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==> Release 1.4 (October 25 1996) <==
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=====================================
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(XXX Sorry, this is in totally random order. I hope I can find the
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time to fix it.)
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- Changed copyright.
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- SyntaxError exceptions detected during code generation
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(e.g. assignment to an expression) now include a line number.
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- Don't leave trailing / or \ in script directory inserted in front of
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sys.path.
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- Added a note to Tools/scripts/classfix.py abouts its historical
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importance.
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- Added Misc/Makefile.pre.in, a universal Makefile for extensions
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built outside the distribution.
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- Rewritten Misc/faq2html.py, by Ka-Ping Yee.
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- Install shared modules with mode 555 (needed for performance on some
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platforms).
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- Some changes to standard library modules to avoid calling append()
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with more than one argument -- while supported, this should be
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outlawed, and I don't want to set a bad example.
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- bdb.py (and hence pdb.py) supports calling run() with a code object
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instead of a code string.
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- Fixed an embarrassing bug cgi.py which prevented correct uploading
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of binary files from Netscape (which doesn't distinguish between
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binary and text files). Also added dormant logging support, which
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makes it easier to debug the cgi module itself.
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- Added default writer to constructor of NullFormatter class.
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- Use binary mode for socket.makefile() calls in ftplib.py.
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- The ihooks module no longer "installs" itself upon import -- this
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was an experimental feature that helped ironing out some bugs but that
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slowed down code that imported it without the need to install it
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(e.g. the rexec module). Also close the file in some cases and add
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the __file__ attribute to loaded modules.
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- The test program for mailbox.py is now more useful.
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- Added getparamnames() to Message class in mimetools.py -- it returns
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the names of parameters to the content-type header.
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- Fixed a typo in ni that broke the loop stripping "__." from names.
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- Fix sys.path[0] for scripts run via pdb.py's new main program.
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- profile.py can now also run a script, like pdb.
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- Fix a small bug in pyclbr -- don't add names starting with _ when
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emulating from ... import *.
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- Fixed a series of embarrassing typos in rexec's handling of standard
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I/O redirection. Added some more "safe" built-in modules: cmath,
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errno, operator.
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- Fixed embarrassing typo in shelve.py.
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- Added SliceType and EllipsisType to types.py.
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- In urllib.py, added handling for error 301 (same as 302); added
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geturl() method to get the URL after redirection.
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- Fixed embarrassing typo in xdrlib.py. Also fixed typo in Setup.in
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for _xdrmodule.c and removed redundant #include from _xdrmodule.c.
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- Fixed bsddbmodule.c to add binary mode indicator on platforms that
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have it. This should make it working on Windows NT.
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- Changed last uses of #ifdef NT to #ifdef MS_WINDOWS or MS_WIN32,
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whatever applies. Also rationalized some other tests for various MS
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platforms.
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- Added the sources for the NT installer script used for Python
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1.4beta3. Not tested with this release, but better than nothing.
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- A compromise in pickle's defenses against Trojan horses: a
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user-defined function is now okay where a class is expected. A
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built-in function is not okay, to prevent pickling something that
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will execute os.system("rm -f *") when unpickling.
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- dis.py will print the name of local variables referenced by local
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load/store/delete instructions.
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- Improved portability of SimpleHttpServer module to non-Unix
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platform.
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- The thread.h interface adds an extra argument to down_sema(). This
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only affects other C code that uses thread.c; the Python thread module
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doesn't use semaphores (which aren't provided on all platforms where
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Python threads are supported). Note: on NT, this change is not
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implemented.
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- Fixed some typos in abstract.h; corrected signature of
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PyNumber_Coerce, added PyMapping_DelItem. Also fixed a bug in
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abstract.c's PyObject_CallMethod().
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- apply(classname, (), {}) now works even if the class has no
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__init__() method.
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- Implemented complex remainder and divmod() (these would dump core!).
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Conversion of complex numbers to int, long int or float now raises an
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exception, since there is no meaningful way to do it without losing
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information.
