+Thu Oct 6 16:40:05 1994 Guido van Rossum <guido@voorn.cwi.nl>
+
+ * Got rid of Modules/imgformat.c (will be distributed with Jack's
+ img package)
+
+ * Doc/*.tex: moved title boilerplate to separate file, added
+ copyright notice (separate file)
+
+Wed Oct 5 11:13:13 1994 Guido van Rossum <guido@voorn.cwi.nl>
+
+ * Modules/config.c.in: don't include frozen.c when frozen (the new
+ freeze script compiles it separately)
+
+ * Lib/os.py: add dummy import posixpath, for freeze script
+
+ * Python/marshal.c (r_object): plugged memory leak in reading of
+ code objects
+
+ * Modules/config.c.in (getpythonpath): always return malloc'ed
+ memory -- save a static pointer to free next time (prevents leaks)
+
+Thu Sep 29 10:35:28 1994 Guido van Rossum <guido@voorn.cwi.nl>
+
+ * Grammar/Grammar: got rid of history; changed some diagram
+ commands
+
+ * Lib/types.py: cosmetic changes
+
+ * Mac/{config.c,macosmodule.c}: new interface to (a few bits of)
+ the Mac OS
+
+ * Modules/xxmodule.c: integrated with xxobject.c by Jack
+
+ * Modules/(posix,socket}module.c: more NT changes
+
+ * Python/traceback.c: security fix -- check for buffer oveflow
+ before concatenating sys.path item and module name
+
+ * Python/ceval.c, Include/ceval.h: promote MakePendingCalls to
+ global: Py_MakePendingCalls. Also guard against recursive calls
+
+ * Python/pythonmain.c: fatal error if can't alloc mem for -c
+ string
+
+ * Python/pythonrun.c: add string "Python" to fatal error message
+
+Wed Sep 28 16:39:09 1994 Guido van Rossum <guido@voorn.cwi.nl>
+
+ * Objects/longobject.c: change ValueError to OverflowError when
+ converting to int
+
+ * Objects/xxobject.c: changed to use new style (not finished?)
+
+ * Objects/stringobject.c: use HAVE_LIMITS instead of __STDC__
+
+ * Objects/rangeobject.c: modernized
+
+ * Objects/floatobject.c: add overflow check when converting float
+ to int and implement truncation towards zero using ceil/float
+
+ * Parser/intrcheck.c: make 'interrupted' global (forgot for
+ whom...)
+
+ * Include/rename1.h: don't even define Py_FPROTO
+
+ * Python/{modsupport.c,getargs.c,Makefile.in},
+ Include/modsupport.h: moved getargs() to its own file and
+ re-implemented it entirely to support optional arguments, multiple
+ arguments without surrounding parentheses
+ (when called as newgetargs()), and better error messages
+
+ * Include/classobject.h, Objects/classobject.c,
+ Python/{ceval.c,bltinmodule.c}: entirely redone operator
+ overloading. The rules for class instances are now much more
+ relaxed than for other built-in types
+ (whose coerce must still return two objects of the same type)
+
+Sun Sep 18 07:26:39 1994 Guido van Rossum <guido@cayenne.cwi.nl>
+
+ * Python/pythonrun.c (print_error): print only last line of
+ multi-line source line
+
+ * Parser/tokenizer.c (tok_nextc): count line numbers when parsing
+ strings
+
+Fri Sep 16 15:54:56 1994 Guido van Rossum <guido@voorn.cwi.nl>
+
+ * Python/modsupport.c (do_arg): added error message if "O!" fails;
+ change type of converter for "O&" to function returning int taking
+ an object* and a void* parameter; it should return 1 for success
+ or return 0 and set an exception for failure to convert
+
+Wed Sep 14 14:08:44 1994 Guido van Rossum <guido@voorn.cwi.nl>
+
+ * Include/Python.h: new header file for new naming scheme
+
+ * various modules: #include "Python.h" and remove most remporary
+ renaming hacks
+
+ * Lib/whrandom.py: if seed is (0,0,0), initialize from current
+ time; default seed's arguments to (0,0,0)
+
+ * Python/ceval.c (eval_code), Include/ceval.h: added registry of
+ pending functions (to be used by functions that are called
+ asynchronously, like UNIX signal handlers or Mac I/O completion
+ routines)
+
+Wed Sep 14 11:05:36 1994 Guido van Rossum (guido@voorn.cwi.nl)
+
+ * Doc/libsys.tex (section{Built-in Module \sectcode{sys}}):
+ documented sys.check_interval
+
