From 5416da2565ff66b03d17a3209dc05f3fad327e7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "andrew.kuchling" Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:39:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add an item; small edits --- Doc-26/whatsnew/2.6.rst | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc-26/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc-26/whatsnew/2.6.rst index 9a5bb3ab1..606a18815 100644 --- a/Doc-26/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc-26/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ fixes. Here's a partial list of the most notable changes, sorted alphabetically by module name. Consult the :file:`Misc/NEWS` file in the source tree for a more complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. -* New data type in the :mod:`collections` module: :class:`NamedTuple(typename, +* A new data type in the :mod:`collections` module: :class:`NamedTuple(typename, fieldnames)` is a factory function that creates subclasses of the standard tuple whose fields are accessible by name as well as index. For example:: @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) -* New method in the :mod:`curses` module: for a window, :meth:`chgat` changes +* A new method in the :mod:`curses` module: for a window, :meth:`chgat` changes the display characters for a certain number of characters on a single line. :: # Boldface text starting at y=0,x=21 @@ -124,9 +124,14 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. (Contributed by Fabian Kreutz.) +* The :func:`glob.glob` function can now return Unicode filenames if + a Unicode path was used and Unicode filenames are matched within the directory. + + .. % Patch #1001604 + * The :mod:`gopherlib` module has been removed. -* New function in the :mod:`heapq` module: ``merge(iter1, iter2, ...)`` +* A new function in the :mod:`heapq` module: ``merge(iter1, iter2, ...)`` takes any number of iterables that return data *in sorted order*, and returns a new iterator that returns the contents of all the iterators, also in sorted order. For example:: @@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.) -* New function in the :mod:`itertools` module: ``izip_longest(iter1, iter2, +* A new function in the :mod:`itertools` module: ``izip_longest(iter1, iter2, ...[, fillvalue])`` makes tuples from each of the elements; if some of the iterables are shorter than others, the missing values are set to *fillvalue*. For example::