[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew23.tex,1.61,1.62
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Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:17:26 -0800
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew
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Modified Files:
whatsnew23.tex
Log Message:
Bring back the patch/bug count paragraph.
Correct source of *strip() changes
Small rewrites.
Index: whatsnew23.tex
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% MacOS framework-related changes (section of its own, probably)
%
- % New sorting code
- %
% xreadlines obsolete; files are their own iterator
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(Patch contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
! \item The \keyword{assert} statement no longer checks the \code{__debug__}
flag, so you can no longer disable assertions by assigning to \code{__debug__}.
Running Python with the \programopt{-O} switch will still generate
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(Patch contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
! \item The \keyword{assert} statement no longer checks the \code{__debug__}
flag, so you can no longer disable assertions by assigning to \code{__debug__}.
Running Python with the \programopt{-O} switch will still generate
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\end{verbatim}
! (Contributed by Simon Brunning.)
\item The \method{startswith()} and \method{endswith()}
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\end{verbatim}
! (Suggested by Simon Brunning, and implemented by Walter D\"orwald.)
\item The \method{startswith()} and \method{endswith()}
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\section{Other Changes and Fixes}
! Finally, there are various miscellaneous fixes:
\begin{itemize}
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\section{Other Changes and Fixes}
! As usual, there were a bunch of other improvements and bugfixes
! scattered throughout the source tree. A search through the CVS change
! logs finds there were 289 patches applied and 323 bugs fixed between
! Python 2.2 and 2.3. Both figures are likely to be underestimates.
!
! Some of the more notable changes are:
\begin{itemize}
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entirely.
! Python code will be hard pushed to notice a difference from this
! change, apart from a slight speed up when python is run without
\programopt{-O}.
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entirely.
! It would be difficult to detect any resulting difference from Python
! code, apart from a slight speed up when Python is run without
\programopt{-O}.
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The author would like to thank the following people for offering
suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
! article: Michael Chermside, Scott David Daniels, Fred~L. Drake, Jr.,
Michael Hudson, Detlef Lannert, Martin von L\"owis, Andrew MacIntyre,
Lalo Martins, Gustavo Niemeyer, Neal Norwitz, Jason Tishler.
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The author would like to thank the following people for offering
suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
! article: Simon Brunning, Michael Chermside, Scott David Daniels, Fred~L. Drake, Jr.,
Michael Hudson, Detlef Lannert, Martin von L\"owis, Andrew MacIntyre,
Lalo Martins, Gustavo Niemeyer, Neal Norwitz, Jason Tishler.