From 86443216b71d3a2ae25561ab1288e8a03db594d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 22:28:54 +0000 Subject: News about the socket type and the HP-UX port. --- Misc/NEWS | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 21ff1b9..2a29558 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes (formerly these were silently ignored). The only built-in methods that take keyword arguments are __call__, __init__ and __new__. +- The socket function has been converted to a type; see below. + Core and builtins - Clarified the error messages for unsupported operands to an operator @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ Extension modules - The socket module defines a new method for socket objects, sendall(). This is like send() but may make multiple calls to - send() until all data has been sent. + send() until all data has been sent. Also, the socket function has + been converted to a subclassable type, like list and tuple (etc.) + before it; socket and SocketType are now the same thing. - Various bugfixes to the curses module. There is now a test suite for the curses module (you have to run it manually). @@ -54,6 +58,9 @@ C API New platforms +- We've finally confirmed that this release builds on HP-UX 11.00, + *with* threads, and passes the test suite. + - Updated RISCOS port by Dietmar Schwertberger. Tests -- cgit v0.12