[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.287,1.288

Guido van Rossum gvanrossum@users.sourceforge.net
Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:05:37 -0700


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv10004

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Note the Unicode changes from SF patch #470578.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.287
retrieving revision 1.288
diff -C2 -d -r1.287 -r1.288
*** NEWS	2001/10/19 01:31:59	1.287
--- NEWS	2001/10/19 02:05:35	1.288
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*** 1,4 ****
  What's New in Python 2.2b1?
! Release date: 28-Sep-2100
  ===========================
  
--- 1,4 ----
  What's New in Python 2.2b1?
! Release date: 19-Oct-2001
  ===========================
  
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*** 41,44 ****
--- 41,49 ----
    proxy reference has been fixed.
  
+ - unicode(obj) now behaves more like str(obj), accepting arbitrary
+   objects, and calling a __unicode__ method if it exists.
+   unicode(obj, encoding) and unicode(obj, encoding, errors) still
+   require an 8-bit string argument.
+ 
  Extension modules
  
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*** 131,134 ****
--- 136,142 ----
    tested on Linux and Windows; other platforms please beware (and
    report any bugs or strange behavior).
+ 
+ - PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject() no longer accepts Unicode objects as
+   input.
  
  New platforms