[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.247,1.248

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv13939/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Note about enhancements to unicode().



Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	2001/09/20 05:30:24	1.247
--- NEWS	2001/09/20 12:59:37	1.248
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*** 4,7 ****
--- 4,13 ----
  Core
  
+ - PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject() now works very much like
+   PyObject_Str(obj) in that it tries to use __str__/tp_str
+   on the object if the object is not a string or buffer. This
+   makes unicode() behave like str() when applied to non-string/buffer
+   objects.
+ 
  - PyFile_WriteObject now passes Unicode object to the file's write
    method. As a result, all file-like object which may be the target