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*** python-22.tex	2001/07/17 12:48:48	1.9
--- python-22.tex	2001/07/17 13:55:33	1.10
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  the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview of the
  new features.  For full details, you should refer to 2.2 documentation
! such as the Library Reference and the Reference Guide, or to the PEP
! for a particular new feature.

  The final release of Python 2.2 is planned for October 2001.
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  the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview of the
  new features.  For full details, you should refer to 2.2 documentation
! such as the
! \citetitle[http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/lib/lib.html]{Python
! Library Reference} and the
! \citetitle[http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/ref/ref.html]{Python
! Reference Manual}, or to the PEP for a particular new feature.
! % These \citetitle marks should get the python.org URLs for the final
! % release, just as soon as the docs are published there.

  The final release of Python 2.2 is planned for October 2001.
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  simple.  A new built-in function, \function{iter(obj)}, returns an
  iterator for the object \var{obj}.  (It can also take two arguments:
! \code{iter(\var{C}, \var{sentinel})} will call the callable \var{C}, until it
! returns \var{sentinel}, which will signal that the iterator is done.  This form probably won't be used very often.)

  Python classes can define an \method{__iter__()} method, which should
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  simple.  A new built-in function, \function{iter(obj)}, returns an
  iterator for the object \var{obj}.  (It can also take two arguments:
! \code{iter(\var{C}, \var{sentinel})} will call the callable \var{C},
! until it returns \var{sentinel}, which will signal that the iterator
! is done.  This form probably won't be used very often.)

  Python classes can define an \method{__iter__()} method, which should
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  \keyword{in} operator now works on dictionaries, so \code{\var{key} in
  dict} is now equivalent to \code{dict.has_key(\var{key})}.
! Calling \function{iter()} on a dictionary will return an iterator which loops over their keys:

  \begin{verbatim}
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  \keyword{in} operator now works on dictionaries, so \code{\var{key} in
  dict} is now equivalent to \code{dict.has_key(\var{key})}.
! Calling \function{iter()} on a dictionary will return an iterator
! which loops over their keys:

  \begin{verbatim}
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  Note that you can only go forward in an iterator; there's no way to
  get the previous element, reset the iterator, or make a copy of it.
! An iterator object could provide such additional capabilities, but the iterator protocol only requires a \method{next()} method.

  \begin{seealso}
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  Note that you can only go forward in an iterator; there's no way to
  get the previous element, reset the iterator, or make a copy of it.
! An iterator object could provide such additional capabilities, but the
! iterator protocol only requires a \method{next()} method.

  \begin{seealso}
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  used in most Python code (and when it is used, it's often a sign of a
  poor design anyway).
- %\end{seealso}

  \begin{seealso}
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  \end{verbatim}

! See \url{http://www.xmlrpc.com} for more information about XML-RPC.

    \item The \module{socket} module can be compiled to support IPv6;
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  \end{verbatim}

! See \url{http://www.xmlrpc.com/} for more information about XML-RPC.

    \item The \module{socket} module can be compiled to support IPv6;
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    Pelletier.)

!   \item The \module{rfc822} module's parsing of e-mail addresses is
    now compliant with \rfc{2822}, an update to \rfc{822}.  The module's
    name is \emph{not} going to be changed to \samp{rfc2822}.
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    Pelletier.)

!   \item The \module{rfc822} module's parsing of email addresses is
    now compliant with \rfc{2822}, an update to \rfc{822}.  The module's
    name is \emph{not} going to be changed to \samp{rfc2822}.
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    message "\var{function} takes no keyword arguments".

!   \item The code for the MacOS port for Python, maintained by Jack
    Jansen, is now kept in the main Python CVS tree.

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    message "\var{function} takes no keyword arguments".

!   \item The code for the Mac OS port for Python, maintained by Jack
    Jansen, is now kept in the main Python CVS tree.

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    The existing \function{sys.setprofile()} and
    \function{sys.settrace()} functions still exist, and have simply
!   been changed to use the new C-level interface.

    \item The \file{Tools/scripts/ftpmirror.py} script
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    The existing \function{sys.setprofile()} and
    \function{sys.settrace()} functions still exist, and have simply
!   been changed to use the new C-level interface.  (Contributed by Fred
!   L. Drake, Jr.)

    \item The \file{Tools/scripts/ftpmirror.py} script
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    \item XXX C API: Reorganization of object calling 

! The call_object()
! function, originally in ceval.c, begins a new life as the official
! API PyObject_Call().  It is also much simplified: all it does is call
! the tp_call slot, or raise an exception if that's NULL.

  %The subsidiary functions (call_eval_code2(), call_cfunction(),
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    \item XXX C API: Reorganization of object calling 

! The \cfunction{call_object()} function, originally in \file{ceval.c},
! begins a new life as the official API \cfunction{PyObject_Call()}.  It
! is also much simplified: all it does is call the \member{tp_call}
! slot, or raise an exception if that's \NULL.

  %The subsidiary functions (call_eval_code2(), call_cfunction(),
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    python-dev and in patch 410465.

!   \item XXX Lots of patches to dictionaries; measure performance improvement, if any.

  \end{itemize}
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    python-dev and in patch 410465.

!   \item XXX Lots of patches to dictionaries; measure performance
!   improvement, if any.

  \end{itemize}