[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.111, 1.112

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	whatsnew24.tex 
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--- whatsnew24.tex	18 Oct 2004 16:16:53 -0000	1.111
+++ whatsnew24.tex	9 Nov 2004 02:58:02 -0000	1.112
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 % 
 
 \title{What's New in Python 2.4}
-\release{0.5}
+\release{0.9}
 \author{A.M.\ Kuchling}
 \authoraddress{
 	\strong{Python Software Foundation}\\
@@ -21,29 +21,27 @@
 \maketitle
 \tableofcontents
[...1062 lines suppressed...]
+
+\item Integer operations will no longer trigger an \exception{OverflowWarning}.
+The \exception{OverflowWarning} warning will disappear in Python 2.5.
+
 \item The \function{zip()} built-in function and \function{itertools.izip()}
   now return  an empty list instead of raising a \exception{TypeError}
   exception if called with no arguments.
@@ -1548,6 +1704,12 @@
 \item The \module{tarfile} module now generates GNU-format tar files
 by default.
 
+\item Encountering a failure while importing a module no longer leaves
+a partially-initialized module object in \code{sys.modules}.  
+
+\item \constant{None} is now a constant; code that binds a new value to 
+the name \samp{None} is now a syntax error.
+
 \end{itemize}