[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.81,1.82

[Tim Peters]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory slayer.i.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv4750/python/dist/src/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Fox for SF bug #123859: %[duxXo] long formats inconsistent.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	2000/10/16 20:51:33	1.81
--- NEWS	2000/11/30 05:22:43	1.82
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+ What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 1?
+ =================================
+ 
+ Core language, builtins, and interpreter
+ 
+ - %[duxXo] formats of negative Python longs now produce a sign
+   character.  In 1.6 and earlier, they never produced a sign,
+   and raised an error if the value of the long was too large
+   to fit in a Python int.  In 2.0, they produced a sign if and
+   only if too large to fit in an int.  This was inconsistent
+   across platforms (because the size of an int varies across
+   platforms), and inconsistent with hex() and oct().  Example:
+ 
+   >>> "%x" % -0x42L
+   '-42'  # in 2.1
+   'ffffffbe' # in 2.0 and before, on 32-bit machines
+   >>> hex(-0x42L)
+   '-0x42L'   # in all versions of Python
+ 
+ 
  What's New in Python 2.0?
  =========================
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    Modules/main.c.  This warning will be fixed for Python 2.1.
  
! - Fixed configure to add -threads argument during linking on OSF1. 
  
  Tools and other miscellany
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    Modules/main.c.  This warning will be fixed for Python 2.1.
  
! - Fixed configure to add -threads argument during linking on OSF1.
  
  Tools and other miscellany
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    also be backwards compatible with Python 1.5.2; the compiler will
    always generate code for the version of the interpreter it runs
!   under. 
  
  What's new in 2.0 release candidate 1 (since beta 2)?
--- 109,113 ----
    also be backwards compatible with Python 1.5.2; the compiler will
    always generate code for the version of the interpreter it runs
!   under.
  
  What's new in 2.0 release candidate 1 (since beta 2)?
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    performed on a closed object, an exception is raised.  The truncate
    method now accepts a position argument and readline accepts a size
!   argument. 
  
  - There were many changes made to the linuxaudiodev module and its
    test suite; as a result, a short, unexpected audio sample should now
!   play when the regression test is run.  
  
    Note that this module is named poorly, because it should work
    correctly on any platform that supports the Open Sound System
!   (OSS). 
  
    The module now raises exceptions when errors occur instead of
--- 164,176 ----
    performed on a closed object, an exception is raised.  The truncate
    method now accepts a position argument and readline accepts a size
!   argument.
  
  - There were many changes made to the linuxaudiodev module and its
    test suite; as a result, a short, unexpected audio sample should now
!   play when the regression test is run.
  
    Note that this module is named poorly, because it should work
    correctly on any platform that supports the Open Sound System
!   (OSS).
  
    The module now raises exceptions when errors occur instead of
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  - configure now accepts a --with-suffix option that specifies the
    executable suffix.  This is useful for builds on Cygwin and Mac OS
!   X, for example. 
  
  - The mmap.PAGESIZE constant is now initialized using sysconf when
--- 221,225 ----
  - configure now accepts a --with-suffix option that specifies the
    executable suffix.  This is useful for builds on Cygwin and Mac OS
!   X, for example.
  
  - The mmap.PAGESIZE constant is now initialized using sysconf when
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  - Darwin (Mac OS X):  Initial support for static builds on this
!   platform. 
  
  - BeOS: A number of changes were made to the build and installation
--- 232,236 ----
  
  - Darwin (Mac OS X):  Initial support for static builds on this
!   platform.
  
  - BeOS: A number of changes were made to the build and installation
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  - Better error message when continue is found in try statement in a
!   loop. 
  
  
--- 275,279 ----
  
  - Better error message when continue is found in try statement in a
!   loop.
  
  
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    is followed by whitespace.
  
! - StringIO: Size hint in readlines() is now supported as documented. 
  
  - struct: Check ranges for bytes and shorts.
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    is followed by whitespace.
  
! - StringIO: Size hint in readlines() is now supported as documented.
  
  - struct: Check ranges for bytes and shorts.
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    PyArg_Parse() special cases "s#" for Unicode objects; it returns a
    pointer to the default encoded string data instead of to the raw
!   UTF-16. 
  
  - Py_BuildValue accepts B format (for bgen-generated code).
--- 440,444 ----
    PyArg_Parse() special cases "s#" for Unicode objects; it returns a
    pointer to the default encoded string data instead of to the raw
!   UTF-16.
  
  - Py_BuildValue accepts B format (for bgen-generated code).
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  - On Unix, create .pyc/.pyo files with O_EXCL flag to avoid a race
!   condition. 
  
  
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  - On Unix, create .pyc/.pyo files with O_EXCL flag to avoid a race
!   condition.
  
  
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  - freeze: The modulefinder now works with 2.0 opcodes.
  
! - IDLE: 
    Move hackery of sys.argv until after the Tk instance has been
    created, which allows the application-specific Tkinter
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  - freeze: The modulefinder now works with 2.0 opcodes.
  
! - IDLE:
    Move hackery of sys.argv until after the Tk instance has been
    created, which allows the application-specific Tkinter