Commit 9060eada authored by Andrew M. Kuchling's avatar Andrew M. Kuchling

Add Tix and rexec changes

parent 43b0a4f9
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\section{New and Improved Modules} \section{New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules}
As usual, Python's standard library received a number of enhancements and As usual, Python's standard library received a number of enhancements and
bug fixes. Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted bug fixes. Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted
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functions: \function{get_history_item()}, functions: \function{get_history_item()},
\function{get_current_history_length()}, and \function{redisplay()}. \function{get_current_history_length()}, and \function{redisplay()}.
\item The \module{rexec} and \module{Bastion} modules have been
declared dead, and attempts to import them will fail with a
\exception{RuntimeError}. New-style classes provide new ways to break
out of the restricted execution environment provided by
\module{rexec}, and no one has interest in fixing them or time to do
so. If you have applications using \module{rexec}, rewrite them to
use something else.
(Sticking with Python 2.2 or 2.1 will not make your applications any
safer, because there are known bugs in the \module{rexec} module in
those versions. I repeat, if you're using \module{rexec}, stop using
it immediately.)
\item The \module{shutil} module gained a \function{move(\var{src}, \item The \module{shutil} module gained a \function{move(\var{src},
\var{dest})} function that recursively moves a file or directory to a new \var{dest})} function that recursively moves a file or directory to a new
location. location.
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particular encoding by providing an optional encoding argument to particular encoding by providing an optional encoding argument to
the \method{toxml()} and \method{toprettyxml()} methods of DOM nodes. the \method{toxml()} and \method{toprettyxml()} methods of DOM nodes.
item The \module{Tix} module has received various bug fixes and
updates for the current version of the Tix package.
\item The \module{Tkinter} module now works with a thread-enabled \item The \module{Tkinter} module now works with a thread-enabled
version of Tcl. Tcl's threading model requires that widgets only be version of Tcl. Tcl's threading model requires that widgets only be
accessed from the thread in which they're created; accesses from accessed from the thread in which they're created; accesses from
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