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Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 ..  unittest test discovery
 ..  hyperlink all the methods & functions.
 
+.. T_STRING_INPLACE not described in main docs
+
 .. $Id$
    Rules for maintenance:
 
@@ -654,6 +656,11 @@ across operating systems and shells, so it may be different for you.)
 
   export PYTHONWARNINGS=all,error:::Cookie:0
 
+When running a module using the interpreter's :option:`-m` switch,
+``sys.argv[0]`` will now be set to the string ``'-m'`` while the
+module is being imported.  This will let modules determine when
+they're being executed using :option:`-m`.  (Suggested by Michael
+Foord; implemented by Nick Coghlan; :issue:`8202`.)
 
 .. ======================================================================
 
@@ -909,11 +916,14 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
   more sensible for numeric types.  (Changed by Mark Dickinson; :issue:`6857`.)
 
 * The :mod:`difflib` module now produces output that is more
-  compatible with modern :command:`diff`/:command:`patch` tools thanks
-  to two changes: 1) the header giving the filename now uses a tab
-  character instead of spaces as a separator, and 2) the date format
-  used is now ISO-8601 style, ``2005-01-26 23:30:50``.  (Fixed by
-  Anatoly Techtonik; :issue:`7585`.)
+  compatible with modern :command:`diff`/:command:`patch` tools
+  through one small change, using a tab character instead of spaces as
+  a separator in the header giving the filename.  (Fixed by Anatoly
+  Techtonik; :issue:`7585`.)
+
+* The :mod:`doctest` module's :const:`IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL` flag
+  will now ignore the name of the module containing the exception
+  being tested.  (Patch by Lennart Regebro; :issue:`7490`.)
 
 * The :class:`~fractions.Fraction` class now accepts a single float or
   :class:`~decimal.Decimal` instance, or two rational numbers, as
@@ -1151,6 +1161,11 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
   code being returned from :meth:`recv` operations that trigger an SSL
   renegotiation (fix by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`8222`).
 
+  Another changes makes the extension load all of OpenSSL's ciphers
+  and digest algorithms.  Some SSL certificates couldn't be verified,
+  reporting an 'unknown algorithm' error.  (Reported by Beda Kosata, and
+  fixed by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`8484`.)
+
   The version of OpenSSL being used is now available as the module
   attributes :attr:`OPENSSL_VERSION` (a string),
   :attr:`OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO` (a 5-tuple), and
@@ -1216,6 +1231,10 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
   false for ones that are implicitly global.
   (Contributed by Jeremy Hylton.)
 
+* The :mod:`syslog` module will now use the value of ``sys.argv[0]`` as the
+  identifier instead of the previous default value of ``'python'``.
+  (Changed by Sean Reifschneider; :issue:`8451`.)
+
 * The ``sys.version_info`` value is now a named tuple, with attributes
   named :attr:`major`, :attr:`minor`, :attr:`micro`,
   :attr:`releaselevel`, and :attr:`serial`.  (Contributed by Ross
@@ -1623,6 +1642,12 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
   being raised when an interpreter shuts down.
   (Patch by Adam Olsen; :issue:`1722344`.)
 
+* When using the :ctype:`PyMemberDef` structure to define attributes
+  of a type, Python will no longer let you try to delete or set a
+  :const:`T_STRING_INPLACE` attribute.
+
+  .. rev 79644
+
 * Global symbols defined by the :mod:`ctypes` module are now prefixed
   with ``Py``, or with ``_ctypes``.  (Implemented by Thomas
   Heller; :issue:`3102`.)
@@ -1672,6 +1697,14 @@ Port-Specific Changes: Windows
   and :data:`LIBRARIES_ASSEMBLY_NAME_PREFIX`.
   (Contributed by David Cournapeau; :issue:`4365`.)
 
+* The :mod:`_winreg` module for accessing the registry now implements
+  the :func:`CreateKeyEx` and :func:`DeleteKeyEx` functions, extended
+  versions of previously-supported functions that take several extra
+  arguments.  The :func:`DisableReflectionKey`,
+  :func:`EnableReflectionKey`, and :func:`QueryReflectionKey` were also
+  tested and documented.
+  (Implemented by Brian Curtin: :issue:`7347`.)
+
 * The new :cfunc:`_beginthreadex` API is used to start threads, and
   the native thread-local storage functions are now used.
   (Contributed by Kristjan Valur Jonsson; :issue:`3582`.)
@@ -1747,14 +1780,8 @@ Porting to Python 2.7
 This section lists previously described changes and other bugfixes
 that may require changes to your code:
 
-* When using :class:`Decimal` instances with a string's
-  :meth:`format` method, the default alignment was previously
-  left-alignment.  This has been changed to right-alignment, which might
-  change the output of your programs.
-  (Changed by Mark Dickinson; :issue:`6857`.)
-
-  Another :meth:`format`-related change: the default precision used
-  for floating-point and complex numbers was changed from 6 decimal
+* The string :meth:`format` method changed the default precision used
+  for floating-point and complex numbers from 6 decimal
   places to 12, which matches the precision used by :func:`str`.
   (Changed by Eric Smith; :issue:`5920`.)
 
@@ -1768,14 +1795,25 @@ that may require changes to your code:
   nothing when a negative length is requested, as other file-like
   objects do.  (:issue:`7348`).
 
+
 In the standard library:
 
+* When using :class:`Decimal` instances with a string's
+  :meth:`format` method, the default alignment was previously
+  left-alignment.  This has been changed to right-alignment, which might
+  change the output of your programs.
+  (Changed by Mark Dickinson; :issue:`6857`.)
+
 * The ElementTree library, :mod:`xml.etree`, no longer escapes
   ampersands and angle brackets when outputting an XML processing
   instruction (which looks like `<?xml-stylesheet href="#style1"?>`)
   or comment (which looks like `<!-- comment -->`).
   (Patch by Neil Muller; :issue:`2746`.)
 
+* The :mod:`syslog` module will now use the value of ``sys.argv[0]`` as the
+  identifier instead of the previous default value of ``'python'``.
+  (Changed by Sean Reifschneider; :issue:`8451`.)
+
 For C extensions:
 
 * C extensions that use integer format codes with the ``PyArg_Parse*``