Fox for SF bug #123859: %[duxXo] long formats inconsistent.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0d78e7f..14ba867 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 1?
+=================================
+
+Core language, builtins, and interpreter
+
+- %[duxXo] formats of negative Python longs now produce a sign
+ character. In 1.6 and earlier, they never produced a sign,
+ and raised an error if the value of the long was too large
+ to fit in a Python int. In 2.0, they produced a sign if and
+ only if too large to fit in an int. This was inconsistent
+ across platforms (because the size of an int varies across
+ platforms), and inconsistent with hex() and oct(). Example:
+
+ >>> "%x" % -0x42L
+ '-42' # in 2.1
+ 'ffffffbe' # in 2.0 and before, on 32-bit machines
+ >>> hex(-0x42L)
+ '-0x42L' # in all versions of Python
+
+
What's New in Python 2.0?
=========================
@@ -79,7 +99,7 @@
--with-pydebug flag. The expected warning is for getopt() in
Modules/main.c. This warning will be fixed for Python 2.1.
-- Fixed configure to add -threads argument during linking on OSF1.
+- Fixed configure to add -threads argument during linking on OSF1.
Tools and other miscellany
@@ -88,7 +108,7 @@
comprehensions, and augmented assignments. The new compiler should
also be backwards compatible with Python 1.5.2; the compiler will
always generate code for the version of the interpreter it runs
- under.
+ under.
What's new in 2.0 release candidate 1 (since beta 2)?
=====================================================
@@ -143,15 +163,15 @@
the file-like object interface and with StringIO. If operations are
performed on a closed object, an exception is raised. The truncate
method now accepts a position argument and readline accepts a size
- argument.
+ argument.
- There were many changes made to the linuxaudiodev module and its
test suite; as a result, a short, unexpected audio sample should now
- play when the regression test is run.
+ play when the regression test is run.
Note that this module is named poorly, because it should work
correctly on any platform that supports the Open Sound System
- (OSS).
+ (OSS).
The module now raises exceptions when errors occur instead of
crashing. It also defines the AFMT_A_LAW format (logarithmic A-law
@@ -200,7 +220,7 @@
- configure now accepts a --with-suffix option that specifies the
executable suffix. This is useful for builds on Cygwin and Mac OS
- X, for example.
+ X, for example.
- The mmap.PAGESIZE constant is now initialized using sysconf when
possible, which eliminates a dependency on -lucb for Reliant UNIX.
@@ -211,7 +231,7 @@
POLLRDNORM and related constants.
- Darwin (Mac OS X): Initial support for static builds on this
- platform.
+ platform.
- BeOS: A number of changes were made to the build and installation
process. ar-fake now operates on a directory of object files.
@@ -254,7 +274,7 @@
string is too long."
- Better error message when continue is found in try statement in a
- loop.
+ loop.
Standard library and extensions
@@ -345,7 +365,7 @@
use buffer interface on Unicode strings. Does not hang if group id
is followed by whitespace.
-- StringIO: Size hint in readlines() is now supported as documented.
+- StringIO: Size hint in readlines() is now supported as documented.
- struct: Check ranges for bytes and shorts.
@@ -419,7 +439,7 @@
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords() now accepts "es#" and "es".
PyArg_Parse() special cases "s#" for Unicode objects; it returns a
pointer to the default encoded string data instead of to the raw
- UTF-16.
+ UTF-16.
- Py_BuildValue accepts B format (for bgen-generated code).
@@ -448,7 +468,7 @@
registry key.
- On Unix, create .pyc/.pyo files with O_EXCL flag to avoid a race
- condition.
+ condition.
Build and platform-specific issues
@@ -475,7 +495,7 @@
- freeze: The modulefinder now works with 2.0 opcodes.
-- IDLE:
+- IDLE:
Move hackery of sys.argv until after the Tk instance has been
created, which allows the application-specific Tkinter
initialization to be executed if present; also pass an explicit