We've issued a release candidate of Python 2.1.2: http://www.python.org/2.1.2/ Our thanks go out to Anthony Baxter, who almost singlehandedly produced this release. We're planning a final release of 2.1.2 early next week, probably Tuesday night (Wednesday morning for Anthony :-). Please report any bugs you find to the bug tracker: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 This being a bugfix release, there are no exciting new features -- we just fixed a lot of bugs; a few are outlined below. For a complete list, please see: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=69287 - The socket object gained a new method, 'sendall()'. This method is guaranteed to send all data - this is not guaranteed by the 'send()' method. See also SF patch #474307. The standard library has been updated to use this method where appropriate. - Fix for incorrectly swapped arguments to PyFrame_BlockSetup in ceval.c. This bug could cause python to crash. It was related to using a 'continue' inside a 'try' block. - The Python compiler package was updated to correctly calculate stack depth in some cases. This was affecting Zope Python Scripts rather badly. - Largefile support was added (but not on by default, you'll need to follow the instructions in the documentation of the posix module). --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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