[Python.NET] ANNOUNCE: Python for .NET beta 4 released

[Tom Flanagan]

Thanks! Been looking forward to this.

One note: the link on http://www.zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet/
still points to beta3, can get beta4 from
http://zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet/Releases/PythonNet-1.0-beta4.tgz


On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:34:27 -0500, Brian Lloyd <brian at zope.com> wrote:
> Python for .NET 1.0 beta 4 has been released - you can download
> it from:
> 
>   http://www.zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet/
> 
> Python for .NET is a near-seamless integration of Python with the
> .NET common language runtime. For more details, see the README:
> 
>   http://www.zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet/README.html
> 
> Selected changes from the beta 4 release:
> 
>     - Updated the bundled C Python runtime and libraries to Python 2.4.
> 
>     - Managed classes reflected to Python now have an __doc__ attribute that
>       contains a listing of the class constructor signatures.
> 
>     - Fixed a problem that made it impossible to override "special" methods
>       like __getitem__ in subclasses of managed classes. Now the tests all
>       pass, and there is much rejoicing.
> 
>     - Fixed a problem that prevented passing null (None) for array
> arguments.
> 
>     - Added support to directly iterate over objects that support
> IEnumerator
>       (as well as IEnumerable). Thanks to Greg Chapman for prodding me ;)
> 
>     - Added a section to the README dealing with rebuilding Python for .NET
>       against other CPython versions.
> 
>     - Fixed some problems with how COM-based objects are exposed and how
>       members of inherited interfaces are exposed. Thanks to Bruce Dodson
>       for patches on this.
> 
> There is a mailing list for discussion and questions about Python
> for .NET at: pythondotnet at python.org.
> 
> To subscribe to the mailing list or read the online archives, see:
> 
>   http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythondotnet
> 
> To report bugs or request features in Python for .NET, please use
> the PythonNet issue tracker at:
> 
>   http://www.zope.org/Members/Brian/PythonNet/Collector/
> 
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