[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.99,1.100

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv21826/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
except that it always returns Unicode objects.

A new C API PyObject_Unicode() is also provided.

This closes patch #101664. 

Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg. Copyright assigned to Guido van Rossum.



Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	2001/01/17 15:54:45	1.99
--- NEWS	2001/01/17 17:09:53	1.100
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*** 4,7 ****
--- 4,15 ----
  Core language, builtins, and interpreter
  
+ - There is a new Unicode companion to the builtin str() function
+   called unistr(). Like str(), it calls either the tp_str slot of
+   objects or the "__str__" method and converts the returned value
+   to an Unicode object (in case this is necessary).
+ 
+   The unistr() is complemented by a new PyObject_Unicode() C API
+   which behaves in the same way.
+ 
  - The comparison operators support "rich comparison overloading" (PEP
    207).  C extension types can provide a rich comparison function in