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| author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-02-01 13:59:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-02-01 13:59:22 +0000 |
| commit | c008a176afdef8cb7afc0e48a8fb306f986964e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 9cfaabad2089cf789a0ea4f0a17420cd28bc16a3 /Misc | |
| parent | f02e0aaafd2476948047f0ce904af947f02d18ea (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-c008a176afdef8cb7afc0e48a8fb306f986964e8.tar.gz | |
Issue #1717, continued: remove PyObject_Compare and Py_CmpToRich declarations
from object.h; don't inherit tp_compare slot on subclasses; and raise TypeError
when initializing a type that has a nonzero tp_compare slot. Fix up
comparison-related comments in object.c and code.h.
Diffstat (limited to 'Misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0 Core and Builtins ----------------- -- Issue #1717: Remove builtin cmp() function, C-API functions - PyObject_Cmp and PyObject_Compare, and the support function - Py_CmpToRich. +- Issue #1717: Removed builtin cmp() function, dropped tp_compare + slot, the C API functions PyObject_Compare and PyUnicode_Compare and + the type definition cmpfunc. The tp_compare slot is reserved for + future usage. An attempt to initialize a type with a nonzero + tp_compare slot will raise TypeError. - Issue #4707: round(x, n) now returns an integer if x is an integer. Previously it returned a float. |