From ebb195b2703b25e0e2d12dcdc56c8c965caf02f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9=20Lemburg?= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:34:52 +0000 Subject: Updating NEWS to match the current state of affairs. --- Misc/NEWS | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 5538611..67de2d5 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 1? Core language, builtins, and interpreter -- There is a new Unicode companion to the builtin str() function - called unistr(). Like str(), it calls either the tp_str slot of - objects or the "__str__" method and converts the returned value - to an Unicode object (in case this is necessary). - - The unistr() is complemented by a new PyObject_Unicode() C API - which behaves in the same way. +- There is a new Unicode companion to the PyObject_Str() API + called PyObject_Unicode(). It behaves in the same way as the + former, but assures that the returned value is an Unicode object + (applying the usual coercion if necessary). - The comparison operators support "rich comparison overloading" (PEP 207). C extension types can provide a rich comparison function in -- cgit v0.12