[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1144,1.1145
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Sun Sep 26 07:13:21 CEST 2004
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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NEWS
Log Message:
Updated doctest doc news.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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diff -u -d -r1.1144 -r1.1145
--- NEWS 24 Sep 2004 03:40:57 -0000 1.1144
+++ NEWS 26 Sep 2004 05:13:18 -0000 1.1145
@@ -67,12 +67,15 @@
``codecs.StreamReader.readlines()`` have a new argument ``keepends``.
Trailing "\n"s will be stripped from the lines if ``keepends`` is false.
+- The documentation for doctest is greatly expanded, and now covers all
+ the new public features (of which there are many).
+
- ``doctest.master`` was put back in, and ``doctest.testmod()`` once again
updates it. This isn't good, because every ``testmod()`` call
contributes to bloating the "hidden" state of ``doctest.master``, but
some old code apparently relies on it. For now, all we can do is
encourage people to stitch doctests together via doctest's unittest
- integration features instead. It would help if those were documented.
+ integration features instead.
- httplib now handles ipv6 address/port pairs.
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