[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.337.2.4.2.5,1.337.2.4.2.6

[Michael Hudson]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv26709

Modified Files:
      Tag: release22-maint
	NEWS 
Log Message:
A first cut at NEWS for 2.2.1c1.

Please comment!  You can find logs at

http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/cvslog3.txt

on the assumption that you don't want to fight cvs yourself.

In particular, I need a better explanation of the bugs that have 
been fixed in the email package.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	17 Mar 2002 15:55:50 -0000	1.337.2.4.2.5
--- NEWS	17 Mar 2002 20:47:11 -0000	1.337.2.4.2.6
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*** 1,6 ****
! What's New in Python 2.2.1 XXX?
  Release date: XXX
  ===============================
  
  Core and builtins
  
--- 1,9 ----
! What's New in Python 2.2.1c1?
  Release date: XXX
  ===============================
  
+ This is primarily a bugfix release.  Many bugs have been fixed since
+ the release of 2.2 final.  Some of the more notable are listed here.
+ 
  Core and builtins
  
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*** 11,17 ****
    state of the slots would be lost.)
  
! - PyErr_Display will provide file and line information for all exceptions
!   that have an attribute print_file_and_line, not just SyntaxErrors. This
!   fixes the bug that no proper line number is given for bad \x escapes.
  
  Extension modules
--- 14,42 ----
    state of the slots would be lost.)
  
! - (1).__nonzero__() would dump core.
! 
! - Tim has had another go at getting sensible behaviour with respect to
!   floating point underflow/overflow.
! 
! - Adding an instance of subclass of int to, say, a string, could
!   erroneously return "NotImplemented" instead of raising a TypeError.
! 
! - Subclassing longs could cause core dumps in certain circumstances.
! 
! - PyErr_Display will provide file and line information for all
!   exceptions that have an attribute print_file_and_line, not just
!   SyntaxErrors. This fixes the bug that no proper line number is given
!   for bad \x escapes.
! 
! - sys.setprofile() and sys.settrace() would dump core if called with
!   no arguments.
! 
! - An obscure & small memory overrun in wide unicode builds have been
!   fixed.
! 
! - __doc__ can now be of arbitrary type (in particular, it can be a
!   unicode string).
! 
! - complex objects are now immutable (as they should always have been).
  
  Extension modules
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*** 22,30 ****
--- 47,80 ----
    Python 2.2.1 now ships with zlib-1.1.4.
  
+ - new.instancemethod no longer fails for new-style classes.
+ 
+ - The "pseudo-sequences" returned by os.stat(), os.fstat(),
+   time.localtime() can now be pickled.
+ 
+ - Due to a cut and paste error the object exported as
+   posix.statvfs_result was in fact posix.stat_result.
+ 
  Library
  
+ - The copy module can be used in restricted execution mode.
+ 
+ - A few bugs in the email package have been fixed.
+   XXX more detail!
+ 
+ - StringIO's attitude to unicode strings has been reverted to that of
+   the 2.1.x branch (note cStringIO still knows nothing about unicode).
+ 
  - webbrowser: tightened up the command passed to os.system() so that
    arbitrary shell code can't be executed because a bogus URL was
    passed in.
+ 
+ - Recursive structures containing new-style classes can now by
+   deep-copied.
+ 
+ - ftplib defaults to passive mode (again).
+ 
+ Tools
+ 
+ - Bugs in IDLE's autoindent when using new-style division were fixed.