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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex index 06625157b4..80917b140b 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex @@ -489,6 +489,24 @@ class C(): %====================================================================== +\subsection{Interactive Interpreter Changes} + +In the interactive interpreter, \code{quit} and \code{exit} +have long been strings so that new users get a somewhat helpful message +when they try to quit: + +\begin{verbatim} +>>> quit +'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.' +\end{verbatim} + +In Python 2.5, \code{quit} and \code{exit} are now objects that still +produce string representations of themselves, but are also callable. +Newbies who try \code{quit()} or \code{exit()} will now exit the +interpreter as they expect. (Implemented by Georg Brandl.) + + +%====================================================================== \subsection{Optimizations} \begin{itemize} @@ -530,6 +548,14 @@ details. % datetime.datetime() now has a strptime class method which can be used to % create datetime object using a string and format. +\item In the \module{gc} module, the new \function{get_count()} function +returns a 3-tuple containing the current collection counts for the +three GC generations. This is accounting information for the garbage +collector; when these counts reach a specified threshold, a garbage +collection sweep will be made. The existing \function{gc.collect()} +function now takes an optional \var{generation} argument of 0, 1, or 2 +to specify which generation to collect. + \item A new \module{hashlib} module has been added to replace the \module{md5} and \module{sha} modules. \module{hashlib} adds support for additional secure hashes (SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512). |