[Python-3000-checkins] r63676 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/glossary.rst Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst

[benjamin.peterson]

Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Mon May 26 14:52:02 2008
New Revision: 63676

Log:
Merged revisions 63397,63673 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r63397 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-16 17:59:28 -0500 (Fri, 16 May 2008) | 2 lines
  
  mention Py3k in glossary
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  r63673 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-26 07:29:46 -0500 (Mon, 26 May 2008) | 2 lines
  
  some updates to string formatting section in whatsnew
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Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/   (props changed)
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/glossary.rst	Mon May 26 14:52:02 2008
@@ -371,8 +371,9 @@
       :term:`argument`.
 
    Python 3000
-      Nickname for the Python 3.x release line (coined long ago when the
-      release of version 3 was something in the distant future.)
+      Nickname for the Python 3.x release line (coined long ago when the release
+      of version 3 was something in the distant future.)  This is also
+      abbreviated "Py3k".
 
    Pythonic
       An idea or piece of code which closely follows the most common idioms of

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst	Mon May 26 14:52:02 2008
@@ -526,9 +526,9 @@
 PEP 3101: Advanced String Formatting
 =====================================================
 
-In Python 3.0, the `%` operator is supplemented by a more powerful
-string formatting method, :meth:`format`.  Support for the
-:meth:`format` method has been backported to Python 2.6.
+In Python 3.0, the `%` operator is supplemented by a more powerful string
+formatting method, :meth:`format`.  Support for the :meth:`str.format` method
+has been backported to Python 2.6.
 
 In 2.6, both 8-bit and Unicode strings have a `.format()` method that
 treats the string as a template and takes the arguments to be formatted.
@@ -650,8 +650,11 @@
 
 .. seealso::
 
+   :ref:`formatstrings`
+      The reference format fields.
+
    :pep:`3101` - Advanced String Formatting
-      PEP written by Talin.
+      PEP written by Talin. Implemented by Eric Smith.
 
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