Some more new stuff.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f35e356..7e5978d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
- All bugs noted on the errors page (and many unnoted) are fixed. All
new bugs take their places.
+- No longer a core dump when attempting to print (or repr(), or str())
+a list or dictionary that contains an instance of itself; instead, the
+recursive entry is printed as [...] or {...}. See Py_ReprEnter() and
+Py_ReprLeave() below. Comparisons of such objects still go beserk,
+since this requires a different kind of fix; fortunately, this is a
+less common scenario in practice.
+
Syntax change
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@@ -52,13 +59,9 @@
pwill now generally be able to reference built-in names such as None
without trouble.
-- On case-insensitive platforms such as Mac and Windows, require the
-case of a module's filename, e.g. "SocketServer.py", to match the case
-of the module name as specified in the import statement. This is an
-experimental feature -- if it turns out to break in too many
-situations, it will be removed (or disabled by default) in the future.
-On Windows, it can be disabled on a per-case basis by setting the
-environment variable PYTHONCASEOK (to any value).
+- Case-insensitive platforms such as Mac and Windows require the case
+of a module's filename to match the case of the module name as
+specified in the import statement (see below).
- The code for figuring out the default path now distinguishes between
files, modules, executable files, and directories. When expecting a
@@ -68,9 +71,10 @@
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- The tokenizer can now warn you when your source code mixes tabs and
-spaces for indentation in a manner that depends on the worth of a tab
-in spaces. Use "python -t" or "python -v" to enable this option. Use
-"python -tt" to turn the warnings into errors.
+spaces for indentation in a manner that depends on how much a tab is
+worth in spaces. Use "python -t" or "python -v" to enable this
+option. Use "python -tt" to turn the warnings into errors. (See also
+tabnanny.py and tabpolice.py below.)
- Return unsigned characters from tok_nextc(), so '\377' isn't
mistaken for an EOF character.
@@ -161,7 +165,9 @@
- All standard library modules have been converted to an indentation
style using either only tabs or only spaces -- never a mixture -- if
-they weren't already consistent according to tabnanny.
+they weren't already consistent according to tabnanny. This means
+that the new -t option (see above) won't complain about standard
+library modules.
- New standard library modules:
@@ -199,8 +205,8 @@
Incompatible new feature in re.sub(): the handling of escapes in the
replacement string has changed.
-- Interface change in copy.py: a __deepcopy__ method is now called
-with the memo dictionary as an argument.
+- Interface change in the copy module: a __deepcopy__ method is now
+called with the memo dictionary as an argument.
- Feature change in the tokenize module: differentiate between NEWLINE
token (an official newline) and NL token (a newline that the grammar
@@ -323,6 +329,13 @@
The Python/C API
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+- New function PyThreadState_GetDict() returns a per-thread dictionary
+intended for storing thread-local global variables.
+
+- New functions Py_ReprEnter() and Py_ReprLeave() use the per-thread
+dictionary to allow recursive container types to detect recursion in
+their repr(), str() and print implementations.
+
- New function PyObject_Not(x) calculates (not x) according to Python's
standard rules (basically, it negates the outcome PyObject_IsTrue(x).
@@ -369,6 +382,23 @@
- Make sure setvbuf() isn't used unless HAVE_SETVBUF is defined.
+Windows 95/NT
+-------------
+
+- The .lib files are now part of the distribution; they are collected
+in the subdirectory "libs" of the installation directory.
+
+- The extension modules (.pyd files) are now collected in a separate
+subdirectory of the installation directory named "DLLs".
+
+- The case of a module's filename must now match the case of the
+module name as specified in the import statement. This is an
+experimental feature -- if it turns out to break in too many
+situations, it will be removed (or disabled by default) in the future.
+It can be disabled on a per-case basis by setting the environment
+variable PYTHONCASEOK (to any value).
+
+
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