[Python-checkins] r68176 - python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
andrew.kuchling
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Jan 2 22:00:36 CET 2009
Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Fri Jan 2 22:00:35 2009
New Revision: 68176
Log:
Add various items
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst Fri Jan 2 22:00:35 2009
@@ -103,7 +103,23 @@
:file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more complete list of
changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
-* To be written.
+* A new function in the :mod:`subprocess` module,
+ :func:`check_output`, runs a command with a specified set of arguments
+ and returns the command's output as a string if the command runs without
+ error, or raises a :exc:`CalledProcessError` exception otherwise.
+
+ ::
+
+ >>> subprocess.check_output(['df', '-h', '.'])
+ 'Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on\n
+ /dev/disk0s2 52G 49G 3.0G 94% /\n'
+
+ >>> subprocess.check_output(['df', '-h', '/bogus'])
+ ...
+ subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['df', '-h', '/bogus']' returned non-zero exit status 1
+
+ (Contributed by Gregory P. Smith.)
+
.. ======================================================================
.. whole new modules get described in subsections here
@@ -116,13 +132,22 @@
Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
-* To be written.
+* If you use the :file:`.gdbinit` file provided with Python,
+ the "pyo" macro in the 2.7 version will now work when the thread being
+ debugged doesn't hold the GIL; the macro will now acquire it before printing.
+ (Contributed by haypo XXX; :issue:`3632`.)
.. ======================================================================
Port-Specific Changes: Windows
-----------------------------------
+* The :mod:`msvcrt` module now contains some constants from
+ the :file:`crtassem.h` header file:
+ :data:`CRT_ASSEMBLY_VERSION`,
+ :data:`VC_ASSEMBLY_PUBLICKEYTOKEN`,
+ and :data:`LIBRARIES_ASSEMBLY_NAME_PREFIX`.
+ (Added by Martin von Loewis (XXX check); :issue:`4365`.)
.. ======================================================================
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