #1393: object_richcompare() returns NotImplemented instead of False if the objects aren't equal, to give the other side a chance. - Issue #1692: Interpreter was not displaying location of SyntaxError. -- Improve some exception messages when Windows fails to load an extension - module. Now we get for example '%1 is not a valid Win32 application' instead - of 'error code 193'. Also use Unicode strings to deal with non-English - locales. +- Improve some exception messages when Windows fails to load an + extension module. Now we get for example '%1 is not a valid Win32 + application' instead of 'error code 193'. Also use Unicode strings + to deal with non-English locales. -- Issue #1587: Added instancemethod wrapper for PyCFunctions. The Python C API - has gained a new type *PyInstanceMethod_Type* and the functions - *PyInstanceMethod_Check(o)*, *PyInstanceMethod_New(func)* and - *PyInstanceMethod_Function(im)*. +- Issue #1587: Added instancemethod wrapper for PyCFunctions. The + Python C API has gained a new type *PyInstanceMethod_Type* and the + functions *PyInstanceMethod_Check(o)*, *PyInstanceMethod_New(func)* + and *PyInstanceMethod_Function(im)*. -- Constants gc.DEBUG_OBJECT and gc.DEBUG_INSTANCE have been removed from the - gc module; gc.DEBUG_COLLECTABLE or gc.DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE are now enough to - print the corresponding list of objects considered by the garbage collector. +- Constants gc.DEBUG_OBJECT and gc.DEBUG_INSTANCE have been removed + from the gc module; gc.DEBUG_COLLECTABLE or gc.DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE + are now enough to print the corresponding list of objects considered + by the garbage collector. -- Issue #1573: Improper use of the keyword-only syntax makes the parser crash. +- Issue #1573: Improper use of the keyword-only syntax makes the + parser crash. -- Issue #1564: The set implementation should special-case PyUnicode instead - of PyString. +- Issue #1564: The set implementation should special-case PyUnicode + instead of PyString. - Patch #1031213: Decode source line in SyntaxErrors back to its original source encoding. @@ -319,34 +333,34 @@ Core and Builtins - Bug #1713: posixpath.ismount() claims symlink to a mountpoint is a mountpoint. -- Fix utf-8-sig incremental decoder, which didn't recognise a BOM when the - first chunk fed to the decoder started with a BOM, but was longer than 3 - bytes. - +- Fix utf-8-sig incremental decoder, which didn't recognise a BOM when + the first chunk fed to the decoder started with a BOM, but was + longer than 3 bytes. Extension Modules ----------------- -- Code for itertools ifilter(), imap(), and izip() moved to bultins and - renamed to filter(), map(), and zip(). Also, renamed izip_longest() - to zip_longest() and ifilterfalse() to filterfalse(). - -- Issue #1762972: Readded the reload() function as imp.reload() +- Code for itertools ifilter(), imap(), and izip() moved to bultins + and renamed to filter(), map(), and zip(). Also, renamed + izip_longest() to zip_longest() and ifilterfalse() to filterfalse(). -- Bug #2111: mmap segfaults when trying to write a block opened with PROT_READ +- Issue #1762972: Readded the reload() function as imp.reload(). -- #2063: correct order of utime and stime in os.times() result on Windows. +- Bug #2111: mmap segfaults when trying to write a block opened with + PROT_READ. +- Issue #2063: correct order of utime and stime in os.times() result + on Windows. Library ------- - Weakref dictionaries now inherit from MutableMapping. - XXX their API still needs to be modernized (i.e. eliminate the iter methods). -- Created new UserDict class in collections module. This one inherits from and - complies with the MutableMapping ABC. Also, moved UserString and UserList - to the collections module. The MutableUserString class was removed. +- Created new UserDict class in collections module. This one inherits + from and complies with the MutableMapping ABC. Also, moved + UserString and UserList to the collections module. The + MutableUserString class was removed. - Removed UserDict.DictMixin. Replaced all its uses with collections.MutableMapping. @@ -360,9 +374,8 @@ Library Build ----- -- Renamed --enable-unicode configure flag to --with-wide-unicode, since - Unicode strings can't be disabled anymore. - +- Renamed --enable-unicode configure flag to --with-wide-unicode, + since Unicode strings can't be disabled anymore. C API ----- @@ -370,8 +383,9 @@ C API - Issue #1629: Renamed Py_Size, Py_Type and Py_Refcnt to Py_SIZE, Py_TYPE and Py_REFCNT. -- New API PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock(), works like PyImport_ImportModule() - but won't block on the import lock (returning an error instead). +- New API PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock(), works like + PyImport_ImportModule() but won't block on the import lock + (returning an error instead). What's New in Python 3.0a2? @@ -386,14 +400,14 @@ Core and Builtins - str8 now has the same construction signature as bytes. -- Comparisons between str and str8 now return False/True for ==/!