From: A.M. K. <aku...@us...> - 2001-01-29 17:37:01
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Update of /cvsroot/py-howto/pyhowto In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv30333 Modified Files: python-21.tex Log Message: Add note about non-recursive Makefiles Get Fred's name right Add some XXX items that need to be written Index: python-21.tex =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/py-howto/pyhowto/python-21.tex,v retrieving revision 1.8 retrieving revision 1.9 diff -C2 -r1.8 -r1.9 *** python-21.tex 2001/01/24 01:11:26 1.8 --- python-21.tex 2001/01/29 17:36:53 1.9 *************** *** 251,254 **** --- 251,261 ---- instead of the default, or it may even be backed out completely. + In another far-reaching change to the build mechanism, Neil + Schemenauer restructured things so Python now uses a single makefile + that isn't recursive, instead of makefiles in the top directory and in + each of the Python/, Parser/, Objects/, and Modules/ subdirectories. + This makes building Python faster, and also makes the build process + clearer and simpler. + \begin{seealso} \seepep{229}{Using Distutils to Build Python}{Written and implemented by A.M. Kuchling.} *************** *** 362,365 **** --- 369,378 ---- mostly by Tim Peters and Guido van Rossum, after a suggestion and preliminary patch by Moshe Zadka. + + % Not checked into CVS yet -- only proposed + %\item The \operator{in} operator now works for dictionaries + %XXX 'if key in dict' now works. + (Thomas Wouters) + \item \module{curses.panel}, a wrapper for the panel library, part of *************** *** 407,410 **** --- 420,426 ---- This change was proposed and implemented by Thomas Wouters. + \item XXX Characters in repr() of strings now use hex escapes, and + use \n,\t,\r for those characters (Ka-Ping Yee) + \item The \module{ftplib} module now defaults to retrieving files in passive mode, because passive mode is more likely to work from behind a firewall. *************** *** 450,454 **** \begin{seealso} ! \seepep{205}{Weak References}{Written and implemented by Fred L. Drake.} \end{seealso} --- 466,470 ---- \begin{seealso} ! \seepep{205}{Weak References}{Written and implemented by Fred L. Drake, Jr.} \end{seealso} |