SF patch #1443865; gc.get_count() added and optional argument 'generation'
added to gc.collect(). Updated docs, unit test, and NEWS entry.
(Also, fixed a typo in NEWS.)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ff30bc5..a56d6ef 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
This was not portable. float('0x3') now raises a ValueError.
- Patch #1382163: Expose Subversion revision number to Python. New C API
- function Py_GetBuildNumber(). New attribute sys.build_number. Build number
+ function Py_GetBuildNumber(). New attribute sys.subversion. Build number
is now displayed in interactive prompt banner.
- Implementation of PEP 341 - Unification of try/except and try/finally.
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@
Library
-------
+- The function get_count() has been added to the gc module, and gc.collect()
+ grew an optional 'generation' argument.
+
- A library msilib to generate Windows Installer files, and a distutils
command bdist_msi have been added.