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| author | Anthony Baxter <anthonybaxter@gmail.com> | 2004-07-09 07:30:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Anthony Baxter <anthonybaxter@gmail.com> | 2004-07-09 07:30:10 +0000 |
| commit | 563e44972922b98db06f06b81b049d1941fd43d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 2423e009075174135b7a2d4e950978e9bc3be22b | |
| parent | 7732ccb07cb4ed02790a3f2211e1aa12abac3f42 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-563e44972922b98db06f06b81b049d1941fd43d9.tar.gz | |
post-release fun
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 54 |
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@@ -4,6 +4,51 @@ Python News (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.) +What's New in Python 2.4 alpha 2? +================================= + +*Release date: XX-XXX-2004* + +Core and builtins +----------------- + +- Allow string and unicode return types from .encode()/.decode() + methods on string and unicode objects. Added unicode.decode() + which was missing for no apparent reason. + +- An attempt to fix the mess that is Python's behaviour with + signal handlers and threads, complicated by readline's behaviour. + It's quite possible that there are still bugs here. + +Extension modules +----------------- + +Library +------- + +Tools/Demos +----------- + +Build +----- + +C API +----- + +New platforms +------------- + +Tests +----- + +Windows +------- + +Mac +--- + + + What's New in Python 2.4 alpha 1? ================================= @@ -635,12 +680,6 @@ C API the more complex machinery of Py_BuildValue(). PyTuple_Pack(3, a, b, c) is equivalent to Py_BuildValue("(OOO)", a, b, c). -New platforms -------------- - -Tests ------ - Windows ------- @@ -653,9 +692,6 @@ Windows (modes r+, rb+, w+, wb+), and the most recent file operation before the truncate() call was an input operation. SF bug 801631. -Mac ----- - What's New in Python 2.3 final? =============================== |