[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.468,1.469

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Add notes about universal newlines.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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    correctly and without raising exceptions for unpaired ones.
  
+ - Universal newlines (PEP 278) is implemented.  Briefly, using 'U'
+   instead of 'r' when opening a text file for reading changes the line
+   ending convention so that any of '\r', '\r\n', and '\n' is
+   recognized (even mixed in one file); all three are converted to
+   '\n', the standard Python line end character.
+ 
  - file.xreadlines() now raises a ValueError if the file is closed:
    Previously, an xreadlines object was returned which would raise
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    size of the executable.
  
! - XXX WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES Somebody fill this in; the PEP doesn't
!   say how or when to configure it, or how to turn it off.
  
  - On Unix, a shared libpython2.3.so can be created with --enable-shared.
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    size of the executable.
  
! - The universal newlines option (PEP 278) is on by default.  On Unix
!   it can be disabled by passing --without-universal-newlines to the
!   configure script.  On other platforms, remove
!   WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES from pyconfig.h.
  
  - On Unix, a shared libpython2.3.so can be created with --enable-shared.