[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r66321 - in python/trunk: Doc/library/warnings.rst Lib/asynchat.py Lib/bsddb/test/test_early_close.py Lib/mimetools.py Lib/test/test___all__.py Lib/test/test_exceptions.py Lib/test/test_hmac.py Lib/test/test_import.py Lib/test/test_macostools.py Lib/test/test_pep352.py Lib/test/test_py3kwarn.py Lib/test/test_random.py Lib/test/test_re.py Lib/test/test_struct.py Lib/test/test_structmembers.py Lib/test/test_sundry.py Lib/test/test_support.py Lib/test/test_symtable.py Lib/test/test_urllib.py Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py Lib/test/test_userstring.py Lib/test/test_warnings.py Lib/warnings.py Misc/NEWS

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2008-09-09 02:49, brett.cannon wrote:
> Author: brett.cannon
> Date: Tue Sep  9 02:49:16 2008
> New Revision: 66321
> 
> Log:
> warnings.catch_warnings() now returns a list or None instead of the custom
> WarningsRecorder object. This makes the API simpler to use as no special object
> must be learned.
> 
> Closes issue 3781.
> Review by Benjamin Peterson.

This sounds a lot like a feature.

Why was it added just before RC1 ?

> Modified:
>    python/trunk/Doc/library/warnings.rst
>    python/trunk/Lib/asynchat.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/bsddb/test/test_early_close.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/mimetools.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test___all__.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_hmac.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_import.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_macostools.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_pep352.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_py3kwarn.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_random.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_re.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_struct.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_structmembers.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_support.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_symtable.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_userstring.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/test/test_warnings.py
>    python/trunk/Lib/warnings.py
>    python/trunk/Misc/NEWS

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