Add news about strptime and socket.setdefaulttimeout().
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 95fad62..0a1ce88 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
Extension modules
+- The strptime function in the time module is now always available (a
+ Python implementation is used when the C library doesn't define it).
+
- The 'new' module is no longer an extension, but a Python module that
only exists for backwards compatibility. Its contents are no longer
functions but callable type objects.
@@ -197,7 +200,9 @@
- Sockets now support timeout mode. After s.settimeout(T), where T is
a float expressing seconds, subsequent operations raise an exception
if they cannot be completed within T seconds. To disable timeout
- mode, use s.settimeout(None).
+ mode, use s.settimeout(None). There's also a module function,
+ socket.setdefaulttimeout(T), which sets the default for all sockets
+ created henceforth.
- getopt.gnu_getopt was added. This supports GNU-style option
processing, where options can be mixed with non-option arguments.