ANNOUNCE: Python for .NET beta 4 released

[Brian Lloyd]

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/



Brian Lloyd        brian at zope.com
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