[IronPython] IronPython 0.7.3 Released

[Martin Maly]

Hello IronPython community,

Today we have released IronPython 0.7.3.

The main changes over the 0.7.2 release are:
* Operator overloading. Following code now works in IronPython:
	...
	x = Mapack.Matrix.Random(2,3)
	y = Mapack.Matrix.Random(3,5)
	x * y
* Empty constructors for value types:
	x = Point()
	x += Size(1,1)
* Numerous bug fixes

Our thanks go to the members of the community who reported bugs
and provided valuable feedback (*):

Nicholas Jacobson
Anthony Tarlano
John A. Tenney
Keith J. Farmer
Richard Monson-Haefel

List of bugs fixed for the 0.7.3 release:
* __import__ not implemented and not hooked up into import statement
* Cannot import random.py
* Cannot import string.py
* Can't split string with multiple separators
* 2.5 rounds down to 2, etc
* string's count method throws an exception
* The built-in string method split doesn't take a second parameter.
* The builtin string method 'startswith' refuses to take 2 or 3
parameters.
* dictionary method 'get' broken with only 1 arg
* The dictionary method 'setdefault' refuses to take only one argument.
* The list method 'pop' refuses to take one argument.
* Can't read file via enumerator
* Octal numbers can contain 8s and 9s
* import accepts any string
* in-place add not implemented for lists
* File I/O can't be set to unbuffered (bufsize=0)
* Bit shift overflow does not convert to long
* Can't take the bitwise not of a long.
* dir doesn't work on an instantiated class
* del doesn't work on an instantiated class
* Point, Size missing empty constructors
* Point, Size missing overloads for +, -, +=, -=
* "*" operator overloading for Matrix does not kick in
* in-place assignments not supported by Complex
* Generators in nested functions throw code-gen time error.
* List.reverse() corrupts data
* Generate indexing by the tuple safely
* compile doesn't handle the 3rd argument correctly
* Method call to super class virtual method causes infinite recursion

Thank you and keep in touch
The IronPython Team

http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ironpython
http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cf952fdb-2344-4
b1e-b169-3f5dfbca2984&displaylang=en


(*) I misplaced the original email in which the "List.reverse() corrupts
data"
    bug was reported so I apologize if the list of people who helped to
make
    this release happen is incomplete. Feel free to send me an email and
remind me.