From 1c486099adb1ec399430971c9215918f3db56d31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 02:05:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note the Unicode changes from SF patch #470578. --- Misc/NEWS | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index a03bb09df1..18fcde8bfc 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ What's New in Python 2.2b1? -Release date: 28-Sep-2100 +Release date: 19-Oct-2001 =========================== Type/class unification and new-style classes @@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ Core and builtins A bug which could allow a core dump when binary operations involved proxy reference has been fixed. +- unicode(obj) now behaves more like str(obj), accepting arbitrary + objects, and calling a __unicode__ method if it exists. + unicode(obj, encoding) and unicode(obj, encoding, errors) still + require an 8-bit string argument. + Extension modules - thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None). @@ -131,6 +136,9 @@ C API tested on Linux and Windows; other platforms please beware (and report any bugs or strange behavior). +- PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject() no longer accepts Unicode objects as + input. + New platforms Tests -- 2.40.0