[Py-howto-checkins] CVS: pyhowto python-2.0.tex,1.31,1.32

[A.M. K. <aku...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/py-howto/pyhowto
In directory slayer.i.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv10632

Modified Files:
	python-2.0.tex 
Log Message:
Wrote text for features added between 2.0b1 and b2.
Minor rewrites, and added the CVS ID in a comment.


Index: python-2.0.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/py-howto/pyhowto/python-2.0.tex,v
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retrieving revision 1.32
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*** python-2.0.tex	2000/09/27 01:01:18	1.31
--- python-2.0.tex	2000/09/27 01:33:41	1.32
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  \documentclass{howto}
  
+ % $Id$
+ 
  \title{What's New in Python 2.0}
  \release{0.05}
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  case of any problems.
  
+ \item The \keyword{exec} statement, and various built-ins such as
+ \code{eval()}, \code{getattr()}, and \code{setattr()} will also
+ accept Unicode strings as well as regular strings.  (It's possible
+ that the process of fixing this missed some built-ins; if you find a
+ built-in function that accepts strings but doesn't accept Unicode
+ strings at all, please report it as a bug.)
+ 
  \end{itemize}
  
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  \var{length})}, consisting of the resulting Unicode string
  \var{ustring} and the integer \var{length} telling how much of the
! string was consumed.
  
  \item \var{stream_reader} is a class that supports decoding input from
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  \var{length})}, consisting of the resulting Unicode string
  \var{ustring} and the integer \var{length} telling how much of the
! 8-bit string was consumed.
  
  \item \var{stream_reader} is a class that supports decoding input from
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  to; \code{3L * 'abc'} produces 'abcabcabc', and \code{
  (0,1,2,3)[2L:4L]} produces (2,3). Long integers can also be used in
! various new places where previously only integers were accepted, such
! as in the \method{seek()} method of file objects.
  
  The subtlest long integer change of all is that the \function{str()}
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  to; \code{3L * 'abc'} produces 'abcabcabc', and \code{
  (0,1,2,3)[2L:4L]} produces (2,3). Long integers can also be used in
! various contexts where previously only integers were accepted, such
! as in the \method{seek()} method of file objects, and in the formats
! supported by the \verb|%| operator (\verb|%d|, \verb|%i|, \verb|%x|,
! etc.).  For example, \code{"\%d" \% 2L**64} will produce the string
! \samp{18446744073709551616}.
  
  The subtlest long integer change of all is that the \function{str()}
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  bytecode, limiting the size of source files.  In particular, this
  affected the maximum size of literal lists and dictionaries in Python
! source; occasionally people who are generating Python code would run into this limit.
! A patch by Charles G. Waldman raises the limit from \verb|2^16| to \verb|2^{32}|.
! 
  
  % ======================================================================
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  bytecode, limiting the size of source files.  In particular, this
  affected the maximum size of literal lists and dictionaries in Python
! source; occasionally people who are generating Python code would run
! into this limit.  A patch by Charles G. Waldman raises the limit from
! \verb|2^16| to \verb|2^{32}|.
! 
! Three new convenience functions intended for adding constants to a
! module's dictionary at module initialization time were added:
! \function{PyModule_AddObject()}, \function{PyModule_AddIntConstant()},
! and \function{PyModule_AddStringConstant()}.  Each of these functions
! takes a module object, a null-terminated C string containing the name
! to be added, and a third argument for the value to be assigned to the
! name.  This third argument is, respectively, a Python object, a C
! long, or a C string.
! 
! A wrapper API was added for Unix-style signal handlers.
! \function{PyOS_getsig()} gets a signal handler and
! \function{PyOS_setsig()} will set a new handler.
  
  % ======================================================================
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  had to go through an arduous ritual of editing Makefiles and
  configuration files, which only really work on Unix and leave Windows
! and MacOS unsupported.  Software users faced wildly differing
! installation instructions 
  
  The SIG for distribution utilities, shepherded by Greg Ward, has
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  had to go through an arduous ritual of editing Makefiles and
  configuration files, which only really work on Unix and leave Windows
! and MacOS unsupported.  Python users faced wildly differing
! installation instructions which varied between different extension
! packages, which made adminstering a Python installation something of a
! chore.
  
  The SIG for distribution utilities, shepherded by Greg Ward, has