[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.335,1.336

[Barry Warsaw]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv17008

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Merge last minute 2.2c1 changes from branch to trunk.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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retrieving revision 1.336
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*** NEWS	2001/12/14 17:08:12	1.335
--- NEWS	2001/12/14 20:44:32	1.336
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*** 5,8 ****
--- 5,15 ----
  Type/class unification and new-style classes
  
+ - Guido's tutorial introduction to the new type/class features has
+   been extensively updated.  See
+ 
+       http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html
+ 
+   That remains the primary documentation in this area.
+ 
  - Fixed a leak: instance variables declared with __slots__ were never
    deleted!
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*** 74,81 ****
--- 81,105 ----
  - The charset alias windows_1252 has been added.
  
+ - types.StringTypes is a tuple containing the defined string types;
+   usually this will be (str, unicode), but if Python was compiled
+   without Unicode support it will be just (str,).
+ 
+ - The pulldom and minidom modules were synchronized to PyXML.
+ 
  Tools/Demos
  
+ - A new script called Tools/scripts/google.py was added, which fires
+   off a search on Google.
+ 
  Build
  
+ - Note that release builds of Python should arrange to define the
+   preprocessor symbol NDEBUG on the command line (or equivalent).
+   In the 2.2 pre-release series we tried to define this by magic in
+   Python.h instead, but it proved to cause problems for extension
+   authors.  The Unix, Windows and Mac builds now all define NDEBUG in
+   release builds via cmdline (or equivalent) instead.  Ports to
+   other platforms should do likewise.
+ 
  - It is no longer necessary to use --with-suffix when building on a
    case-insensitive file system (such as Mac OS X HFS+). In the build
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--- 129,138 ----
  - In unix-Python on Mac OS X (and darwin) sys.platform is now "darwin",
    without any trailing digits.
+ 
+ - Changed logic for finding python home in Mac OS X framework Pythons.
+   Now sys.executable points to the executable again, in stead of to
+   the shared library. The latter is used only for locating the python
+   home.
+ 
  
  What's New in Python 2.2b2?