[Python-checkins] r68840 - python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst

[andrew.kuchling]

Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Wed Jan 21 03:15:43 2009
New Revision: 68840

Log:
Add some items

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
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--- python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst	Wed Jan 21 03:15:43 2009
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@
 :file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more complete list of
 changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
 
+* It is not mandatory anymore to store clear text passwords in the
+  :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As long
+  as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package will
+  prompt for the password if not present.  (Added by tarek, with the initial
+  contribution of Nathan Van Gheem; :issue:`4394`.)
+
+* The :mod:`pydoc` module now has help for the various symbols that Python
+  uses.  You can now do ``help('<<')`` or ``help('@')``, for example.
+  (Contributed by David Laban; :issue:`4739`.)
+
 * A new function in the :mod:`subprocess` module,
   :func:`check_output`, runs a command with a specified set of arguments
   and returns the command's output as a string if the command runs without
@@ -125,11 +135,9 @@
 
   (Contributed by Gregory P. Smith.)
 
-* It is not mandatory anymore to store clear text passwords in the
-  :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As long
-  as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package will
-  prompt for the password if not present.  (Added by tarek, with the initial
-  contribution of Nathan Van Gheem; :issue:`4394`.)
+* The :func:`is_zipfile` function in the :mod:`zipfile` module will now
+  accept a file object, in addition to the path names accepted in earlier
+  versions.  (Contributed by Gabriel Genellina; :issue:`4756`.)
 
 .. ======================================================================
 .. whole new modules get described in subsections here