[Python-3000-checkins] r57772 - python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS

[guido.van.rossum]

Author: guido.van.rossum
Date: Fri Aug 31 00:07:17 2007
New Revision: 57772

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Add some miscellanea.


Modified: python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS	Fri Aug 31 00:07:17 2007
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
 - Classes listed in an 'except' clause must inherit from BaseException.
 
 - PEP 3106: dict.iterkeys(), .iteritems(), .itervalues() are now gone;
-  and .keys(), .items(), .values() return dict views.
+  and .keys(), .items(), .values() return dict views, which behave
+  like sets.
 
 - PEP 3105: print is now a function.  Also (not in the PEP) the
   'softspace' attribute of files is now gone (since print() doesn't use
@@ -151,10 +152,13 @@
 
 - Remove C API support for restricted execution.
 
-- zip returns an iterator
+- zip(), map() and filter() now return iterators, behaving like their
+  itertools counterparts. This also affect map()'s behavior on
+  sequences of unequal length -- it now stops after the shortest one
+  is exhausted.
 
 - Additions:
-  set literals, ellipsis literal
+  set literals, set comprehensions, ellipsis literal.
 
 - Added class decorators per PEP 3129.