=. sqlite3 - returns str8 when recreating on object from it's __conform__ value. The - struct module returns str8 for all string-related formats. This was true - before this change, but becomes more apparent thanks to string comparisons - always being False. +- Comparisons between str and str8 now return False/True for ==/!=. + sqlite3 returns str8 when recreating on object from it's __conform__ + value. The struct module returns str8 for all string-related + formats. This was true before this change, but becomes more + apparent thanks to string comparisons always being False. -- Replaced `PyFile_FromFile()` with `PyFile_FromFd(fd, name. mode, buffer, - encoding, newline)` +- Replaced `PyFile_FromFile()` with `PyFile_FromFd(fd, name. mode, + buffer, encoding, newline)`. - Fixed `imp.find_module()` to obey the -*- coding: -*- header. @@ -401,55 +415,55 @@ Core and Builtins with `Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` and a new API method `PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(char*)` was added. -- io.open() and _fileio.FileIO have grown a new argument closefd. A false - value disables the closing of the file descriptor. +- io.open() and _fileio.FileIO have grown a new argument closefd. A + false value disables the closing of the file descriptor. -- Added a new option -b to issues warnings (-bb for errors) about certain - operations between bytes/buffer and str like str(b'') and comparsion. +- Added a new option -b to issues warnings (-bb for errors) about + certain operations between bytes/buffer and str like str(b'') and + comparison. -- The standards streams sys.stdin, stdout and stderr may be None when the - when the C runtime library returns an invalid file descriptor for the - streams (fileno(stdin) < 0). For now this happens only for Windows GUI - apps and scripts started with `pythonw.exe`. +- The standards streams sys.stdin, stdout and stderr may be None when + the when the C runtime library returns an invalid file descriptor + for the streams (fileno(stdin) < 0). For now this happens only for + Windows GUI apps and scripts started with `pythonw.exe`. - Added PCbuild9 directory for VS 2008. -- Renamed structmember.h WRITE_RESTRICTED to PY_WRITE_RESTRICTED to work - around a name clash with VS 2008 on Windows. +- Renamed structmember.h WRITE_RESTRICTED to PY_WRITE_RESTRICTED to + work around a name clash with VS 2008 on Windows. -- Unbound methods are gone for good. ClassObject.method returns an ordinary - function object, instance.method still returns a bound method object. - The API of bound methods is cleaned up, too. The im_class attribute is - removed and im_func + im_self are renamed to __func__ and __self__. The - factory PyMethod_New takes only func and instance as argument. +- Unbound methods are gone for good. ClassObject.method returns an + ordinary function object, instance.method still returns a bound + method object. The API of bound methods is cleaned up, too. The + im_class attribute is removed and im_func + im_self are renamed to + __func__ and __self__. The factory PyMethod_New takes only func and + instance as argument. -- intobject.h is no longer included by Python.h. The remains were moved - to longobject.h. It still exists to define several aliases from PyInt_ - to PyLong_ functions. +- intobject.h is no longer included by Python.h. The remains were + moved to longobject.h. It still exists to define several aliases + from PyInt_ to PyLong_ functions. - Removed sys.maxint, use sys.maxsize instead. - Extension Modules ----------------- - The `hotshot` profiler has been removed; use `cProfile` instead. - Library ------- -- When loading an external file using testfile(), the passed-in encoding - argument was being ignored if __loader__ is defined and forcing the source to - be UTF-8. +- When loading an external file using testfile(), the passed-in + encoding argument was being ignored if __loader__ is defined and + forcing the source to be UTF-8. -- The methods `os.tmpnam()`, `os.tempnam()` and `os.tmpfile()` have been - removed in favor of the tempfile module. +- The methods `os.tmpnam()`, `os.tempnam()` and `os.tmpfile()` have + been removed in favor of the tempfile module. - Removed the 'new' module. -- Removed all types from the 'types' module that are easily accessable through - builtins. +- Removed all types from the 'types' module that are easily accessable + through builtins. What's New in Python 3.0a1? @@ -469,9 +483,9 @@ Core and Builtins - Removed the __oct__ and __hex__ special methods and added a bin() builtin