[Python-checkins] r87268 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst

[raymond.hettinger]

Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Wed Dec 15 19:31:57 2010
New Revision: 87268

Log:
Minor regroupings.


Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst	Wed Dec 15 19:31:57 2010
@@ -433,11 +433,7 @@
   dictionaries it would miss the dynamic methods and make it difficult to
   implement proxy objects.
 
-  To support lookups without the possibility of activating a dynamic attribute,
-  the :mod:`inspect` module has a new function, :func:`~inspect.getattr_static`.
-
-  (Discovered by Yury Selivanov and fixed by Benjamin Peterson; :issue:`9666`.
-  The inspect function added by Michael Foord.)
+  (Discovered by Yury Selivanov and fixed by Benjamin Peterson; :issue:`9666`.)
 
 * The :func:`str` of a float or complex number is now the same as its
   :func:`repr`. Previously, the :func:`str` form was shorter but that just
@@ -962,22 +958,15 @@
 inspect
 -------
 
-The :mod:`inspect` module has a new function :func:`getgenatorstate` to easily
-identify the current state of a generator as one of ``GEN_CREATED``,
-``GEN_RUNNING``, ``GEN_SUSPENDED`` or ``GEN_CLOSED``.
+* The :mod:`inspect` module has a new function :func:`getgenatorstate` to easily
+  identify the current state of a generator as one of ``GEN_CREATED``,
+  ``GEN_RUNNING``, ``GEN_SUSPENDED`` or ``GEN_CLOSED``. (Contributed by Rodolpho
+  Eckhardt and Nick Coghlan, :issue:`10220`.)
 
-(Contributed by Rodolpho Eckhardt and Nick Coghlan, :issue:`10220`.)
-
-.. XXX: Create a new section for all changes relating to context managers.
-.. XXX: Various ConfigParser changes
-.. XXX: Mention urllib.parse changes
-          Issue 9873 (Nick Coghlan):
-            - ASCII byte sequence support in URL parsing
-            - named tuple for urldefrag return value
-          Issue 5468 (Dan Mahn) for urlencode:
-            - bytes input support
-            - non-UTF8 percent encoding of non-ASCII characters
-          Issue 2987 for IPv6 (RFC2732) support in urlparse
+* To support lookups without the possibility of activating a dynamic attribute,
+  the :mod:`inspect` module has a new function, :func:`~inspect.getattr_static`.
+  Unlike, :func:`hasattr`, this is a true read-only search, guaranteed not to
+  change state while it is searching.  (Contributed by Michael Foord.)
 
 pydoc
 -----
@@ -1068,6 +1057,18 @@
   - breakpoints can be cleared by breakpoint number
 
 
+.. XXX: Create a new section for all changes relating to context managers.
+.. XXX: Various ConfigParser changes
+.. XXX: Mention urllib.parse changes
+          Issue 9873 (Nick Coghlan):
+            - ASCII byte sequence support in URL parsing
+            - named tuple for urldefrag return value
+          Issue 5468 (Dan Mahn) for urlencode:
+            - bytes input support
+            - non-UTF8 percent encoding of non-ASCII characters
+          Issue 2987 for IPv6 (RFC2732) support in urlparse
+
+
 Multi-threading
 ===============