[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.48, 1.49

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	whatsnew24.tex 
Log Message:
Patch #963318: Add support for client-side cookie management.


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  % whole new modules get described in \subsections here
  
+ \subsection{cookielib}
+ 
+ The \module{cookielib} library supports client-side handling for HTTP
+ cookies, just as the \module{Cookie} provides server-side cookie
+ support in CGI scripts. This library manages cookies in a way similar
+ to web browsers. Cookies are stored in cookie jars; the library
+ transparently stores cookies offered by the web server in the cookie
+ jar, and fetches the cookie from the jar when connecting to the
+ server. Similar to web browsers, policy objects control whether
+ cookies are accepted or not.
+ 
+ In order to store cookies across sessions, two implementations of
+ cookie jars are provided: one that stores cookies in the Netscape
+ format, so applications can use the Mozilla or Lynx cookie jars, and
+ one that stores cookies in the same format as the Perl libwww libary.
+ 
+ \module{urllib2} has been changed to interact with \module{cookielib}:
+ \class{HTTPCookieProcessor} manages a cookie jar that is used when
+ accessing URLs.
  
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