Patch #1436130: codecs.lookup() now returns a CodecInfo object (a subclass
of tuple) that provides incremental decoders and encoders (a way to use
stateful codecs without the stream API). Functions
codecs.getincrementaldecoder() and codecs.getincrementalencoder() have
been added.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1c142fb..47da68c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -443,6 +443,12 @@
Library
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+- Patch #1436130: codecs.lookup() now returns a CodecInfo object (a subclass
+ of tuple) that provides incremental decoders and encoders (a way to use
+ stateful codecs without the stream API). Functions
+ codecs.getincrementaldecoder() and codecs.getincrementalencoder() have
+ been added.
+
- A regrtest option -w was added to re-run failed tests in verbose mode.
- Patch #1446372: quit and exit can now be called from the interactive