Commit c35f3402 authored by Andrew M. Kuchling's avatar Andrew M. Kuchling

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\usepackage{distutils} \usepackage{distutils}
% $Id$ % $Id$
% wsgiref section
% Fix XXX comments % Fix XXX comments
% Count up the patches and bugs % Count up the patches and bugs
...@@ -19,18 +18,13 @@ This article explains the new features in Python 2.5. The final ...@@ -19,18 +18,13 @@ This article explains the new features in Python 2.5. The final
release of Python 2.5 is scheduled for August 2006; release of Python 2.5 is scheduled for August 2006;
\pep{356} describes the planned release schedule. \pep{356} describes the planned release schedule.
Comments, suggestions, and error reports are welcome; please e-mail them The changes in Python 2.5 are an interesting mix of language and
to the author or open a bug in the Python bug tracker. library improvements. The library enhancements will be more important
to Python's user community, I think, because several widely-useful
% XXX Compare with previous release in 2 - 3 sentences here. packages were added. New modules include ElementTree for XML
The changes in Python 2.5 are an interesting mix of language and library processing (section~\ref{module-etree}), the SQLite database module
changes. The library changes (section~\ref{module-sqlite}), and the \module{ctypes} module for
will be more important to Python's user community, I think, calling C functions (section~\ref{module-ctypes}).
because several widely-useful packages were added to the standard library;
the additions include
ElementTree for XML processing (section~\ref{module-etree}),
the SQLite database module (section~\ref{module-sqlite}),
and the \module{ctypes} module for calling C functions (\section~\ref{module-ctypes}).
The language changes are of middling significance. Some pleasant new The language changes are of middling significance. Some pleasant new
features were added, but most of them aren't features that you'll use features were added, but most of them aren't features that you'll use
...@@ -45,15 +39,17 @@ improvements are worthwhile, but they're improvements to one specific ...@@ -45,15 +39,17 @@ improvements are worthwhile, but they're improvements to one specific
language feature or another; none of them are broad modifications to language feature or another; none of them are broad modifications to
Python's semantics. Python's semantics.
This article doesn't try to be a complete specification of the new
This article doesn't attempt to be a complete specification of the new features; instead changes are briefly introduced using helpful
features, but instead is a brief introduction to each new feature. examples. For full details, you should always refer to the
For full details, you should refer to the documentation for Python documentation for Python 2.5.
2.5.
% XXX add hyperlink when the documentation becomes available online. % XXX add hyperlink when the documentation becomes available online.
If you want to understand the complete implementation and design If you want to understand the complete implementation and design
rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature. rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature.
Comments, suggestions, and error reports for this document are
welcome; please e-mail them to the author or open a bug in the Python
bug tracker.
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\section{PEP 308: Conditional Expressions\label{pep-308}} \section{PEP 308: Conditional Expressions\label{pep-308}}
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