[Python-checkins] cpython: Add Misc/NEWS entry and relevant doc change for issue 10271.

[brett.cannon]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/eaefb34fc3a1
changeset:   71401:eaefb34fc3a1
user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date:        Sun Jul 17 19:25:50 2011 -0700
summary:
  Add Misc/NEWS entry and relevant doc change for issue 10271.

files:
  Doc/library/warnings.rst |  3 +--
  Misc/NEWS                |  2 ++
  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/warnings.rst b/Doc/library/warnings.rst
--- a/Doc/library/warnings.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/warnings.rst
@@ -339,8 +339,7 @@
    Write a warning to a file.  The default implementation calls
    ``formatwarning(message, category, filename, lineno, line)`` and writes the
    resulting string to *file*, which defaults to ``sys.stderr``.  You may replace
-   this function with an alternative implementation by assigning to
-   ``warnings.showwarning``.
+   this function with any callable by assigning to ``warnings.showwarning``.
    *line* is a line of source code to be included in the warning
    message; if *line* is not supplied, :func:`showwarning` will
    try to read the line specified by *filename* and *lineno*.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #10271: Allow warnings.showwarning() be any callable.
+
 - Issue #11627: Fix segfault when __new__ on a exception returns a non-exception
   class.
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython