[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1106,1.1107
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Sat Aug 21 08:55:46 CEST 2004
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv13308/Misc
Modified Files:
NEWS
Log Message:
Patch 1012740: cStringIO's truncate doesn't
truncate() left the stream position unchanged, which meant the
"truncated" data didn't go away:
>>> io.write('abc')
>>> io.truncate(0)
>>> io.write('xyz')
>>> io.getvalue()
'abcxyz'
Patch by Dima Dorfman.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1106
retrieving revision 1.1107
diff -u -d -r1.1106 -r1.1107
--- NEWS 19 Aug 2004 17:52:37 -0000 1.1106
+++ NEWS 21 Aug 2004 06:55:42 -0000 1.1107
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
Extension modules
-----------------
+- Patch 1012740: truncate() on a writeable cStringIO now resets the
+ position to the end of the stream. This is consistent with the original
+ StringIO module and avoids inadvertently resurrecting data that was
+ supposed to have been truncated away.
+
- Added socket.socketpair().
Library
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@
- A new function tkFont.nametofont was added to return an existing
font. The Font class constructor now has an additional exists argument
which, if True, requests to return/configure an existing font, rather
- than creating a new one.
+ than creating a new one.
- Updated the decimal package's min() and max() methods to match the
latest revision of the General Decimal Arithmetic Specification.
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