function. -- PEP 3127: octal literals now start with "0o". Old-style octal literals - are invalid. There are binary literals with a prefix of "0b". - This also affects int(x, 0). +- PEP 3127: octal literals now start with "0o". Old-style octal + literals are invalid. There are binary literals with a prefix of + "0b". This also affects int(x, 0). - None, True, False are now keywords. @@ -481,54 +495,57 @@ Core and Builtins - Remove tuple parameter unpacking (PEP 3113). -- Remove the f_restricted attribute from frames. This naturally leads to the - removal of PyEval_GetRestricted() and PyFrame_IsRestricted(). +- Remove the f_restricted attribute from frames. This naturally leads + to the removal of PyEval_GetRestricted() and PyFrame_IsRestricted(). -- PEP 3132 was accepted. That means that you can do ``a, *b = range(5)`` - to assign 0 to a and [1, 2, 3, 4] to b. +- PEP 3132 was accepted. That means that you can do ``a, *b = + range(5)`` to assign 0 to a and [1, 2, 3, 4] to b. -- range() now returns an iterator rather than a list. Floats are not allowed. - xrange() is no longer defined. +- range() now returns an iterator rather than a list. Floats are not + allowed. xrange() is no longer defined. - Patch #1660500: hide iteration variable in list comps, add set comps - and use common code to handle compilation of iterative expressions + and use common code to handle compilation of iterative expressions. - By default, != returns the opposite of ==, unless the latter returns NotImplemented. -- Patch #1680961: sys.exitfunc has been removed and replaced with a private - C-level API. +- Patch #1680961: sys.exitfunc has been removed and replaced with a + private C-level API. - PEP 3115: new metaclasses: the metaclass is now specified as a - keyword arg in the class statement, which can now use the full syntax of - a parameter list. Also, the metaclass can implement a __prepare__ function - which will be called to create the dictionary for the new class namespace. + keyword arg in the class statement, which can now use the full + syntax of a parameter list. Also, the metaclass can implement a + __prepare__ function which will be called to create the dictionary + for the new class namespace. - The long-deprecated argument "pend" of PyFloat_FromString() has been removed. - The dir() function has been extended to call the __dir__() method on - its argument, if it exists. If not, it will work like before. This allows - customizing the output of dir() in the presence of a __getattr__(). + its argument, if it exists. If not, it will work like before. This + allows customizing the output of dir() in the presence of a + __getattr__(). - Removed support for __members__ and __methods__. - Removed indexing/slicing on BaseException. - input() became raw_input(): the name input() now implements the - functionality formerly known as raw_input(); the name raw_input() - is no longer defined. + functionality formerly known as raw_input(); the name raw_input() is + no longer defined. -- Classes listed in an 'except' clause must inherit from BaseException. +- Classes listed in an 'except' clause must inherit from + BaseException. - PEP 3106: dict.iterkeys(), .iteritems(), .itervalues() are now gone; and .keys(), .items(), .values() return dict views, which behave like sets. - PEP 3105: print is now a function. Also (not in the PEP) the - 'softspace' attribute of files is now gone (since print() doesn't use - it). A side effect of this change is that you can get incomplete - output lines in interactive sessions: + 'softspace' attribute of files is now gone (since print() doesn't + use it). A side effect of this change is that you can get + incomplete output lines in interactive sessions: >>> print(42, end="") 42>>> @@ -537,16 +554,16 @@ Core and Builtins - PEP 3102: keyword-only arguments. -- Int/Long unification is complete. The 'long' built-in type - and literals with trailing 'L' or 'l' have been removed. - Performance may be sub-optimal (haven't really benchmarked). +- Int/Long unification is complete. The 'long' built-in type and + literals with trailing 'L' or 'l' have been removed. Performance + may be sub-optimal (haven't really benchmarked). - 'except E, V' must now be spelled as 'except E as V' and deletes V at the end of the except clause; V must be a simple name. - Added function annotations per PEP 3107. -- Added nonlocal declaration from PEP 3104 +- Added nonlocal declaration from PEP 3104: >>> def f(x): ... def inc(): @@ -585,27 +602,23 @@ Core and Builtins - Absolute import is the default behavior for 'import foo' etc. -- Removed support for syntax: - backticks (ie, `x`), <> +- Removed support for syntax: backticks (ie, `x`), <>. -- Removed these Python builtins: - apply(), callable(), coerce(), execfile(), file(), reduce(), reload() +- Removed these Python