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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -This is Python release 1.5 beta 2 -================================== +This is Python release 1.5 +========================== -The official release date for this version is Friday, December 12, -1997. +This version is officially released on Wednesday, December 31, 1997. +It doesn't differ very much from 1.5b2 (released on Dec. 12). What's new in this release? @@ -76,60 +76,34 @@ Misc/NEWS. Some highlights: defined by Python now have a "Py" or "_Py" prefix, and the same is true for most macros and typedefs. -If you previously downloaded 1.5b1, here are the most relevant changes +If you previously downloaded 1.5b2, here are the most relevant changes since then (of course all known bugs have been fixed, leaks plugged, -and some documentation has been added). The full list of changes -since 1.5b1 is presented at the end of the Misc/NEWS file. - - - Thanks to all who contributed doc strings for library modules! - - - The portability problems caused by indented preprocessor commands - and C++ style comments should be gone now. - - - Lots of improvements to python-mode.el again. - - - Changes in pickle.py and cPickle.c: when unpickling an instance of - a class that doesn't define the __getinitargs__() method, the - __init__() constructor is no longer called. This makes a much - larger group of classes picklable by default, but may occasionally - change semantics. To force calling __init__() on unpickling, define - a __getinitargs__() method. Other changes too, in particular - cPickle now handles classes defined in packages correctly. The - same change applies to copying instances with copy.py. - - - Locale support in the "re" (Perl regular expressions) module. Use - the flag re.L (or re.LOCALE) to enable locale-specific matching - rules for \w and \b. The in-line syntax for this flag is (?L). - - - The built-in function isinstance(x, y) now also succeeds when y is - a type object and type(x) is y. - - - repr() and str() of class and instance objects now reflect the - package/module in which the class is defined. - - - Module "ni" has been removed. (If you really need it, it's been - renamed to "ni1". Let me know if this causes any problems for you. - Package authors are encouraged to write __init__.py files that - support both ni and 1.5 package support, so the same version can be - used with Python 1.4 as well as 1.5.) - - - The thread module is now automatically included when threads are - configured. (You must remove it from your existing Setup file, - since it is now in its own Setup.thread file.) - - - New command line option "-x" to skip the first line of the script; - handy to make executable scripts on non-Unix platforms. - - - In importdl.c, add the RTLD_GLOBAL to the dlopen() flags. I - haven't checked how this affects things, but it should make symbols - in one shared library available to the next one. - - - The Windows configuration adds a new main program, "pythonw", and - registers a new extension, ".pyw" that invokes this. This is a - standard Python interpreter that does not pop up a console window; - handy for pure Tkinter applications. All output to the original - stdout and stderr is lost; reading from the original stdin yields - EOF. +and quite a bit of documentation has been added -- including doc +strings here and there). The full list of changes since 1.5b2 is +presented at the end of the Misc/NEWS file. + + - Thanks to all who contributed doc strings or other documentation! + + - Many small improvements to the quality of the documentation, both + PostScript, HTML and even Emacs info (library manual only). + + - New module telnetlib.py. + + - New tool versioncheck. + + - Two bugs with ftp URLs fixed in urllib.py. + + - Fixed infinite recursion when printing __builtins__. + + - A bunch of small problems fixed in Tkinter.py. + + - Ported zlibmodule.c and bsddbmodule.c to NT. + + - Better NT support in tempfile.py. + + - Fixed 4294967296==0. + + - Latest re and pcre modules (versions of Dec. 22). If you don't read instructions |