[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.334.2.2,1.334.2.3

[Tim Peters]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
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	NEWS 
Log Message:
NDEBUG news.


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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	2001/12/14 17:48:58	1.334.2.2
--- NEWS	2001/12/14 17:55:51	1.334.2.3
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  Build
  
+ - Note that release builds of Python should arrange to define the
+   preprocessor symbol NDEBUG on the command line (or equivalent).
+   In the 2.2 pre-release series we tried to define this by magic in
+   Python.h instead, but it proved to caused problems for extension
+   authors.  The Unix, Windows and Mac builds now all define NDEBUG in
+   release builds via cmdline (or equivalent) instead.  Ports to
+   other platforms should do likewise.
+ 
  - It is no longer necessary to use --with-suffix when building on a
    case-insensitive file system (such as Mac OS X HFS+). In the build
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  - In unix-Python on Mac OS X (and darwin) sys.platform is now "darwin",
    without any trailing digits.
+ 
  
  What's New in Python 2.2b2?