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- Fixed bug in built-in complex() function which gave the wrong result
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for two real arguments.
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- Change the hash algorithm for strings -- the multiplier is now
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1000003 instead of 3, which gives better spread for short strings.
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- New default path for Windows NT, the registry structure now supports
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default paths for different install packages. (Mark Hammond -- the
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next PythonWin release will use this.)
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- Added more symbols to the python_nt.def file.
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- When using GNU readline, set rl_readline_name to "python".
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- The Ellipses built-in name has been renamed to Ellipsis -- this is
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the correct singular form. Thanks to Ka-Ping Yee, who saved us from
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eternal embarrassment.
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- Bumped the PYTHON_API_VERSION to 1006, due to the Ellipses ->
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Ellipsis name change.
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- Updated the library reference manual. Added documentation of
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restricted mode (rexec, Bastion) and the formatter module (for use
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with the htmllib module). Fixed the documentation of htmllib
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(finally).
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- The reference manual is now maintained in FrameMaker.
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- Upgraded scripts Doc/partparse.py and Doc/texi2html.py.
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- Slight improvements to Doc/Makefile.
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- Added fcntl.lockf(). This should be used for Unix file locking
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instead of the posixfile module; lockf() is more portable.
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- The getopt module now supports long option names, thanks to Lars
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Wizenius.
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- Plenty of changes to Tkinter and Canvas, mostly due to Fred Drake
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and Nils Fischbeck.
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- Use more bits of time.time() in whrandom's default seed().
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- Performance hack for regex module's regs attribute.
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- Don't close already closed socket in socket module.
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- Correctly handle separators containing embedded nulls in
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strop.split, strop.find and strop.rfind. Also added more detail to
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error message for strop.atoi and friends.
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- Moved fallback definition for hypot() to Python/hypot.c.
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- Added fallback definition for strdup, in Python/strdup.c.
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- Fixed some bugs where a function would return 0 to indicate an error
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where it should return -1.
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- Test for error returned by time.localtime(), and rationalized its MS
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tests.
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- Added Modules/Setup.local file, which is processed after Setup.
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- Corrected bug in toplevel Makefile.in -- execution of regen script
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would not use the right PATH and PYTHONPATH.
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- Various and sundry NeXT configuration changes (sigh).
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- Support systems where libreadline needs neither termcap nor curses.
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- Improved ld_so_aix script and python.exp file (for AIX).
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- More stringent test for working <stdarg.h> in configure script.
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- Removed Demo/www subdirectory -- it was totally out of date.
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- Improved demos and docs for Fred Drake's parser module; fixed one
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typo in the module itself.
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=========================================
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==> Release 1.4beta3 (August 26 1996) <==
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=========================================
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(XXX This is less readable that it should. I promis to restructure it
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for the final 1.4 release.)
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(XXX This is less readable that it should. I promise to restructure
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it for the final 1.4 release.)
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What's new in 1.4beta3 (since beta2)?
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-------------------------------------
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- Name mangling to implement a simple form of class-private variables.
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A name of the form "__spam" can't easily be used outside the class.
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(This was added in 1.4beta3, but left out of the 1.4beta3 release
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message.)
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- In urllib.urlopen(): HTTP URLs containing user:passwd@host are now
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handled correctly when using a proxy server.
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@ -88,9 +288,9 @@ permission). This is required on HP-UX and won't hurt on other systems.
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- The objc.c module is no longer part of the distribution. Objective-C
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support may become available as contributed software on the ftp site.
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- The sybase module is no longer part of the distribution. May John
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Redford rot in hell. A much improved sybase module is available as
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contributed software from the ftp site.
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- The sybase module is no longer part of the distribution. A much
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improved sybase module is available as contributed software from the
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ftp site.
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- _tkinter is now compatible with Tcl 7.5 / Tk 4.1 patch1 on Windows and
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Mac (don't use unpatched Tcl/Tk!). The default line in the Setup.in file
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