From: Mark Dickinson Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 11:03:11 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Issue #14701: Merge fix from 3.2. X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0a4~237 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9fad1604110cd7a0bb32792aa6d6c6a63018d51e;p=python Issue #14701: Merge fix from 3.2. --- 9fad1604110cd7a0bb32792aa6d6c6a63018d51e diff --cc Misc/NEWS index 809114cc2f,e777cac1a5..a7350beb8e --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@@ -2,49 -2,10 +2,51 @@@ 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 #14700: Fix two broken and undefined-behaviour-inducing overflow checks + in old-style string formatting. + +- 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 +------- + ++- Issue #14701: Fix missing support for 'raise ... from' in parser module. ++ +- 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 #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 -----------------