[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.206,1.207

[Martin v. L?wis]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv28889/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Patch #445762: Support --disable-unicode
- Do not compile unicodeobject, unicodectype, and unicodedata if Unicode is disabled
- check for Py_USING_UNICODE in all places that use Unicode functions
- disables unicode literals, and the builtin functions
- add the types.StringTypes list
- remove Unicode literals from most tests.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.206
retrieving revision 1.207
diff -C2 -d -r1.206 -r1.207
*** NEWS	2001/08/16 13:14:59	1.206
--- NEWS	2001/08/17 18:39:24	1.207
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*** 2,5 ****
--- 2,11 ----
  ===========================
  
+ Build
+ 
+ - configure supports a new option --enable-unicode, with the values
+   ucs2 and ucs4 (new in 2.2a1). With --disable-unicode, the Unicode
+   type and supporting code is completely removed from the interpreter.
+ 
  Tools
  
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*** 58,61 ****
--- 64,73 ----
    using at least one of the mangled Unicode APIs in the extension.
  
+ - Two new flags METH_NOARGS and METH_O are available in method definition
+   tables to simplify implementation of methods with no arguments and a
+   single untyped argument. Calling such methods is more efficient than
+   calling corresponding METH_VARARGS methods. METH_OLDARGS is now
+   deprecated.
+ 
  Windows
  
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*** 90,99 ****
    (These warnings currently don't conform to the warnings framework of
    PEP 230; we intend to fix this in 2.2a2.)
- 
- - Two new flags METH_NOARGS and METH_O are available in method definition
-   tables to simplify implementation of methods with no arguments and a
-   single untyped argument. Calling such methods is more efficient than
-   calling corresponding METH_VARARGS methods. METH_OLDARGS is now
-   deprecated.
  
  - The UTF-16 codec was modified to be more RFC compliant. It will now
--- 102,105 ----