From 9aa37ab5d276a308f79fcc5e3f80cf384e104d00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:54:08 +0000 Subject: Add note about PEP 357. --- Misc/NEWS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index a56d6ef..6657f3a 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1? Core and builtins ----------------- +- PEP 357, patch 1436368: add an __index__ method to int/long and a matching + nb_index slot to the PyNumberMethods struct. The slot is consulted instead + of requiring an int or long in slicing and a few other contexts, enabling + other objects (e.g. Numeric Python's integers) to be used as slice indices. + - Fixed various bugs reported by Coverity's Prevent tool. - PEP 352, patch #1104669: Make exceptions new-style objects. Introduced the -- cgit v0.12