News about the socket type and the HP-UX port.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 21ff1b9..2a29558 100644
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@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
(formerly these were silently ignored). The only built-in methods
that take keyword arguments are __call__, __init__ and __new__.
+- The socket function has been converted to a type; see below.
+
Core and builtins
- Clarified the error messages for unsupported operands to an operator
@@ -26,7 +28,9 @@
- The socket module defines a new method for socket objects,
sendall(). This is like send() but may make multiple calls to
- send() until all data has been sent.
+ send() until all data has been sent. Also, the socket function has
+ been converted to a subclassable type, like list and tuple (etc.)
+ before it; socket and SocketType are now the same thing.
- Various bugfixes to the curses module. There is now a test suite
for the curses module (you have to run it manually).
@@ -54,6 +58,9 @@
New platforms
+- We've finally confirmed that this release builds on HP-UX 11.00,
+ *with* threads, and passes the test suite.
+
- Updated RISCOS port by Dietmar Schwertberger.
Tests