[Ironpython-users] IronPython, Daily Digest 8/14/2014

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Hi ironpython,

Here's your Daily Digest of new issues for project "IronPython".

In today's digest:ISSUES

1. [New comment] Document: IronPython does not run PYTHONSTARTUP
2. [New comment] help(System.String) doesn't include XML doc comments when running in 64-bit
3. [New comment] help(System) on 64-bit results in a SystemError while initializing DynamicType
4. [New comment] Incompat: bytearray("some unencoded string") should work
5. [New comment] socket.IPPROTO_GGP and socket.IPPROTO_PUP were removed in CPy 2.6
6. [New comment] Use Windows SDK for builds instead of Visual C++
7. [New comment] pyc should generate try/catch around module call
8. [New comment] hashlib update really slow

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ISSUES

1. [New comment] Document: IronPython does not run PYTHONSTARTUP
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/3361
User slide_o_mix has commented on the issue:

"<p>Added wiki page that will be used to document differences between IronPython and C Python</p><p>https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/wiki/Differences-from-C-Python</p>"-----------------

2. [New comment] help(System.String) doesn't include XML doc comments when running in 64-bit
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/8416
User slide_o_mix has commented on the issue:

"<p>Fixed in 41763c</p>"-----------------

3. [New comment] help(System) on 64-bit results in a SystemError while initializing DynamicType
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/8417
User slide_o_mix has commented on the issue:

"<p>Fixed in 41763c</p>"-----------------

4. [New comment] Incompat: bytearray("some unencoded string") should work
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/21334
User slide_o_mix has commented on the issue:

"<p>In IPY 2.7 the exception above does not occur, you just get a TypeError</p><p>TypeError: unicode argument without an encoding</p>"-----------------

5. [New comment] socket.IPPROTO_GGP and socket.IPPROTO_PUP were removed in CPy 2.6
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/21918
User slide_o_mix has commented on the issue:

"<p>This is only true on Windows and the configuration of the CPython implementation. On other platforms, I believe these will still be there.</p>"-----------------

6. [New comment] Use Windows SDK for builds instead of Visual C++
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/30024
User jdhardy has commented on the issue:

"<p>Probably. I think the only piece that might need it is the COM tests ... and I don't even know if those run.</p>"-----------------

7. [New comment] pyc should generate try/catch around module call
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/32419
User slide_o_mix has commented on the issue:

"<p>Implemented in https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/pull/212</p>"-----------------

8. [New comment] hashlib update really slow
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/34022
User slide_o_mix has commented on the issue:

"<p>Wow, that is pretty horrible. I'll see what I can do about that.</p>"
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