[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.189,1.189.2.1

[Guido van Rossum]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv7328

Modified Files:
      Tag: descr-branch
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Add a minimal news item for the descr-branch code additions, with a
forward reference to documentation on the web.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.189
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diff -C2 -r1.189 -r1.189.2.1
*** NEWS	2001/07/12 11:54:37	1.189
--- NEWS	2001/07/17 19:37:11	1.189.2.1
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*** 4,7 ****
--- 4,18 ----
  Core
  
+ - TENTATIVELY, a large amount of code implementing much of what's
+   described in PEP 252 (Making Types Look More Like Classes) and PEP
+   253 (Subtyping Built-in Types) was added.  This will be released
+   with Python 2.2a1.  Documentation will be provided separately
+   through http://www.python.org/2.2/.  The purpose of releasing this
+   with Python 2.2a1 is to test backwards compatibility.  It is
+   possible, though not likely, that a decision is made not to release
+   this code as part of 2.2 final, if any serious backwards
+   incompapatibilities are found during alpha testing that cannot be
+   repaired.
+ 
  - The UTF-16 codec was modified to be more RFC compliant. It will now
    only remove BOM characters at the start of the string and then