[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.295,1.296

[Fred L. Drake]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv3563

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Added two very tardy notes about the 2.2b1 release, fixed a typo.

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	2001/10/22 16:37:10	1.295
--- NEWS	2001/10/22 18:41:51	1.296
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    example).
  
! - Weak reference objects are now part of the core and offers a C API.
    A bug which could allow a core dump when binary operations involved
    proxy reference has been fixed.  weakref.ReferenceError is now a
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    example).
  
! - Weak reference objects are now part of the core and offer a C API.
    A bug which could allow a core dump when binary operations involved
    proxy reference has been fixed.  weakref.ReferenceError is now a
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    being tested, thanks to Tim Hochberg.
  
+ - HotShot, a new profiler implemented using a C-based callback, has
+   been added.  This substantially reduces the overhead of profiling,
+   but it is still quite preliminary.  Support modules and
+   documentation will be added in upcoming releases (before 2.2 final).
+ 
  - profile now produces correct output in situations where an exception
    raised in Python is cleared by C code (e.g. hasattr()).  This used
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  - ConfigParser.getboolean() now also interprets TRUE, FALSE, YES, NO,
    ON, and OFF.
+ 
+ - xml.dom.minidom NodeList objects now support the length attribute
+   and item() method as required by the DOM specifications.
  
  Tools/Demos