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python-21.tex
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Add note about non-recursive Makefiles
Get Fred's name right
Add some XXX items that need to be written
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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.}
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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
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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.
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\begin{seealso}
! \seepep{205}{Weak References}{Written and implemented by Fred L. Drake.}
\end{seealso}
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\begin{seealso}
! \seepep{205}{Weak References}{Written and implemented by Fred L. Drake, Jr.}
\end{seealso}
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