Add fix for getattr(obj, name, default). Rearrange a few things.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1d86a4313ea343d496bfa3aefa8ce0e2adee519f..74327c4dfabe75e3c02adec00209b324190df38b 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
 - doctest now finds and runs docstrings attached to new-style classes,
   class methods, static methods, and properties.
 
-Core
+Core and builtins
 
 - A very subtle syntactical pitfall in list comprehensions was fixed.
   For example: [a+b for a in 'abc', for b in 'def'].  The comma in
@@ -31,15 +31,26 @@ Core
   Note that [a for a in <singleton>] is a convoluted way to say
   [<singleton>] anyway, so it's not like any expressiveness is lost.
 
+- getattr(obj, name, default) now only catches AttributeError, as
+  documented, rather than returning the default value for all
+  exceptions (which could mask bugs in a __getattr__ hook, for
+  example).
+
+Extension modules
+
+- thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None).
+
 - binascii has now two quopri support functions, a2b_qp and b2a_qp.
 
 - readline now supports setting the startup_hook and the pre_event_hook.
 
 - posix supports chroot where available.
 
-Library
+- Decompression objects in the zlib module now accept an optional
+  second parameter to decompress() that specifies the maximum amount
+  of memory to use for the uncompressed data.
 
-- thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None).
+Library
 
 - doctest now excludes functions and classes not defined by the module
   being tested, thanks to Tim Hochberg.
@@ -75,10 +86,6 @@ Library
   which indicates whether output is intended for the header 'Q'
   encoding.
 
-- Decompression objects in the zlib module now accept an optional
-  second parameter to decompress() that specifies the maximum amount
-  of memory to use for the uncompressed data.
-
 Tools/Demos
 
 - Demo/dns was removed.  It no longer serves any purpose; a package