Updated new property syntax. An elaborate example for subclassing and the getter...

Added comment about VS 2008 and PGO builds.

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index a47573c27a0b6921af513abbb083872ddf23c837..46922a4d79fbf609f95e70108d6d8adec58a22e7 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -652,10 +652,10 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
 
   .. Revision 57619
 
-* Properties now have two attributes, 
+* Properties now have three attributes, :attr:`getter`,
   :attr:`setter` and :attr:`deleter`, that are useful shortcuts for
-  adding a setter or deleter function to an existing property.  
-  You would use them like this::
+  adding or modifying a getter, setter or deleter function to an 
+  existing property. You would use them like this::
 
     class C(object):
        @property                                                              
@@ -670,6 +670,15 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
        def x(self): 
            del self._x             
 
+    class D(C):
+        @C.x.getter
+        def x(self):
+            return self._x * 2
+
+        @x.setter
+        def x(self, value):
+            self._x = value / 2
+
 
 * C functions and methods that use 
   :cfunc:`PyComplex_AsCComplex` will now accept arguments that 
@@ -1336,6 +1345,7 @@ Port-Specific Changes: Windows
   API.  The :func:`getwch` function reads a keypress and returns a Unicode 
   value, as does the :func:`getwche` function.  The :func:`putwch` function
   takes a Unicode character and writes it to the console.
+  (Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
 
 * :func:`os.path.expandvars` will now expand environment variables 
   in the form "%var%", and "~user" will be expanded into the 
@@ -1350,7 +1360,15 @@ Port-Specific Changes: Windows
   that expands environment variable references such as ``%NAME%``
   in an input string.  The handle objects provided by this
   module now support the context protocol, so they can be used 
-  in :keyword:`with` statements.
+  in :keyword:`with` statements. (Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
+
+* The new default compiler on Windows is Visual Studio 2008 (VS 9.0). The 
+  build directories for Visual Studio 2003 (VS7.1) and 2005 (VS8.0)
+  were moved into the PC/ directory. The new PCbuild directory supports
+  cross compilation for X64, debug builds and Profile Guided Optimization
+  (PGO). PGO builds are roughly 10% faster than normal builds.
+  (Contributed by Christian Heimes with help from Amaury Forgeot d'Arc and
+  Martin von Loewis.)
 
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