Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv14628 Modified Files: whatsnew25.tex Log Message: Note various changes that need to be described Index: whatsnew25.tex =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -d -r1.4 -r1.5 --- whatsnew25.tex 3 Dec 2004 15:16:40 -0000 1.4 +++ whatsnew25.tex 1 Mar 2005 00:53:46 -0000 1.5 @@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ %====================================================================== +\section{PEP 309: Partial Function Application} -% Large, PEP-level features and changes should be described here. +XXX describe this PEP. %====================================================================== @@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ print max(L) \end{verbatim} +% XXX also supported by heapq.nsmallest() and heapq.nlargest(). + (Contributed by Steven Bethard and Raymond Hettinger.) \end{itemize} @@ -84,7 +87,23 @@ \begin{itemize} -\item Descriptions go here. +% the cPickle module no longer accepts the deprecated None option in the +% args tuple returned by __reduce__(). + +% csv module improvements + +% datetime.datetime() now has a strptime class method which can be used to +% create datetime object using a string and format. + +% itertools.islice() now accepts None for the start and step arguments. + +\item New module: \module{spwd} provides functions for accessing the +shadow password database on systems that support it. +% XXX give example + +% XXX os.stat_float_times is now True + +% os.{SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, SEEK_END} have been added for convenience. \end{itemize} @@ -137,7 +156,11 @@ \begin{itemize} -\item Everything is all in the details! +\item Some old deprecated modules (\module{statcache}, \module{tzparse}, + \module{whrandom}) have been moved to \file{Lib/lib-old}. +% XXX note how to get them back + +% the pickle module no longer uses the deprecated bin parameter. \end{itemize}