[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.202,1.203

[Barry Warsaw]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv706

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Document the new semantics for setting and deleting a function's
__dict__ attribute.  Deleting it, or setting it to a non-dictionary
result in a TypeError.  Note that getting it the first time magically
initializes it to an empty dict so that func.__dict__ will always
appear to be a dictionary (never None).

Closes SF bug #446645.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	2001/08/12 22:25:01	1.202
--- NEWS	2001/08/14 18:35:02	1.203
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*** 16,19 ****
--- 16,25 ----
    write filters for these warnings).
  
+ - A function's __dict__ (aka func_dict) will now always be a
+   dictionary.  It used to be possible to delete it or set it to None,
+   but now both actions raise TypeErrors.  It is still legal to set it
+   to a dictionary object.  Getting func.__dict__ before any attributes
+   have been assigned now returns an empty dictionary instead of None.
+ 
  Library