[Python-checkins] r45669 - python/trunk/Misc/NEWS

[nick.coghlan]

Author: nick.coghlan
Date: Sun Apr 23 19:04:07 2006
New Revision: 45669

Modified:
   python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Backdated NEWS entry to record the implementation of PEP 338 for alpha 1

Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	Sun Apr 23 19:04:07 2006
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- PEP 338: -m command line switch now delegates to runpy.run_module
+  allowing it to support modules in packages and zipfiles
+
 - On Windows, .DLL is not an accepted file name extension for
   extension modules anymore; extensions are only found if they
   end in .PYD.
@@ -670,6 +673,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- PEP 338: new module runpy defines a run_module function to support
+  executing modules which provide access to source code or a code object
+  via the PEP 302 import mechanisms.
+
 - The email module's parsedate_tz function now sets the daylight savings
   flag to -1 (unknown) since it can't tell from the date whether it should
   be set.