From 9074ef60818e561674e601f2859c799a28b00a78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 21:34:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add fix for getattr(obj, name, default). Rearrange a few things. --- Misc/NEWS | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 1d86a4313e..74327c4dfa 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes - doctest now finds and runs docstrings attached to new-style classes, class methods, static methods, and properties. -Core +Core and builtins - A very subtle syntactical pitfall in list comprehensions was fixed. For example: [a+b for a in 'abc', for b in 'def']. The comma in @@ -31,15 +31,26 @@ Core Note that [a for a in ] is a convoluted way to say [] anyway, so it's not like any expressiveness is lost. +- getattr(obj, name, default) now only catches AttributeError, as + documented, rather than returning the default value for all + exceptions (which could mask bugs in a __getattr__ hook, for + example). + +Extension modules + +- thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None). + - binascii has now two quopri support functions, a2b_qp and b2a_qp. - readline now supports setting the startup_hook and the pre_event_hook. - posix supports chroot where available. -Library +- Decompression objects in the zlib module now accept an optional + second parameter to decompress() that specifies the maximum amount + of memory to use for the uncompressed data. -- thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None). +Library - doctest now excludes functions and classes not defined by the module being tested, thanks to Tim Hochberg. @@ -75,10 +86,6 @@ Library which indicates whether output is intended for the header 'Q' encoding. -- Decompression objects in the zlib module now accept an optional - second parameter to decompress() that specifies the maximum amount - of memory to use for the uncompressed data. - Tools/Demos - Demo/dns was removed. It no longer serves any purpose; a package -- 2.40.0