[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.102,1.103
M.-A. Lemburg
lemburg@users.sourceforge.net
Sat, 20 Jan 2001 02:34:55 -0800
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv12912/Misc
Modified Files:
NEWS
Log Message:
Updating NEWS to match the current state of affairs.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.102
retrieving revision 1.103
diff -C2 -r1.102 -r1.103
*** NEWS 2001/01/19 23:16:56 1.102
--- NEWS 2001/01/20 10:34:52 1.103
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*** 4,14 ****
Core language, builtins, and interpreter
! - There is a new Unicode companion to the builtin str() function
! called unistr(). Like str(), it calls either the tp_str slot of
! objects or the "__str__" method and converts the returned value
! to an Unicode object (in case this is necessary).
!
! The unistr() is complemented by a new PyObject_Unicode() C API
! which behaves in the same way.
- The comparison operators support "rich comparison overloading" (PEP
--- 4,11 ----
Core language, builtins, and interpreter
! - There is a new Unicode companion to the PyObject_Str() API
! called PyObject_Unicode(). It behaves in the same way as the
! former, but assures that the returned value is an Unicode object
! (applying the usual coercion if necessary).
- The comparison operators support "rich comparison overloading" (PEP