From: Jim Fulton <jim@zope.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:08:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Summarized changes: threading.local, Py_CLEAR, Py_VISIT, improved type
X-Git-Tag: v2.4a2~266
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e827437f45510d9cdd1e7fa561da8084f69ca698;p=python

Summarized changes: threading.local, Py_CLEAR, Py_VISIT, improved type
tutorial.
---

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c1bdb9ca53..1619d060c1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Core and builtins
   signal handlers and threads, complicated by readline's behaviour.
   It's quite possible that there are still bugs here.
 
+- Added C macros Py_CLEAR and Py_VISIT to ease the implementation of
+  types that support garbage collection.
+
 Extension modules
 -----------------
 
@@ -71,6 +74,16 @@ Library
 - Non-blocking SSL sockets work again; they were broken in Python 2.3.
   SF patch 945642.
 
+- doctest unittest integration improvements:
+
+  o Improved the unitest test output for doctest-based unit tests
+
+  o Can now pass setUp and tearDown functions when creating
+    DocTestSuites.
+
+- The threading module has a new class, local, for creating objects
+  that provide thread-local data.
+
 Tools/Demos
 -----------
 
@@ -83,6 +96,19 @@ C API
 - A large pile of datetime field-extraction macros is now documented,
   thanks to Anthony Tuininga (patch #986010).
 
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+Improved the tutorial on creating types in C.
+
+  - point out the importance of reassigning data members before
+    assigning thier values
+
+  - correct my missconception about return values from visitprocs. Sigh.
+
+  - mention the labor saving Py_VISIT and Py_CLEAR macros.
+
+
 New platforms
 -------------