Start items w/ "-" instead of "+" (consistency w/ earlier versions).
Stephen Hansen reported via email that he didn't finish the port to
Borland C, so remove the old item saying it worked and add a new item
saying what I know; I've asked Stephen for more details.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 68aef95..e87e5d2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
Core
-+ Overflowing operations on plain ints now return a long int rather
+- Overflowing operations on plain ints now return a long int rather
than raising OverflowError. This is a partial implementation of PEP
237. You can use -Wdefault::OverflowWarning to enable a warning for
this situation, and -Werror::OverflowWarning to revert to the old
OverflowError exception.
-+ A new command line option, -D<arg>, is added to control run-time
+- A new command line option, -D<arg>, is added to control run-time
warnings for the use of classic division. (See PEP 238.) Possible
values are -Dold, -Dwarn, and -Dnew. The default is -Dold, meaning
the / operator has its classic meaning and no warnings are issued.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
gives the __main__ module new division, and warns about classic
division everywhere else.
-+ Many built-in types can now be subclassed. This applies to int,
+- Many built-in types can now be subclassed. This applies to int,
long, float, str, unicode, and tuple. (The types complex, list and
dictionary can also be subclassed; this was introduced earlier.)
Note that restrictions apply when subclassing immutable built-in
@@ -30,36 +30,36 @@
(as implemented by the base class) of an immutable subclass instance
once it is created.
-+ A new built-in type, super, has been added. This facilitates making
+- A new built-in type, super, has been added. This facilitates making
"cooperative super calls" in a multiple inheritance setting. For an
explanation, see http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#cooperation
-+ A new built-in type, getset, has been added. This enables the
+- A new built-in type, getset, has been added. This enables the
creation of "computed attributes". Such attributes are implemented
by getter and setter functions (or only one of these for read-only
or write-only attributes), without the need to override
__getattr__. See http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#getset
-+ The syntax of floating-point and imaginary literals has been
+- The syntax of floating-point and imaginary literals has been
liberalized, to allow leading zeroes. Examples of literals now
legal that were SyntaxErrors before:
00.0 0e3 0100j 07.5 00000000000000000008.
-+ An old tokenizer bug allowed floating point literals with an incomplete
+- An old tokenizer bug allowed floating point literals with an incomplete
exponent, such as 1e and 3.1e-. Such literals now raise SyntaxError.
Library
-+ A new function, imp.lock_held(), returns 1 when the import lock is
+- A new function, imp.lock_held(), returns 1 when the import lock is
currently held. See the docs for the imp module.
-+ pickle, cPickle and marshal on 32-bit platforms can now correctly read
+- pickle, cPickle and marshal on 32-bit platforms can now correctly read
dumps containing ints written on platforms where Python ints are 8 bytes.
When read on a box where Python ints are 4 bytes, such values are
converted to Python longs.
-+ In restricted execution mode (using the rexec module), unmarshalling
+- In restricted execution mode (using the rexec module), unmarshalling
code objects is no longer allowed. This plugs a security hole.
Tools
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
API
-+ The GC API has been changed. Extensions that use the old API will still
+- The GC API has been changed. Extensions that use the old API will still
compile but will not participate in GC. To upgrade an extension
module:
@@ -84,18 +84,22 @@
- remove calls to PyObject_AS_GC and PyObject_FROM_GC
-+ Two new functions: PyString_FromFormat() and PyString_FromFormatV().
+- Two new functions: PyString_FromFormat() and PyString_FromFormatV().
These can be used safely to construct string objects from a
sprintf-style format string (similar to the format string supported
by PyErr_Format()).
New platforms
+- Patches from Stephen Hansen for the Borland C compiler (under Windows)
+ are reported to yield a clean compile, but a Python that doesn't yet
+ run correctly. Volunteers?
+
Tests
Windows
-+ The w9xpopen hack is now used on Windows NT and 2000 too when COMPSPEC
+- The w9xpopen hack is now used on Windows NT and 2000 too when COMPSPEC
points to command.com (patch from Brian Quinlan).
@@ -436,11 +440,6 @@
pprint.isreadable() return sensible results. Also verifies that simple
cases produce correct output.
-New platforms
-
-- Python should compile and run out of the box using the Borland C
- compiler (under Windows), thanks to Stephen Hansen.
-
C API
- Removed the unused last_is_sticky argument from the internal