[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1037,1.1038

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv12108/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
SF patch 986010: add missing doc for datetime C API, from
Anthony Tuininga.

This is a derived patch, taking the opportunity to add some organization
to the now-large pile of datetime-related macros, and to factor out
tedious repeated text.

Also improved some clumsy wording in NEWS.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1037
retrieving revision 1.1038
diff -C2 -d -r1.1037 -r1.1038
*** NEWS	10 Jul 2004 23:54:07 -0000	1.1037
--- NEWS	11 Jul 2004 19:26:19 -0000	1.1038
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*** 14,24 ****
  
  - Patch #550732: Add PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords().  Analogous to
! PyArg_VaParse().  Both are now documented.  Thanks Greg Chapman.
  
  - Allow string and unicode return types from .encode()/.decode()
!   methods on string and unicode objects. Added unicode.decode()
    which was missing for no apparent reason.
  
! - An attempt to fix the mess that is Python's behaviour with 
    signal handlers and threads, complicated by readline's behaviour.
    It's quite possible that there are still bugs here.
--- 14,24 ----
  
  - Patch #550732: Add PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords().  Analogous to
!   PyArg_VaParse().  Both are now documented.  Thanks Greg Chapman.
  
  - Allow string and unicode return types from .encode()/.decode()
!   methods on string and unicode objects.  Added unicode.decode()
    which was missing for no apparent reason.
  
! - An attempt to fix the mess that is Python's behaviour with
    signal handlers and threads, complicated by readline's behaviour.
    It's quite possible that there are still bugs here.
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*** 30,36 ****
  -------
  
! - Bug #979794: difflib.get_grouped_opcodes() now handles the case of when it is
!   comparing two empty lists.  Was affecting both context_diff() and
!   unified_diff().  Was also a duplicate of bug #980117.
  
  - Bug #980938: smtplib now prints debug output to sys.stderr.
--- 30,36 ----
  -------
  
! - Bugs #979794 and #980117: difflib.get_grouped_opcodes() now handles the
!   case of comparing two empty lists.  This affected both context_diff() and
!   unified_diff(),
  
  - Bug #980938: smtplib now prints debug output to sys.stderr.
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*** 48,52 ****
    instead of unsigned.
  
! - decimal.py now only uses signals in the spec.  The other conditions are
    no longer part of the public API.
  
--- 48,52 ----
    instead of unsigned.
  
! - decimal.py now only uses signals in the IBM spec.  The other conditions are
    no longer part of the public API.
  
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*** 58,62 ****
    SF patch 982681.
  
! - Non-blocking SSL sockets work again; they were broken in Python 2.3. 
    SF patch 945642.
  
--- 58,62 ----
    SF patch 982681.
  
! - Non-blocking SSL sockets work again; they were broken in Python 2.3.
    SF patch 945642.
  
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*** 70,73 ****
--- 70,76 ----
  -----
  
+ - A large pile of datetime field-extraction macros is now documented,
+   thanks to Anthony Tuininga (patch #986010).
+ 
  New platforms
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*** 439,443 ****
  Library
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!   
  - Bug #981530: Fix UnboundLocalError in shutil.rmtree().  This affects
    the documented behavior: the function passed to the onerror()
--- 442,446 ----
  Library
  -------
! 
  - Bug #981530: Fix UnboundLocalError in shutil.rmtree().  This affects
    the documented behavior: the function passed to the onerror()