[pypy-svn] r75546 - pypy/trunk/pypy/doc

benjamin at codespeak.net benjamin at codespeak.net
Thu Jun 24 02:13:17 CEST 2010


Author: benjamin
Date: Thu Jun 24 02:13:16 2010
New Revision: 75546

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   pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.3.0.txt
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Modified: pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.3.0.txt
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--- pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.3.0.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.3.0.txt	Thu Jun 24 02:13:16 2010
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 Hello.
 
 We're please to announce release of PyPy 1.3. This release has two major
-points. First of all, we stabilized the JIT compiler since 1.2 release,
+improvements. First of all, we stabilized the JIT compiler since 1.2 release,
 answered user issues, fixed bugs, and generally improved speed.
 
-The other point is that we're pleased to announce alpha support for loading
-CPython extension modules written in C. While the main point of the release
-is increased stability, this part is in alpha stage and it is not yet suited
-for production environments.
+We're also pleased to announce alpha support for loading CPython extension
+modules written in C. While the main purpose of this release is increased
+stability, this feature is in alpha stage and it is not yet suited for
+production environments.
 
 Highlight of this release
 =========================
 
-* We introduce support for CPython extension modules written in C. As of now,
-  this support is in alpha and it's very unlikely untried modules will work
-  out of the box, due to missing functions or refcounting details. The support
-  is disable by default, so you have to do::
+* We introduced support for CPython extension modules written in C. As of now,
+  this support is in alpha, and it's very unlikely unaltered C extensions will
+  work out of the box, due to missing functions or refcounting details. The
+  support is disable by default, so you have to do::
 
    import cpyext
 
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
   Details may vary, depending on your build system. Make sure you include
   the above line at the beginning of setup.py or put it in your PYTHONSTARTUP.
 
-  This is alpha feature, it'll likely segfault, you have been warned.
+  This is alpha feature. It'll likely segfault. You have been warned!
 
-* JIT bugfixes. A lot of bugs reported for JIT and not only has been fixed
-  and it's stability greatly improved since 1.2 release.
+* JIT bugfixes. A lot of bugs reported for the JIT have been fixed, and its
+  stability greatly improved since 1.2 release.
 
-* Various JIT improvements. Various small improvements have been added to the
-  JIT code, together with great speedup of compiling time.
+* Various small improvements have been added to the JIT code, as well as a great
+  speedup of compiling time.



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