[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.105, 1.106

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--- whatsnew24.tex	5 Oct 2004 20:23:34 -0000	1.105
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@@ -868,6 +868,12 @@
 \item Integer operations will no longer trigger an \exception{OverflowWarning}.
 The \exception{OverflowWarning} warning will disappear in Python 2.5.
 
+\item The interpreter gained a new switch, \programopt{-m}, that
+takes a name, searches for the corresponding  module on \code{sys.path},
+and runs the module as a script.  For example, 
+you can now run the Python profiler with \code{python -m profile}.
+(Contributed by Nick Coghlan.)
+
 \item The \function{eval(\var{expr}, \var{globals}, \var{locals})}
 and \function{execfile(\var{filename}, \var{globals}, \var{locals})}
 functions and the \keyword{exec} statement now accept any mapping type