[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r86745 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/difflib.rst Lib/difflib.py Lib/test/test_difflib.py Misc/NEWS

[Terry Reedy]

On 11/27/2010 7:17 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 4:12 PM, terry.reedy<python-checkins at python.org>  wrote:
>>   The :class:`SequenceMatcher` class has this constructor:
>>
>>
>> -.. class:: SequenceMatcher(isjunk=None, a='', b='')
>> +.. class:: SequenceMatcher(isjunk=None, a='', b='', autojunk=True)
>>
>>     Optional argument *isjunk* must be ``None`` (the default) or a one-argument
>>     function that takes a sequence element and returns true if and only if the
>> @@ -340,6 +349,9 @@
>>     The optional arguments *a* and *b* are sequences to be compared; both default to
>>     empty strings.  The elements of both sequences must be :term:`hashable`.
>>
>> +   The optional argument *autojunk* can be used to disable the automatic junk
>> +   heuristic.
>> +
>
> Catching up on checkins traffic, so a later checkin may already fix
> this, but there should be a versionchanged tag in the docs to note
> when the autojunk parameter was added.

Right. When S.C. forward-ported the 2.7 patch. he must have thought it 
not needed and I missed the difference between the diffs. Will add note 
in both places needed immediately.

Terry