[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1221,1.1222

[andrewmcnamara at users.sourceforge.net]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv9797/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
When quoting=QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, the reader now casts unquoted fields
to floats.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1221
retrieving revision 1.1222
diff -u -d -r1.1221 -r1.1222
--- NEWS	12 Jan 2005 07:44:42 -0000	1.1221
+++ NEWS	12 Jan 2005 09:45:18 -0000	1.1222
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@
   + quotechar=None and quoting=QUOTE_NONE now work the way PEP 305
     dictates.
   + the parser now removes the escapechar prefix from escaped characters.
-  + QUOTE_NONNUMERIC now tests for numeric objects, rather than attempting
-    to cast to float.
+  + when quoting=QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, the writer now tests for numeric
+    objects, rather than attempting to cast to float, and using the
+    success of that as the determinator.
+  + when quoting=QUOTE_NONNUMERIC, the reader now casts unquoted fields
+    to floats.
   + writer doublequote handling improved.
   + Dialect classes passed to the module are no longer instantiated by
     the module before being parsed (the former validation scheme required