builtins: apply(), callable(), coerce(), + execfile(), file(), reduce(), reload(). -- Removed these Python methods: - {}.has_key +- Removed these Python methods: {}.has_key. -- Removed these opcodes: - BINARY_DIVIDE, INPLACE_DIVIDE, UNARY_CONVERT +- Removed these opcodes: BINARY_DIVIDE, INPLACE_DIVIDE, UNARY_CONVERT. - Remove C API support for restricted execution. - zip(), map() and filter() now return iterators, behaving like their - itertools counterparts. This also affect map()'s behavior on + itertools counterparts. This also affect map()'s behavior on sequences of unequal length -- it now stops after the shortest one is exhausted. -- Additions: - set literals, set comprehensions, ellipsis literal. +- Additions: set literals, set comprehensions, ellipsis literal. - Added class decorators per PEP 3129. @@ -613,85 +626,77 @@ Core and Builtins Extension Modules ----------------- -- Remove the imageop module. Obsolete long with its unit tests becoming - useless from the removal of rgbimg and imgfile. +- Removed the imageop module. Obsolete long with its unit tests + becoming useless from the removal of rgbimg and imgfile. + +- Removed these attributes from the operator module: div, idiv, + __div__, __idiv__, isCallable, sequenceIncludes. -- Removed these attributes from Python modules: - * operator module: div, idiv, __div__, __idiv__, isCallable, sequenceIncludes - * sys module: exc_clear(), exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback +- Removed these attributes from the sys module: exc_clear(), exc_type, + exc_value, exc_traceback. Library ------- -- Remove the compiler package. Use of the _ast module and (an eventual) - AST -> bytecode mechanism. +- Removed the compiler package. Use of the _ast module and (an + eventual) AST -> bytecode mechanism. -- Removed these modules: - * audiodev, Bastion, bsddb185, exceptions, linuxaudiodev, - md5, MimeWriter, mimify, popen2, - rexec, sets, sha, stringold, strop, sunaudiodev, timing, xmllib. +- Removed these modules: audiodev, Bastion, bsddb185, exceptions, + linuxaudiodev, md5, MimeWriter, mimify, popen2, rexec, sets, sha, + stringold, strop, sunaudiodev, timing, xmllib. -- Moved these modules to Tools/Demos: - * toaiff +- Moved the toaiff module to Tools/Demos. -- Remove obsolete IRIX modules: al/AL, cd/CD, cddb, cdplayer, cl/CL, DEVICE, - ERRNO, FILE, fl/FL, flp, fm, GET, gl/GL, GLWS, IN, imgfile, IOCTL, jpeg, - panel, panelparser, readcd, sgi, sv/SV, torgb, WAIT. +- Removed obsolete IRIX modules: al/AL, cd/CD, cddb, cdplayer, cl/CL, + DEVICE, ERRNO, FILE, fl/FL, flp, fm, GET, gl/GL, GLWS, IN, imgfile, + IOCTL, jpeg, panel, panelparser, readcd, sgi, sv/SV, torgb, WAIT. -- Remove obsolete functions: - * commands.getstatus(), os.popen*, +- Removed obsolete functions: commands.getstatus(), os.popen*(). -- Remove functions in the string module that are also string methods; +- Removed functions in the string module that are also string methods; Remove string.{letters, lowercase, uppercase}. -- Remove support for long obsolete platforms: plat-aix3, plat-irix5. +- Removed support for long obsolete platforms: plat-aix3, plat-irix5. -- Remove xmlrpclib.SlowParser. It was based on xmllib. +- Removed xmlrpclib.SlowParser. It was based on xmllib. - Patch #1680961: atexit has been reimplemented in C. - Add new codecs for UTF-32, UTF-32-LE and UTF-32-BE. - Build ----- C API ----- -- Removed these Python slots: - __coerce__, __div__, __idiv__, __rdiv__ - -- Removed these C APIs: - PyNumber_Coerce(), PyNumber_CoerceEx(), PyMember_Get, PyMember_Set +- Removed these Python slots: __coerce__, __div__, __idiv__, __rdiv__. -- Removed these C slots/fields: - nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide +- Removed these C APIs: PyNumber_Coerce(), PyNumber_CoerceEx(), + PyMember_Get, PyMember_Set. -- Removed these macros: - staticforward, statichere, PyArg_GetInt, PyArg_NoArgs, _PyObject_Del +- Removed these C slots/fields: nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide. -- Removed these typedefs: - intargfunc, intintargfunc, intobjargproc, intintobjargproc, - getreadbufferproc, getwritebufferproc, getsegcountproc, getcharbufferproc, - memberlist +- Removed these macros: staticforward, statichere, PyArg_GetInt, + PyArg_NoArgs, _PyObject_Del. +- Removed these typedefs: intargfunc, intintargfunc, intobjargproc, + intintobjargproc, getreadbufferproc, getwritebufferproc, + getsegcountproc, getcharbufferproc, memberlist. Tests ----- - Removed test.testall as test.regrtest replaces it. - Documentation ------------- Mac --- -- The cfmfile was removed. - +- The cfmfile module was removed. Platforms --------- @@ -700,8 +705,8 @@ Platforms - Support for RiscOS, Irix, Tru64 was removed (alledgedly). - Tools/Demos ----------- + **(For information about older versions, consult the HISTORY file.)** |