[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
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv20916

Modified Files:
	whatsnew23.tex 
Log Message:
Bring back the patch/bug count paragraph.
Correct source of *strip() changes
Small rewrites.


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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex,v
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--- whatsnew23.tex	4 Nov 2002 20:17:24 -0000	1.62
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*** 15,20 ****
  % MacOS framework-related changes (section of its own, probably)
  %
- % New sorting code
- %
  % xreadlines obsolete; files are their own iterator
  
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*** 701,705 ****
  (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 
--- 699,703 ----
  (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.
--- 1344,1348 ----
  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.