[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew23.tex,1.155,1.156

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  % To do:
- % PYTHONINSPECT
- % doctest extensions
- % new version of IDLE
- % XML-RPC nil extension
  % MacOS framework-related changes (section of its own, probably)
  
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  (Contributed by Kevin O'Connor.)
  
+ \item The IDLE integrated development environment has been updated
+ using the code from the IDLEfork project
+ (\url{http://idlefork.sf.net}).  The most notable feature is that the
+ code being developed is now executed in a subprocess, meaning that
+ there's no longer any need for manual \code{reload()} operations.
+ IDLE's core code has been incorporated into the standard library as the
+ \module{idlelib} package.
+ 
  \item The \module{imaplib} module now supports IMAP over SSL.
  (Contributed by Piers Lauder and Tino Lange.)
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  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
  
- 
  \item The DOM implementation
  in \module{xml.dom.minidom} can now generate XML output in a
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  the \method{toxml()} and \method{toprettyxml()} methods of DOM nodes.
  
+ \item The \module{xmlrpclib} module now supports an XML-RPC extension
+ for handling nil data values such as Python's \code{None}.  Nil values
+ are always supported on unmarshalling an XML-RPC response.  To
+ generate requests containing \code{None}, you must supply a true value
+ for the \var{allow_none} parameter when creating a \class{Marshaller}
+ instance.
+ 
  \item The new \module{DocXMLRPCServer} module allows writing
  self-documenting XML-RPC servers. Run it in demo mode (as a program)
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  \begin{itemize}
+ 
+ \item If the \envvar{PYTHONINSPECT} environment variable is set, the
+ Python interpreter will enter the interactive prompt after running a
+ Python program, as if Python had been invoked with the \programopt{-i}
+ option. The environment variable can be set before running the Python
+ interpreter, or it can be set by the Python program as part of its
+ execution.
  
  \item The \file{regrtest.py} script now provides a way to allow ``all