[Python-3000] Python 3.0 - what's new

[Guido van Rossum]

Good catches.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
> http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html
>
>> os.getcwdu() returns the current working directory as a bytes instance
>
>   getcwdb(), I suppose?
>
>> New binary literals, e.g. 0b1010 (already in 2.6).
>> Bytes literals are introduced with a leading b or B, and there is a new
>> corresponding builtin function, bin().
>
>   I think, the last sentence should say "builtin function, bytes()", and
> bin() should be mentioned in the previous entry about binary literals.
>
>   It seems there are a few conversion errors like this:
>> The only acceptable syntax for relative imports is from .``[*module*] :keyword:`import` *name*; :keyword:`import`
>   Seems like bacticks are not handled properly.

Odd. I guess ``.`` is only recognized when surrounded by whitespace.
Seems like Andrew fixed this by writing the two forms separately, but
now 'module' is not italicized. I'd rather have a space between ``.``
and [*module*]. I'll fix this in the py3k branch.

>   Can I also ask to move Table of Content to the beginning for text-mode
> browsers (lynx/links/elinks)?
>
> Oleg.
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