cpython/Misc/NEWS

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Python News
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(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)

What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0
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*Release date: XX-XXX-2008*

Core and Builtins
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- Issue #4533: File read operation was dreadfully slow due to a slowly
  growing read buffer. Fixed by using the same growth rate algorithm as
  Python 2.x.


Library
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- Issue #4542: On Windows, binascii.crc32 still accepted str as binary input;
  the corresponding tests now pass.

- Issue #4537: webbrowser.UnixBrowser would fail to open the browser because
  it was calling the wrong open() function.

- Issue #1055234: cgi.parse_header(): Fixed parsing of header parameters to
  support unusual filenames (such as those containing semi-colons) in
  Content-Disposition headers.


Build
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Docs
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**(For information about older versions, consult the HISTORY file.)**
ReST-ification of the NEWS file. While the total number of changes are fairly large, most are caused by reformatting section and subsection headings. The changes fall into the following categories: * reformatted section and subsection headers. * escaped isolated asterisks which would be interpreted as starting bold or italic text (e.g. "void ()(PyObject \)"). * quoted stuff that looks like internal references but isn't (e.g. ``PyCmp_``). * changed visually balanced quotes to just use apostrophes (e.g. "'string'" instead of "`string'"). * introduced and indenting multiline chunks of code. * created one table (search for "New codecs"). 2002-09-20 14:16:59 +00:00			`+++++++++++`
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post-release 2004-11-04 05:23:17 +00:00			`(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)`

Prep for Python 3.1! 2008-12-03 16:46:14 +00:00			`What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0`
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post-3.0rc3 2008-11-21 15:13:37 +00:00
			`Release date: XX-XXX-2008`

			`Core and Builtins`
			`-----------------`

Fixed issue #4533: File read operation was dreadfully slow 2008-12-05 08:26:55 +00:00			`- Issue #4533: File read operation was dreadfully slow due to a slowly`
			`growing read buffer. Fixed by using the same growth rate algorithm as`
			`Python 2.x.`

- Fix build failure of _cursesmodule.c building with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2. 2008-11-26 17:22:04 +00:00
post-3.0rc3 2008-11-21 15:13:37 +00:00			`Library`
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#4542: On Windows, binascii.crc32 still accepted str as binary input. This fixes test_binascii. Will backport to 3.0 2008-12-05 01:40:43 +00:00			`- Issue #4542: On Windows, binascii.crc32 still accepted str as binary input;`
			`the corresponding tests now pass.`

Issue #4537: webbrowser.UnixBrowser failed because this module defines an open() function which shadows the builtin. Will backport to 3.0 2008-12-05 01:02:21 +00:00			`- Issue #4537: webbrowser.UnixBrowser would fail to open the browser because`
			`it was calling the wrong open() function.`

Merged revisions 67528 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r67528 \| fred.drake \| 2008-12-04 13:25:17 -0500 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) \| 4 lines Issue #1055234: cgi.parse_header(): Fixed parsing of header parameters to support unusual filenames (such as those containing semi-colons) in Content-Disposition headers. ........ 2008-12-04 19:24:50 +00:00			`- Issue #1055234: cgi.parse_header(): Fixed parsing of header parameters to`
			`support unusual filenames (such as those containing semi-colons) in`
			`Content-Disposition headers.`

#4383: UnboundLocalError when IDLE cannot connect to its subprocess. Python 3.0 clears the exception variable upon exit of the "except:" clause, and the displaying code fails miserably. Reviewed by Benjamin. 2008-11-21 23:08:09 +00:00
Issue #4407: Fix source file that caused the compileall step in Windows installer to fail. 2008-11-30 10:36:49 +00:00			`Build`
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dbm.gnu and dbm.ndbm accept both strings and bytes as keys and values. For the former they are converted to bytes before being written to the DB. Closes issue 3799. Reviewed by Skip Montanaro. 2008-11-25 19:19:17 +00:00			`Docs`
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Refer consistently to issues, rewrap to 70 chars. 2008-05-25 09:43:03 +00:00
ReST-ification of the NEWS file. While the total number of changes are fairly large, most are caused by reformatting section and subsection headings. The changes fall into the following categories: * reformatted section and subsection headers. * escaped isolated asterisks which would be interpreted as starting bold or italic text (e.g. "void ()(PyObject \)"). * quoted stuff that looks like internal references but isn't (e.g. ``PyCmp_``). * changed visually balanced quotes to just use apostrophes (e.g. "'string'" instead of "`string'"). * introduced and indenting multiline chunks of code. * created one table (search for "New codecs"). 2002-09-20 14:16:59 +00:00			`(For information about older versions, consult the HISTORY file.)`