[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.443,1.444

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Add news about strptime and socket.setdefaulttimeout().


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*** NEWS	22 Jul 2002 13:21:10 -0000	1.443
--- NEWS	23 Jul 2002 03:32:08 -0000	1.444
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  Extension modules
  
+ - The strptime function in the time module is now always available (a
+   Python implementation is used when the C library doesn't define it).
+ 
  - The 'new' module is no longer an extension, but a Python module that
    only exists for backwards compatibility.  Its contents are no longer
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    a float expressing seconds, subsequent operations raise an exception
    if they cannot be completed within T seconds.  To disable timeout
!   mode, use s.settimeout(None).
  
  - getopt.gnu_getopt was added.  This supports GNU-style option
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    a float expressing seconds, subsequent operations raise an exception
    if they cannot be completed within T seconds.  To disable timeout
!   mode, use s.settimeout(None).  There's also a module function,
!   socket.setdefaulttimeout(T), which sets the default for all sockets
!   created henceforth.
  
  - getopt.gnu_getopt was added.  This supports GNU-style option