[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.405,1.406

rhettinger@sourceforge.net rhettinger@sourceforge.net
Sat, 11 May 2002 23:07:24 -0700


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv10707

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Noted change in ftplib 1.68 closing SF patch 553277.


Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.405
retrieving revision 1.406
diff -C2 -d -r1.405 -r1.406
*** NEWS	8 May 2002 14:14:41 -0000	1.405
--- NEWS	12 May 2002 06:07:21 -0000	1.406
***************
*** 103,106 ****
--- 103,113 ----
  Library
  
+ - ftplib.retrlines() now tests for callback is None rather than testing
+   for False.  Was causing an error when given a callback object which
+   was callable but also returned len() as zero.  The change may
+   create new breakage if the caller relied on the undocumented behavior
+   and called with callback set to [] or some other False value not
+   identical to None.
+ 
  - random.gauss() uses a piece of hidden state used by nothing else,
    and the .seed() and .whseed() methods failed to reset it.  In other