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| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ Core and builtins to convert a long integer into a float which couldn't fit. See SF bug #676155. -- Function objects now have an __module__ attribute that is bound to +- Function objects now have a __module__ attribute that is bound to the name of the module in which the function was defined. This - attribute is used by pickle.whichmodule(), which changes the - behavior of whichmodule slightly. In Python 2.2 whichmodule() - returns "__main__" for functions that are not defined at the - top-level of a module (examples: methods, nested functions). Now - whichmodule() will return the proper module name. + applies for C functions and methods as well as functions and methods + defined in Python. This attribute is used by pickle.whichmodule(), + which changes the behavior of whichmodule slightly. In Python 2.2 + whichmodule() returns "__main__" for functions that are not defined + at the top-level of a module (examples: methods, nested functions). + Now whichmodule() will return the proper module name. Extension modules ----------------- |