[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc ACKS,1.181,1.182 NEWS,1.428,1.429

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv1603

Modified Files:
	ACKS NEWS 
Log Message:
Add Oren Tirosh and news about his patch.

Index: ACKS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/ACKS,v
retrieving revision 1.181
retrieving revision 1.182
diff -C2 -d -r1.181 -r1.182
*** ACKS	11 Jun 2002 06:22:31 -0000	1.181
--- ACKS	14 Jun 2002 21:31:18 -0000	1.182
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*** 461,464 ****
--- 461,465 ----
  Eric Tiedemann
  Tracy Tims
+ Oren Tirosh
  Jason Tishler
  Christian Tismer

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.428
retrieving revision 1.429
diff -C2 -d -r1.428 -r1.429
*** NEWS	14 Jun 2002 20:30:31 -0000	1.428
--- NEWS	14 Jun 2002 21:31:18 -0000	1.429
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*** 7,10 ****
--- 7,16 ----
  Core and builtins
  
+ - The built-ins slice() and buffer() are now callable types.  The
+   types classobj (formerly class), code, function, instance, and
+   instancemethod (formerly instance-method), which have no built-in
+   names but are accessible through the types module, are now also
+   callable.  The type dict-proxy is renamed to dictproxy.
+ 
  - Fixed string.startswith and string.endswith builtin methods
    so they accept negative indices.  [SF bug 493951]
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*** 113,116 ****
--- 119,126 ----
  
  Extension modules
+ 
+ - The 'new' module is no longer an extension, but a Python module that
+   only exists for backwards compatibility.  Its contents are no longer
+   functions but callable type objects.
  
  - The bsddb.*open functions can now take 'None' as a filename.