[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.68, 1.69

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	whatsnew24.tex 
Log Message:
Add thread-local feature

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  % XXX sre is now non-recursive.
  
+ \item The \module{threading} module now has an elegantly simple way to support 
+ thread-local data.  The module contains a \class{local} class whose
+ attribute values are local to different threads.
+ 
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ import threading
+ 
+ data = threading.local()
+ data.number = 42
+ data.url = ('www.python.org', 80)
+ \end{verbatim}
+ 
+ Other threads can assign and retrieve their own values for the
+ \member{number} and \member{url} attributes.  You can subclass
+ \class{local} to initialize attributes or to add methods.
+ (Contributed by Jim Fulton.)
+ 
  \item The \module{weakref} module now supports a wider variety of objects
     including Python functions, class instances, sets, frozensets, deques,
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  \item The \module{xmlrpclib} module now supports a multi-call extension for 
! tranmitting multiple XML-RPC calls in a single HTTP operation.
     
  \end{itemize}
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  \item The \module{xmlrpclib} module now supports a multi-call extension for 
! transmitting multiple XML-RPC calls in a single HTTP operation.
     
  \end{itemize}