From 654ede7ef49f10a3c1d2c6b0257e62c6d297e8cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 01:16:12 +0000 Subject: Add items --- Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst index 4a8eb76..c48f225 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -552,6 +552,14 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language. .. Patch 1507 +* More floating-point features were also added. The :func:`float` function + will now turn the strings ``+nan`` and ``-nan`` into the corresponding + IEEE 754 Not a Number values, and ``+inf`` and ``-inf`` into + positive or negative infinity. This works on any platform with + IEEE 754 semantics. (Contributed by XXX.) + + .. Patch 1635. + * Changes to the :class:`Exception` interface as dictated by :pep:`352` continue to be made. For 2.6, the :attr:`message` attribute is being deprecated in favor of the @@ -1058,11 +1066,31 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include: .. Issue 1534 +* Python's C API now includes two functions for case-insensitive string + comparisions, ``PyOS_stricmp(char*, char*)`` + and ``PyOS_strnicmp(char*, char*, Py_ssize_t)``. + (Contributed by XXX.) + + .. Issue 1635 + +* Some macros were renamed. :cmacro:`Py_Size()` became :cmacro:`Py_SIZE()`, + :cmacro:`Py_Type()` became :cmacro:`Py_TYPE()`, and + :cmacro:`Py_Refcnt()` became :cmacro:`Py_REFCNT()`. Macros for backward + compatibility are still available. + + .. Issue 1629: XXX why was this done? + .. ====================================================================== -Port-Specific Changes ---------------------- +Port-Specific Changes: Windows +----------------------------------- + +* The :mod:`msvcrt` module now supports + both the normal and wide char variants of the console I/O + API. The :func:`getwch` function reads a keypress and returns a Unicode + value, as does the :func:`getwche` function. The :func:`putwch` function + takes a Unicode character and writes it to the console. Platform-specific changes go here. @@ -1089,9 +1117,15 @@ Some of the more notable changes are: Porting to Python 2.6 ===================== -This section lists previously described changes that may require changes to your +This section lists previously described changes, and a few +esoteric bugfixes, that may require changes to your code: +* The :method:`__init__` method of :class:`collections.deque` + now clears any existing contents of the deque + before adding elements from the iterable. This change makes the + behavior match that of ``list.__init__()``. + * The :mod:`socket` module exception :exc:`socket.error` now inherits from :exc:`IOError`. Previously it wasn't a subclass of :exc:`StandardError` but now it is, through :exc:`IOError`. -- cgit v0.12