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Filled in math-module info; fixed a typo or two.

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Tim Peters 2000-10-16 20:24:53 +00:00
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@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ Standard library
- Restored support for HTTP/0.9 servers in httplib. - Restored support for HTTP/0.9 servers in httplib.
- XXX The math module was changed to suppress underflow errors and - The math module was changed to stop raising OverflowError in case of
just return 0. underflow, and return 0 instead in underflow cases. Whether Python
used to raise OverflowError in case of underflow was platform-
dependent (it did when the platform math library set errno to ERANGE
on underflow).
- Fixed a bug in StringIO that occurred when the file position was not - Fixed a bug in StringIO that occurred when the file position was not
at the end of the file and write() was called with enough data to at the end of the file and write() was called with enough data to
@ -57,8 +60,11 @@ Standard library
-l changed: It now reports a count of objects that are recognized as -l changed: It now reports a count of objects that are recognized as
garbage but not freed by the garbage collector. garbage but not freed by the garbage collector.
- The regression test for the math module was changed to report - The regression test for the math module was changed to test
exceptional behavior when the test is run in verbose mode. exceptional behavior when the test is run in verbose mode. Python
cannot yet guarantee consistent exception behavior across platforms,
so the exception part of test_math is run only in verbose mode, and
may fail on your platform.
Internals Internals
@ -70,8 +76,8 @@ Build issues
- Changed compiler flags, so that gcc is always invoked with -Wall and - Changed compiler flags, so that gcc is always invoked with -Wall and
-Wstrict-prototypes. Users compiling Python with GCC should see -Wstrict-prototypes. Users compiling Python with GCC should see
exactly one warning, except if they have passed configure the exactly one warning, except if they have passed configure the
--with-pydebug flag. The expect warning is for getopt() in --with-pydebug flag. The expected warning is for getopt() in
Modules/main.c. Modules/main.c. This will warning will be fixed for Python 2.1.
- Fixed configure to add -threads argument during linking on OSF1. - Fixed configure to add -threads argument during linking on OSF1.