Commit 2c4e462e authored by Andrew M. Kuchling's avatar Andrew M. Kuchling

Add four library items

parent f6856cef
...@@ -1384,6 +1384,12 @@ keeps an example from being executed at all. This is intended for ...@@ -1384,6 +1384,12 @@ keeps an example from being executed at all. This is intended for
code snippets that are usage examples intended for the reader and code snippets that are usage examples intended for the reader and
aren't actually test cases. aren't actually test cases.
An \var{encoding} parameter was added to the \function{testfile()}
function and the \class{DocFileSuite} class to specify the file's
encoding. This makes it easier to use non-ASCII characters in
tests contained within a docstring. (Contributed by Bjorn Tillenius.)
% Patch 1080727
\item The \module{fileinput} module was made more flexible. \item The \module{fileinput} module was made more flexible.
Unicode filenames are now supported, and a \var{mode} parameter that Unicode filenames are now supported, and a \var{mode} parameter that
defaults to \code{"r"} was added to the defaults to \code{"r"} was added to the
...@@ -1540,6 +1546,9 @@ tuple slicing, method lookups, and numeric operations, instead of ...@@ -1540,6 +1546,9 @@ tuple slicing, method lookups, and numeric operations, instead of
performing many different operations and reducing the result to a performing many different operations and reducing the result to a
single number as \file{pystone.py} does. single number as \file{pystone.py} does.
\item The \module{pyexpat} module now uses version 2.0 of the Expat parser.
(Contributed by Trent Mick.)
\item The old \module{regex} and \module{regsub} modules, which have been \item The old \module{regex} and \module{regsub} modules, which have been
deprecated ever since Python 2.0, have finally been deleted. deprecated ever since Python 2.0, have finally been deleted.
Other deleted modules: \module{statcache}, \module{tzparse}, Other deleted modules: \module{statcache}, \module{tzparse},
...@@ -1682,6 +1691,14 @@ UUID('886313e1-3b8a-5372-9b90-0c9aee199e5d') ...@@ -1682,6 +1691,14 @@ UUID('886313e1-3b8a-5372-9b90-0c9aee199e5d')
(Contributed by Ka-Ping Yee.) (Contributed by Ka-Ping Yee.)
\item The \module{weakref} module's \class{WeakKeyDictionary} and
\class{WeakValueDictionary} types gained new methods for iterating
over the weak references contained in the dictionary.
\method{iterkeyrefs()} and \method{keyrefs()} methods were
added to \class{WeakKeyDictionary}, and
\method{itervaluerefs()} and \method{valuerefs()} were added to
\class{WeakValueDictionary}. (Contributed by Fred L.~Drake, Jr.)
\item The \module{webbrowser} module received a number of \item The \module{webbrowser} module received a number of
enhancements. enhancements.
It's now usable as a script with \code{python -m webbrowser}, taking a It's now usable as a script with \code{python -m webbrowser}, taking a
...@@ -1705,6 +1722,12 @@ Brandl.) ...@@ -1705,6 +1722,12 @@ Brandl.)
(Contributed by Skip Montanaro.) (Contributed by Skip Montanaro.)
% Patch 1120353 % Patch 1120353
\item The \module{zipfile} module now supports the ZIP64 version of the
format, meaning that a .zip archive can now be larger than 4 GiB and
can contain individual files larger than 4 GiB. (Contributed by
Ronald Oussoren.)
% Patch 1446489
\item The \module{zlib} module's \class{Compress} and \class{Decompress} \item The \module{zlib} module's \class{Compress} and \class{Decompress}
objects now support a \method{copy()} method that makes a copy of the objects now support a \method{copy()} method that makes a copy of the
object's internal state and returns a new object's internal state and returns a new
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