Generalize filter(f, seq) to work with iterators. This also generalizes
filter() to no longer insist that len(seq) be defined.
NEEDS DOC CHANGES.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f121bac..bbd2ac3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
- The following functions were generalized to work nicely with iterator
arguments:
- list()
+ filter()
+ list()
What's New in Python 2.1 (final)?
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@
- IDLE: syntax warnings in interactive mode are changed into errors.
- Some improvements to Tools/webchecker (ignore some more URL types,
- follow some more links).
+ follow some more links).
- Brought the Tools/compiler package up to date.
@@ -324,23 +325,23 @@
in Flags and take an extra argument, a PyCompilerFlags *; examples:
PyRun_AnyFileExFlags(), PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags(). These
variants may be removed in Python 2.2, when nested scopes are
- mandatory.
+ mandatory.
Distutils
- the sdist command now writes a PKG-INFO file, as described in PEP 241,
into the release tree.
-- several enhancements to the bdist_wininst command from Thomas Heller
+- several enhancements to the bdist_wininst command from Thomas Heller
(an uninstaller, more customization of the installer's display)
- from Jack Jansen: added Mac-specific code to generate a dialog for
users to specify the command-line (because providing a command-line with
- MacPython is awkward). Jack also made various fixes for the Mac
+ MacPython is awkward). Jack also made various fixes for the Mac
and the Metrowerks compiler.
-
-- added 'platforms' and 'keywords' to the set of metadata that can be
- specified for a distribution.
+
+- added 'platforms' and 'keywords' to the set of metadata that can be
+ specified for a distribution.
- applied patches from Jason Tishler to make the compiler class work with
Cygwin.