+Tue Sep 13 21:35:19 1994 Guido van Rossum (guido@voorn.cwi.nl)
+
+ * Import/pythonrun.h, Python/{import,pythonrun}.c,
+ mac/macsetfiletype.c: changes by Jack to execute .pyc file passed
+ as command line argument. On the Mac .pyc files are given a
+ special type so they can be double-clicked
+
+ * Modules/stropmodule.c (strop_[r]find): change index range check
+ -- don't raise ValueError buit silently clip when it's out of
+ range (this is compatible with slicing)
+
Mon Sep 12 12:53:07 1994 Guido van Rossum (guido@voorn.cwi.nl)
+ * Extensions/X11/Xmmodule.c: (Sjoerd): Implemented
+ Xm.OptionButtonGadget and Xm.OptionLabelGadget
+
+ * Modules/Setup.in: define PYTHONPATH using COREPYTHONPATH for
+ extensions; add -lm to math module definition
+
+ * Modules/Makefile.pre.in: remove *.so and so_locations on clobber
+
+ * Modules/makesetup: (Sjoerd): treat words beginning with a dollar
+ and not ending in a well-known extension as linker arguments
+
* Lib/urlparse.py: URL parser according to the latest Internet
draft
libraries and to set $(MACHDEP) (machine dependent subdirectory of
Lib)
- * Makefile.in: shared library support; added targer sharedinstall
+ * Makefile.in: shared library support; added target sharedinstall
which move shared libraries into Lib/$(MACHDEP)
* Modules/{Makefile.pre.in,Setup.in,makesetup}: support shared
* Lib/traceback.py: print SyntaxError correctly
- * Lib/stat.py: moved to posixstat.py; added macstat.py which has
- the constants for the Mac; and created new stat.py which includes
- the right one
-
* Modules/signalmodule.c: added pause().
* Python/pythonrun.c (print_error): added INCREF/DECREF pair --
setattr(x, name, value) for class instances. This uses a special
hack whereby the class is supposed to be static: the __getattr__
and __setattr__ methods are looked up only once and saved in the
- instance structure for speed
+ instance structure for speed.
+ (Later rewritten to also support __delattr__ and to store the
+ routines in the class instead of in the instance)
Wed Aug 10 13:42:29 1994 Guido van Rossum (guido@voorn.cwi.nl)
==> Python 1.1 contains many improvements over 1.0.3, but is almost
backward compatible (though the magic number for .pyc file has
- changed). It comes with build instructions for many more non-UNIX
- platforms.
+ changed). It is portable to many more non-UNIX platforms.
==> If you don't know yet what Python is: it's an interpreted,
extensible, embeddable, interactive, object-oriented programming
language. For a quick summary of what Python can mean for a
UNIX/C programmer, read Misc/BLURB.LUTZ.
-==> If you want to start compiling right away: just type "./configure"
- in the current directory and when it finishes, type "make". See
- the section Build Instructions below for more details.
+==> If you want to start compiling right away (on UNIX): just type
+ "./configure" in the current directory and when it finishes, type
+ "make". See the section Build Instructions below for more
+ details.
==> All documentation is in the subdirectory Doc in the form of LaTeX
files. In order of importance for new users: Tutorial (tut),
Library Reference (lib), Language Reference (ref), Extending
(ext). Note that especially the Library Reference is of immense
value since much of Python's power (including the built-in data
- types and functions!) is described there. [XXX The ext document
+ types and functions!) is described there. [NB The ext document
has not been updated to reflect this release yet.]
==> Python is COPYRIGHTED but free to use for all. See the copyright
- notice at the end of this file.
+ notice at the end of this file. Moreover, the Python distribution
+ is not affected by the GNU Public Licence (GPL). There is support
+ for interfaces to some GNU code but this is entirely optional and
+ no GNU code is distributed with Python. For all these packages,
+ GPL-free public domain versions also exist.
