Python 2.0b1 is released!

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "DS" == Dan Schmidt <dfan at harmonixmusic.com> writes:

    DS>  - The beginswith and endswith methods for strings, which I
    DS> was doing by hand before (though I'm surprised that they're
    DS> not also in the string module).

    DS>  - The updating of ftplib to allow REST commands for resuming
    DS> downloads.  I had made my own local hacks to the 1.5.2 ftplib
    DS> (just a few days ago!) to do this, and now I don't need to.

Ask and ye shall receive; both of these are in Python 2.0 beta 1.

-Barry