[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1019,1.1020

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv8493/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Make weak references subclassable:

- weakref.ref and weakref.ReferenceType will become aliases for each
  other

- weakref.ref will be a modern, new-style class with proper __new__
  and __init__ methods

- weakref.WeakValueDictionary will have a lighter memory footprint,
  using a new weakref.ref subclass to associate the key with the
  value, allowing us to have only a single object of overhead for each
  dictionary entry (currently, there are 3 objects of overhead per
  entry: a weakref to the value, a weakref to the dictionary, and a
  function object used as a weakref callback; the weakref to the
  dictionary could be avoided without this change)

- a new macro, PyWeakref_CheckRefExact(), will be added

- PyWeakref_CheckRef() will check for subclasses of weakref.ref

This closes SF patch #983019.


Index: NEWS
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*** NEWS	2 Jul 2004 08:56:20 -0000	1.1019
--- NEWS	2 Jul 2004 18:57:42 -0000	1.1020
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*** 13,16 ****
--- 13,21 ----
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+ - weakref.ref is now the type object also known as
+   weakref.ReferenceType; it can be subclassed like any other new-style
+   class.  There's less per-entry overhead in WeakValueDictionary
+   objects now (one object instead of three).
+ 
  - Bug #951851: Python crashed when reading import table of certain
    Windows DLLs.