Patch derived from Trent's 101162: a Python/C API testing framework.
STILL NEEDS UNIX BUILD CHANGES.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 86cb703..0e7a1ff 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
- A 'continue' statement can now appear in a try block within the body
of a loop. It is still not possible to use continue in a finally
- clause.
+ clause.
Standard library
@@ -94,12 +94,21 @@
- The socket module now supports raw packets on Linux. The socket
family is AF_PACKET.
+- test_capi.py is a start at running tests of the Python C API. The tests
+ are implemented by the new Modules/_testmodule.c.
+
Windows changes
- Build procedure: the zlib project is built in a different way that
ensures the zlib header files used can no longer get out of synch with
- the zlib binary used. See PCbuild\readme.txt for details.
+ the zlib binary used. See PCbuild\readme.txt for details. Your old
+ zlib-related directories can be deleted; you'll need to download fresh
+ source for zlib and unpack it into a new directory.
+- Build: New subproject _test for the benefit of test_capi.py (see above).
+
+- Build: subproject ucnhash is gone, since the code was folded into the
+ unicodedata subproject.
What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 1?
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