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r76286 | nick.coghlan | 2009-11-15 17:30:34 +1000 (Sun, 15 Nov 2009) | 1 line
Issue #6816: expose the zipfile and directory execution mechanism to Python code via the runpy module. Also consolidated some script execution functionality in the test harness into a helper module and removed some implementation details from the runpy module documentation.
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r76321 | nick.coghlan | 2009-11-16 13:55:51 +1000 (Mon, 16 Nov 2009) | 1 line
Account for another cache when hunting ref leaks
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r76322 | nick.coghlan | 2009-11-16 13:57:32 +1000 (Mon, 16 Nov 2009) | 1 line
Allow for backslashes in file paths passed to the regex engine
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- Issue #4969: The mimetypes module now reads the MIME database from
the registry under Windows. Patch by Gabriel Genellina.
+- Issue #6816: runpy now provides a run_path function that allows Python code
+ to execute file paths that refer to source or compiled Python files as well
+ as zipfiles, directories and other valid sys.path entries that contain a
+ __main__.py file. This allows applications that run other Python scripts to
+ support the same flexibility as the CPython command line itself.
+
- Issue #7318: multiprocessing now uses a timeout when it fails to establish
a connection with another process, rather than looping endlessly. The
default timeout is 20 seconds, which should be amply sufficient for