Commit 08d87c6d authored by Andrew M. Kuchling's avatar Andrew M. Kuchling

Document addition of webbrowser.py

Mention the ANSIfication of the source.
parent ffb9c770
...@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ which are an order of magnitude faster. A threaded version of Python ...@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ which are an order of magnitude faster. A threaded version of Python
changes, the difference is only 10\%. These improvements were changes, the difference is only 10\%. These improvements were
contributed by Yakov Markovitch. contributed by Yakov Markovitch.
Python 2.0's source now uses only ANSI C prototypes, so compiling Python now
requires an ANSI C compiler, and can no longer be done using a compiler that
only supports K\&R C.
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\section{Module changes} \section{Module changes}
...@@ -704,6 +708,16 @@ checks Python source code for ambiguous indentation. ...@@ -704,6 +708,16 @@ checks Python source code for ambiguous indentation.
\item{\module{UserString}:} A base class useful for deriving objects that behave like strings. \item{\module{UserString}:} A base class useful for deriving objects that behave like strings.
\item{\module{webbrowser}:} A module that provides a platform independent
way to launch a web browser on a specific URL. For each platform, various
browsers are tried in a specific order. The user can alter which browser
is launched by setting the \var{BROWSER} environment variable.
(Originally inspired by Eric S. Raymond's patch to \module{urllib}
which added similar functionality, but
the final module comes from code originally
implemented by Fred Drake as \file{Tools/idle/BrowserControl.py},
and adapted for the standard library by Fred.)
\item{\module{winreg} and \module{_winreg}:} An interface to the \item{\module{winreg} and \module{_winreg}:} An interface to the
Windows registry. \module{_winreg} is an adaptation of functions that Windows registry. \module{_winreg} is an adaptation of functions that
have been part of PythonWin since 1995, but has now been added to the core have been part of PythonWin since 1995, but has now been added to the core
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