
The recent posts, primarily from Keith and Steve (forwarded by me) suggest to me that it might be useful to keep a historical "What's New" section in the documentation, rather than just for the current version. For example, currently the table of contents in the python docs is: Main Page Global Module Index What's New 1 PEP 218: A Standard Set Datatype 2 PEP 255: Simple Generators . . . Would anyone see any advantage to having the "What's New" section like: What's New in... Python 2.3 1 PEP 218: A Standard Set Datatype Python 2.2 1 PEP 234: Iterators . . . I use different versions of Python for different projects (in particular, 2.1 and 2.3) and I think this would be a useful quick reference. Tim Delaney

Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) wrote:
Would anyone see any advantage to having the "What's New" section like:
What's New in... Python 2.3 1 PEP 218: A Standard Set Datatype Python 2.2 1 PEP 234: Iterators . . .
I do. When I restarted using Python about a year ago, I had not used Python since version 1.6. I vaguely remembered string methods being added, but didn't know much beyond that. Rather than re-reading the tutorial, the library and the language reference, I read the 'whatsnew' documentation files for 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, and the just-released alpha-1 of 2.3. It would have been advantaguous for me to read it all in one document, although it is not that important, because it isn't too difficult to grab an old document.
I use different versions of Python for different projects (in particular, 2.1 and 2.3) and I think this would be a useful quick reference.
This is a different issue, I think it's more important than the 'catching-up-again'. I support the idea. yours, Gerrit Holl. -- 37. If any one buy the field, garden, and house of a chieftain, man, or one subject to quit-rent, his contract tablet of sale shall be broken (declared invalid) and he loses his money. The field, garden, and house return to their owners. -- 1780 BC, Hammurabi, Code of Law -- Asperger's Syndrome - a personal approach: http://people.nl.linux.org/~gerrit/english/

[Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) wrote]
What's New in... Python 2.3 1 PEP 218: A Standard Set Datatype Python 2.2 1 PEP 234: Iterators
(Behind the times here I know but:) ActivePython's chm does this. The TOC has: What's New Release Notes What's New in Python 2.3? What's New in Python 2.2? What's New in Python 2.1? The NEWS file Trent -- Trent Mick TrentM@ActiveState.com
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