From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:04:01 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Minor edits. X-Git-Tag: v3.0~7 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ab4c51c2b333cc829b3186080e98e13dba4a48b3;p=python Minor edits. --- diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst index 511f3156f3..a2afb32ffe 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Some well-known APIs no longer return lists: * :class:`dict` methods :meth:`dict.keys`, :meth:`dict.items` and :meth:`dict.values` return "views" instead of lists. For example, this no longer works: ``k = d.keys(); k.sort()``. Use ``k = - sorted(d)`` instead (this works in Python 2.5 too, and is just + sorted(d)`` instead (this works in Python 2.5 too and is just as efficient). * Also, the :meth:`dict.iterkeys`, :meth:`dict.iteritems` and @@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ New Syntax * New binary literals, e.g. ``0b1010`` (already in 2.6). -* Bytes literals are introduced with a leading ``b`` or ``B``. +* Bytes literals are introduced with a leading ``b`` or ``B``, and + there is a new corresponding builtin function, :func:`bin`. Changed Syntax -------------- @@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ consulted for longer descriptions. :mod:`collections` module plays a somewhat more prominent role in the language now, and builtin collection types like :class:`dict` and :class:`list` conform to the :class:`collections.MutableMapping` - and :class:`collections.MutableSequence` ABC, respectively. + and :class:`collections.MutableSequence` ABCs, respectively. * :ref:`pep-3127`. As mentioned above, the new octal literal notation is the only one supported, and binary literals have been