[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.843,1.844

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv12812/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Improvements to set.py:

* Relaxed the argument restrictions for non-operator methods.  They now
  allow any iterable instead of requiring a set.  This makes the module
  a little easier to use and paves the way for an efficient C 
  implementation which can take better advantage of iterable arguments
  while screening out immutables.

* Deprecated Set.update() because it now duplicates Set.union_update()

* Adapted the tests and docs to include the above changes.

* Added more test coverage including testing identities and checking
  to make sure non-restartable generators work as arguments.

Will backport to Py2.3.1 so that the interface remains consistent 
across versions.  The deprecation of update() will be changed to 
a FutureWarning.



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! - sets.py now runs under Py2.2
  
  - random.seed() with no arguments or None uses time.time() as a default
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! - sets.py now runs under Py2.2.  In addition, the argument restrictions
!   for most set methods (but not the operators) have been relaxed to
!   allow any iterable.  Also the Set.update() has been deprecated because
!   it duplicates Set.union_update().
  
  - random.seed() with no arguments or None uses time.time() as a default