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Kirill Smelkov
cpython
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ab4e4c54
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Sep 24, 2000
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Jack Jansen
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Readme and relnotes for intermediate 2.0b1+ release.
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How
to
install
Python
2.0
b1
on
your
Macintosh
How
to
install
Python
2.0
b1
+
on
your
Macintosh
---------------------------------------------
If
this
is
your
first
encounter
with
Python
:
you
definitely
need
the
...
...
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ now. The documentation is in HTML format, start with index.html.
Caveats
-------
This
is
a
beta
version
,
so
use
with
caution
.
This
is
a
beta
version
,
so
use
with
caution
.
This
b1
+
beta
has
received
only
very
little
testing
,
use
the
older
b1
if
it
proves
problematic
.
If
you
have
used
an
earlier
version
of
2.0
b1
you
_must_
remove
your
old
preference
file
,
the
files
are
incompatible
.
Aside
from
the
general
new
Python
2.0
features
(
compared
to
1.5.2
,
there
was
no
1.6
for
the
macintosh
)
like
unicode
support
the
main
new
features
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Changes in 2.0b1 since 1.5.2
----------------------------
Changes in 2.0b1
+
since 1.5.2
----------------------------
-
These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
for machine-independent changes.
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@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ have to leave it at the highlights:
- Added macos.FreeMem(), MaxBlock() and CompactMem(), mainly so apps in Python can
give low-memory warnings.
- MediaDescr module parses some QuickTime media descriptions (but definitely not all).
- A new method EasyDialogs.GetArgv() which makes it easy for the end-user to provide
unix-style sys.argv arguments. (new since 2.0b1)
- There's a new package, mkcwproject, that creates and builds CodeWarrior
projects. (new since 2.0b1)
- The "keep console open" options are now always, never, on error and on unseen output. The
latter is the new default. (new since 2.0b1)
- Missing Numeric modules are included. They may not be on sys.path, however. (new since 2.0b1)
- gdbm works again. (new since 2.0b1)
What is not in this distribution
--------------------------------
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@@ -36,7 +45,7 @@ What is not in this distribution
- Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.0 yet. If/when it becomes available
Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig.
- Carbon support is not in here, but should be happening as soon as GUSI is ready.
- Distutils is not in here,
again due to lack of time
.
- Distutils is not in here,
but Corran Webster and myself are working on it
.
Known problems
--------------
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@@ -48,4 +57,3 @@ http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.
- Aliases do not work in sys.path entries.
- Once you have used multiple threads you cannot raise KeyboardInterrupt anymore:
typing command-. will immedeately exit the interpreter.
- The gdbm module does not work.
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