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Release notes for MacPython 1.5b3
Release notes for MacPython 1.5.1
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Open Issues and bugs:
- Packages ("dotted import") appears to have problems for the cfm68k version
of MacPython. Please report anything of interest you find as soon as possible,
preferrably to pythonmac-sig@python.org.
- import test.autotest fails the test_strftime test on %%. This is a bug in the
MetroWerks C strftime() routine. Test_re takes a loooooooooong time, by the way.
- Tk menus may or may not work. Please let me know.
- Occasionally Python becomes non-reactive to mouseclicks after switching it to
background and foreground again. If you experience this please let me know,
explaining the circumstances.
- Printing a NumPy "array([1.2])" may cause a crash in cfm68k-Python. If you have
a 68k machine, a MetroWerks debugger, time and interest in NumPy: please let me
know and I'll ask you to help hunting this bug.
- Packages ("dotted import") appears to have problems for the cfm68k
version of MacPython. Please report anything of interest you find as
soon as possible, preferrably to pythonmac-sig@python.org. I no longer
have access to a reasonable 68K machine, so it may well be that this
means the demise of cfm68k Python is near.
- Printing a NumPy "array([1.2])" may cause a crash in
cfm68k-Python. Same comments as above.
Changes since the previous version:
Here are the mac-specific changes since MacPython 1.4, with end-user-visible
changes near the top and API changes and other things that are developer-only
more to the bottom. Changes marked with a [*] are new changes since
1.5a3 (there has not been a MacPython 1.5b1). And, of course, all Guido's
1.5-final changes are incorporated.
Here are the mac-specific changes since MacPython 1.4, with
end-user-visible changes near the top and API changes and other things
that are developer-only more to the bottom. Changes marked with a [*]
are new changes since 1.5b3 (there has never been a MacPython 1.5
final). And, of course, all Guido's 1.5.1 changes are
incorporated.
- Moved Mac:Lib:toolbox and scripting to lib-toolbox and lib-scripting, analogous
to Guido's changes. Initial sys.path settings reflect this change [*]
- Added cPickle and cStringIO modules [*]
- Imported modules are now case-checked: the case of the filename
should match the name under which you import it [*]
- There is now some minimal documentation on building true standalone
applications in Python, see building.html [*]
- Python's private resources now use numbers from 228 up, because of
conflicts with Tk. This may affect you if you include private
resources in applets. [*]
- Audio_mac spike bug fixed. [*]
- FrameWork menu cleanup fixed. [*]
- More MacOS errors now have a (somewhat) symbolic description. [*]
- mactty module added to allow basic access to a serial line. [*]
- toolbox modules have been regenerated, occasionally giving access to
new functionality. They are now based upon Universal Headers version
3.1 [*]
- Waste module now uses Waste 1.3 [*]
- Waste module now exports WE{Get,Set}TabSize [*]
- Ordinal support in aetypes added (by Bill Bedford) [*]
- ColorPicker module added (by Just van Rossum). It isn't documented,
but the docstring should be good enough. [*]
- Printing module added (by Just van Rossum). It isn't documented and
it isn't easy to understand, but with Inside Mac beside you it might
be useable. There's a test script in Mac:Lib:test. [*]
- Sndihooks module added to give access to sound-input. Only lightly
tested and not documented yet. [*]
- fstat() added to mac module. [*]
- double dispose in MacOS.splash() fixed. [*]
- Qt module now supports getting/setting movie times [*]
- BuildApplet now also accepts old applets as input, which are updated
to the current Python version [*]
- Moved Mac:Lib:toolbox and scripting to lib-toolbox and
lib-scripting, analogous to Guido's changes. Initial sys.path settings
reflect this change
- Added cPickle and cStringIO modules
- Balloon help in set-preferences dialog and EditPythonPrefs
- An interface to the Help Maganer has been added
- New modules "preferences" and "pythonprefs" which allow access to