Author: antoine.pitrou Date: Sun Aug 1 00:48:02 2010 New Revision: 83375 Log: Reorder entries by module lexicographic order Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst ============================================================================== --- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst (original) +++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst Sun Aug 1 00:48:02 2010 @@ -66,9 +66,41 @@ New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules ===================================== +* The previously deprecated :func:`contextlib.nested` function has been + removed in favor of a plain :keyword:`with` statement which can + accept multiple context managers. The latter technique is faster + (because it is built-in), and it does a better job finalizing multiple + context managers when one of them raises an exception. + + (Contributed by Georg Brandl and Mattias Brändström; + `appspot issue 53094 <http://codereview.appspot.com/53094>`_.) + * The :class:`ftplib.FTP` class now supports the context manager protocol (Contributed by Tarek Ziadé and Giampaolo Rodolà; :issue:`4972`.) +* The :func:`shutil.copytree` function has two new options: + + * *ignore_dangling_symlinks*: when ``symlinks=False`` (meaning that the + function copies the file pointed to by the symlink, not the symlink + itself) this option will silence the error thrown if the file doesn't + exist. + + * *copy_function*: a callable that will be used to copy files. + :func:`shutil.copy2` is used by default. + + (Contributed by Tarek Ziadé.) + +* The *sqlite3* module has some new features: + + * XXX *enable_load_extension* + + * XXX *load_extension* + + * New :class:`~sqlite3.Connection` attribute + :attr:`~sqlite3.Connection.in_transaction` is :const:`True` when there + are uncommitted changes, and :const:`False` otherwise. (Contributed + by R. David Murray and Shashwat Anand, :issue:`8845`.) + * The :mod:`ssl` module has a new class, :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` which serves as a container for various persistent SSL data, such as protocol settings, certificates, private keys, and various other options. @@ -110,38 +142,6 @@ (Contributed by Georg Brandl; :issue:`5675`.) -* The previously deprecated :func:`contextlib.nested` function has been - removed in favor of a plain :keyword:`with` statement which can - accept multiple context managers. The latter technique is faster - (because it is built-in), and it does a better job finalizing multiple - context managers when one of them raises an exception. - - (Contributed by Georg Brandl and Mattias Brändström; - `appspot issue 53094 <http://codereview.appspot.com/53094>`_.) - -* The :func:`shutil.copytree` function has two new options: - - * *ignore_dangling_symlinks*: when ``symlinks=False`` (meaning that the - function copies the file pointed to by the symlink, not the symlink - itself) this option will silence the error thrown if the file doesn't - exist. - - * *copy_function*: a callable that will be used to copy files. - :func:`shutil.copy2` is used by default. - - (Contributed by Tarek Ziade.) - -* The *sqlite3* module has some new features: - - * XXX *enable_load_extension* - - * XXX *load_extension* - - * New :class:`~sqlite3.Connection` attribute - :attr:`~sqlite3.Connection.in_transaction` is :const:`True` when there - are uncommitted changes, and :const:`False` otherwise. (Contributed - by R. David Murray and Shashwat Anand, :issue:`8845`.) - Multi-threading ===============