[pypy-svn] r12509 - pypy/dist/pypy/documentation

pedronis at codespeak.net pedronis at codespeak.net
Thu May 19 13:23:57 CEST 2005


Author: pedronis
Date: Thu May 19 13:23:56 2005
New Revision: 12509

Modified:
   pypy/dist/pypy/documentation/release-0.6.txt
Log:
issues16 in-progress

 changes make sense.

changed the wording again a bit about old-style classes, custom metaclass seemed to imply even more magic
that there is. Old style classes have of course their metaclass and we simply implemented it as user-code
(that it is geninterped is an impl detail).

Olny question: why call the last section "Disclaimer"???



Modified: pypy/dist/pypy/documentation/release-0.6.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/dist/pypy/documentation/release-0.6.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/dist/pypy/documentation/release-0.6.txt	Thu May 19 13:23:56 2005
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@
 The release is also a snap-shot of our ongoing efforts towards 
 low-level translation and experimenting with unique features. 
 
-* By default, PyPy is a Python version that works completely 
-  with new-style-classes semantics.  However, there is some support 
-  for old-style classes through a custom metaclass. 
+* By default, PyPy is a Python version that works completely with
+  new-style-classes semantics.  However, support for old-style classes
+  is still available, Implementations, mostly as user-level code, of
+  their metaclass and instance object are included and can be re-made
+  the default with an option.
 
 * In PyPy, bytecode interpretation and object manipulations 
   are well separated between a bytecode interpreter and an 



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