From: Mark Dickinson Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 09:25:56 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Merge Misc/NEWS issue number fix from 3.2 X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0a4~242 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=43d6ddc80f664d3915a7afc6ef4131e665cb7d09;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Merge Misc/NEWS issue number fix from 3.2 --- 43d6ddc80f664d3915a7afc6ef4131e665cb7d09 diff --cc Misc/NEWS index 3f60bcb548ec,fe86680b3d46..6047785cc696 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@@ -2,46 -2,10 +2,46 @@@ Python News +++++++++++ -What's New in Python 3.2.4 -========================== +What's New in Python 3.3.0 Alpha 4? +=================================== -*Release date: XX-XX-XXXX* +*Release date: XX-XXX-2012* + +Core and Builtins +----------------- + +- Issue #14705: The PyArg_Parse() family of functions now support the 'p' format + unit, which accepts a "boolean predicate" argument. It converts any Python + value into an integer--0 if it is "false", and 1 otherwise. + +Library +------- + +- Add support for timeouts to the acquire() methods of + multiprocessing's lock/semaphore/condition proxies. + +- Issue #13989: Add support for text mode to gzip.open(). + +- Issue #14127: The os.stat() result object now provides three additional + fields: st_ctime_ns, st_mtime_ns, and st_atime_ns, providing those times as an + integer with nanosecond resolution. The functions os.utime(), os.lutimes(), + and os.futimes() now accept a new parameter, ns, which accepts mtime and atime + as integers with nanosecond resolution. + +- Issue #14127 and #10148: shutil.copystat now preserves exact mtime and atime + on filesystems providing nanosecond resolution. + +Tools/Demos +----------- + - - Issue #14965: Bring Tools/parser/unparse.py support up to date with ++- Issue #14695: Bring Tools/parser/unparse.py support up to date with + the Python 3.3 Grammar. + + +What's New in Python 3.3.0 Alpha 3? +=================================== + +*Release date: 01-May-2012* Core and Builtins -----------------