[pypy-svn] r75546 - pypy/trunk/pypy/doc
benjamin at codespeak.net
benjamin at codespeak.net
Thu Jun 24 02:13:17 CEST 2010
Author: benjamin
Date: Thu Jun 24 02:13:16 2010
New Revision: 75546
Modified:
pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.3.0.txt
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Modified: pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.3.0.txt
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--- pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.3.0.txt (original)
+++ pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.3.0.txt Thu Jun 24 02:13:16 2010
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
Hello.
We're please to announce release of PyPy 1.3. This release has two major
-points. First of all, we stabilized the JIT compiler since 1.2 release,
+improvements. First of all, we stabilized the JIT compiler since 1.2 release,
answered user issues, fixed bugs, and generally improved speed.
-The other point is that we're pleased to announce alpha support for loading
-CPython extension modules written in C. While the main point of the release
-is increased stability, this part is in alpha stage and it is not yet suited
-for production environments.
+We're also pleased to announce alpha support for loading CPython extension
+modules written in C. While the main purpose of this release is increased
+stability, this feature is in alpha stage and it is not yet suited for
+production environments.
Highlight of this release
=========================
-* We introduce support for CPython extension modules written in C. As of now,
- this support is in alpha and it's very unlikely untried modules will work
- out of the box, due to missing functions or refcounting details. The support
- is disable by default, so you have to do::
+* We introduced support for CPython extension modules written in C. As of now,
+ this support is in alpha, and it's very unlikely unaltered C extensions will
+ work out of the box, due to missing functions or refcounting details. The
+ support is disable by default, so you have to do::
import cpyext
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
Details may vary, depending on your build system. Make sure you include
the above line at the beginning of setup.py or put it in your PYTHONSTARTUP.
- This is alpha feature, it'll likely segfault, you have been warned.
+ This is alpha feature. It'll likely segfault. You have been warned!
-* JIT bugfixes. A lot of bugs reported for JIT and not only has been fixed
- and it's stability greatly improved since 1.2 release.
+* JIT bugfixes. A lot of bugs reported for the JIT have been fixed, and its
+ stability greatly improved since 1.2 release.
-* Various JIT improvements. Various small improvements have been added to the
- JIT code, together with great speedup of compiling time.
+* Various small improvements have been added to the JIT code, as well as a great
+ speedup of compiling time.
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