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* More Unicode corrections from MAL to match a post-2.2a1 changeAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-201-23/+13
| | | | | | | Mention additional new imaplib.py features (Don't expect to see an updated version of the Web page until around the 28th of July. Vacation time!)
* Bump release number to 1.00, while I'm at itAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-201-1/+1
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* Revise the Unicode section after getting comments from MAL, GvR, and others.Andrew M. Kuchling2001-07-191-25/+49
| | | | | Add new low-level API for interpreter introspection Bump version number.
* Fill out the Unicode section, somewhat uncertainlyAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-191-7/+24
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* Finish the "Other changes" sectionAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-191-34/+45
| | | | | Bump version number Insert a few blank lines here and there
* Remove note about this being a draft document.Andrew M. Kuchling2001-07-191-7/+1
| | | | Note the actual date of 2.1's release
* Delete sentence fragment (noted by Fred Bremmer)Andrew M. Kuchling2001-07-171-5/+5
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* Now we're picking nits: get my name right! ;-)Fred Drake2001-07-171-1/+1
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* Add FLD to credit listAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-171-2/+3
| | | | Correct grammatical error
* Cleaned up a number of minor nits, use markup a little more consistently.Fred Drake2001-07-171-16/+25
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* Minor rewrites to iterator and generator sectionsAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-171-63/+75
| | | | | Credit both Neil and Tim for generators Fix indentation of a few paragraphs
* Use \longprogramopt, as suggested by FLDAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-161-2/+2
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* Use \verb for configure switches, because inside \code multiple dashesAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-161-3/+2
| | | | | are merged to a single hyphen. Delete forgotten CVS conflict marker
* Write some entries in the "Other changes" sectionAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-161-53/+88
| | | | | Write description of .encode()/.decode for the Unicode section Bump version number
* Began actually writing:Andrew M. Kuchling2001-07-161-27/+480
| | | | | | | * iterators * generators * copied the nested scopes section from the 2.1 article * standard library changes
* Note addition of xmlrpclibAndrew M. Kuchling2001-07-111-12/+15
| | | | | | Comment out descr-branch section Update e-mail address (Time to begin writing this...)
* Add more items that need to be written aboutAndrew M. Kuchling2001-06-271-0/+24
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* Add another itemAndrew M. Kuchling2001-05-191-0/+3
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* Skeletal version; I'm checking this in now so I can keep a list of changes,Andrew M. Kuchling2001-05-051-0/+106
| | | | | but don't plan on actually writing any text until, ooh, say, July or thereabouts.
* Update document for the actual 2.1rc1Andrew M. Kuchling2001-04-161-6/+13
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* Markup nit: use \envvar to mark environment variables.Fred Drake2001-04-121-1/+1
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* Explain popitem()Andrew M. Kuchling2001-04-121-13/+16
| | | | | | Add Unixware 7 port Ready for RC1 Minor rewrites
* Note missing explanationAndrew M. Kuchling2001-03-261-2/+2
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* Add a paragraph about obmalloc turning up bugs in extension modulesAndrew M. Kuchling2001-03-231-2/+21
| | | | Mention the new ports
* Add section for PEP 241Andrew M. Kuchling2001-03-231-5/+109
| | | | Add PyUnit and sys.excepthook
* Fix a further markup problem noted by FLDAndrew M. Kuchling2001-03-101-1/+1
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* Discuss PEP 236.Andrew M. Kuchling2001-03-031-2/+37
| | | | Update nested scope section.
* Update estimate bug and patch countsAndrew M. Kuchling2001-03-021-1/+1
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* Fix markup nit pointed out by FLDAndrew M. Kuchling2001-03-011-1/+1
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* Add description of PEP235Andrew M. Kuchling2001-02-281-19/+23
| | | | | Remove references to 2.1alpha Update description of PEP229
* Cover pydocAndrew M. Kuchling2001-02-281-48/+44
| | | | | | | Update reference Python version to beta1 Rip out PEP 232 section Add placeholders for PEP 236 and 235 Fix erroneous \filename references
* Document the object allocatorAndrew M. Kuchling2001-02-281-2/+12
| | | | Minor sentence change
* Finished the section on weak referencesAndrew M. Kuchling2001-02-141-25/+141
| | | | | | Mentioned doctest, difflib, sys._getframe(), and the change to use PyImport_ImportModule() everywhere in C code No more XXX!
* Create separate section for changes to the standard libraryAndrew M. Kuchling2001-02-111-41/+51
| | | | | Make note about difflib and doctest Bump version number
* Wrote section on nested scopes, and moved it to the frontAndrew M. Kuchling2001-02-051-153/+242
| | | | | | | Began a section on weak references Various rewrites and paragraph refills Added: non-recursive makefiles, repr() of strings now uses \n, raw socket I/O Bumped version number
* Add note about non-recursive MakefilesAndrew M. Kuchling2001-01-291-1/+17
| | | | | Get Fred's name right Add some XXX items that need to be written
* Add names of people who've pointed out broken links and imagesAndrew M. Kuchling2001-01-241-2/+3
| | | | Bump version number
* Fredrik pointed out that the database shrank more than 55KAndrew M. Kuchling2001-01-241-4/+4
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* Jeremy didn't write PEP 205, Fred did!Andrew M. Kuchling2001-01-231-1/+1
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* Add introductory note about this article's draft statusAndrew M. Kuchling2001-01-231-14/+56
| | | | | | Grammatical and typographic fixes from David Goodger Expanded notes about PEP 229 Removed user-visible XXXes; they're in comments now
* Added dictionary.popitem() and the improved XML modules.Andrew M. Kuchling2001-01-221-18/+41
| | | | | | | | Reorder the smaller items, roughly in decreasing order of visibility to the Python coder Finished an incomplete sentence. Moved the unwritten sections down to the bottom. Bumped version number and added acknowledgements
* Add reference to PEP 232.Andrew M. Kuchling2001-01-221-7/+34
| | | | | | | Use correct flag name Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES Mention that numeric methods can return Py_NotImplemented (NAS) Mention optional arguments in time modules (TW) Various minor rewrites and additional attributions
* Fill out various transcripts and XXX bits, thanks to the WMATA.Andrew M. Kuchling2001-01-221-18/+137
| | | | | | The only missing section is the Nested Scopes section, which has to wait to see if a patch is actually committed. (Plus any other notable changes that get made or backed out between now and 2.1final, of course...)
* Beginning of a "What's New in Python 2.1" articleAndrew M. Kuchling2001-01-221-0/+253
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* Correction from David Bolen: the Windows version no longer crashesAndrew M. Kuchling2000-10-191-12/+5
| | | | | on trying to import a 1.5 module Bump the document version number
* Bump version number -- this document is pretty much finished!Andrew M. Kuchling2000-10-171-7/+1
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* Correct form of FourThought's nameAndrew M. Kuchling2000-10-161-1/+1
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* Various minor additions and clarifications, mostly suggested by JeremyAndrew M. Kuchling2000-10-121-30/+58
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* Comment out a separator line, since all the others are commented out,Fred Drake2000-10-121-1/+1
| | | | and it would look kind of silly if typeset.
* Add new section on the XML package. (This was the only major new 2.0 featureAndrew M. Kuchling2000-10-121-9/+165
| | | | | left that wasn't covered. The article is therefore now essentially complete.) A few minor changes