Patch #1533909: the timeit module now accepts callables in addition to
strings for the code to time and the setup code. Also added two
convenience functions for instantiating a Timer and calling its methods.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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--- a/Misc/ACKS
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@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
Jonathan Dasteel
John DeGood
Vincent Delft
+Erik Demaine
Roger Dev
Toby Dickenson
Yves Dionne
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@
Library
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+- Patch #1533909: the timeit module now accepts callables in addition to
+ strings for the code to time and the setup code. Also added two
+ convenience functions for instantiating a Timer and calling its methods.
+
- Patch #1537850: tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile now has a "delete" parameter
which can be set to False to prevent the default delete-on-close
behavior.