Build instructions
interface: this gives you line editing and command history when
calling python interactively. You need to configure build the GNU
readline library before running the configure script. Its sources are
-no longer distributed with Python; you can ftp them from any GNU
-mirror site, or from its home site:
+not distributed with Python; you can ftp them from any GNU mirror
+site, or from its home site:
ftp://slc2.ins.cwru.edu/pub/dist/readline-2.0.tar.gz (or a higher
-version number -- using version 1.x is not recommended). Pass the
-Python configure script the option --with-readline=DIRECTORY where
-DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the directory where you've built
-the readline library. Some hints on building and using the readline
-library:
+version number -- using version 1.x is not recommended).
+
+A GPL-free version was posted to comp.sources.misc in volume 31 and is
+widely available from FTP archive sites. One URL for it is:
+ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.b/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume31/editline/part01.Z
+
+Pass the Python configure script the option --with-readline=DIRECTORY
+where DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the directory where you've
+built the readline library. Some hints on building and using the
+readline library:
- On SGI IRIX 5, you may have to add the following
to rldefs.h:
+(*) 2 specific leaks: 1 PYTHONPATH; 2 reading code from .pyc
+
+(-) if __getattr__ prints something, calling repr(x) from cmd line
+forgets a newline
+
+(-) improve performance of list.append/insert etc. by keeping high/low
+watermark instead of realloc'ing each time?
+
+(-) findmethod should cache (also findmember?)
+
+(-) sysget("check_interval") is called before each method call which
+breaks dictlookup caching
+
+(*) core dump on import of ridiculously long module name
+
+(-) core dump on repr / print of deeply nested or recursive object
+
+(*) parsing from string should calculate line numbers
+
+(-) whrandom doc needs update
+
+(-) mpz power is still binary insterad of ternary
+
+(*) design interface to call arbitrary asynchronous routines
+
+(*) whrandom.set...(0,0,0) doesn't generate random numbers
+
+(*) Lance's latest curses additions
+
+(-) Jack's new code:
+ (*) new xxmodule.c
+ (*) mac has type for .pyc files
+ (*) should run .pyc files when passed as command line argument
+
+(*) all new all singing all dancing freeze script
+
+(*) make clean should remove *.so and not Makefile.pre
+
+(-) fix signalmodule.c to re-establish SIGC[H]LD handler
+
(-) try out Kees Blom's railroad diagram generator
(-) redesign error handling (cf. Donald's mail)
(*) Jaap's freeze script
-Incorporate with contrib status:
-- additions to glmodule by rg3h
-(*) Jaap's posixfile module (with locking)
-(*) pthreads interface
+(-) Incorporate with contrib status:
+ - additions to glmodule by rg3h
+ (*) Jaap's posixfile module (with locking)
+ (*) pthreads interface
-Later:
-- put the offending object in IOError and posix.error
-- make module marshal work with user-defined file-like objects
-- built-in help?
-- hierarchical module names?
+(-) Later:
+ - put the offending object in IOError and posix.error
+ - make module marshal work with user-defined file-like objects
+ - built-in help?
+ - hierarchical module names?
Big plans:
new Dbhash.py, dbhash library
-reraise; or raise 3rd param for traceback?
--or- except type, value, tbackobjec
+(-) reraise; or raise 3rd param for traceback?
+ -or- except type, value, tbackobjec
-redesign exceptions from scratch?
+(-) redesign exceptions from scratch?
-dbm objects miss items(), values() methods
+(-) dbm objects miss items(), values() methods
(*) jar's new profile
-answer q about coerce()
+(-) answer q about coerce()
(*) reconsider pass [expression] ??? -or- don't print non-interactive
exprs -or- option to suppress printing non-None expressions
(*) should be able to hash code objs (add fns to convert between lists/tuples)
-describe() ?
+(-) describe() ?
-distribute demo2 with Holmes
+(-) distribute demo2 with Holmes
(*) re-reply on try-continue
-classes are too slow
+(-) classes are too slow
-add += etc. ?
+(-) add += etc. ?
optimize tuple = tuple
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