[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1203,1.1204

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv22629/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Added optional None arguments to itertools.islice().



Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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diff -u -d -r1.1203 -r1.1204
--- NEWS	5 Dec 2004 05:20:42 -0000	1.1203
+++ NEWS	5 Dec 2004 09:25:49 -0000	1.1204
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- itertools.islice() now accepts None for the start and step arguments.
+  This allows islice() to work more readily with slices:
+      islice(s.start, s.stop, s.step)
+
 
 Library
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