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								New version (interim) by AMK.  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1997-07-17 16:21:52 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								6dc2aae3cd 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								(tut.tex):  Normalized all uses of "UNIX" and "{\UNIX}" to use "\UNIX{}",  
							
							 
							
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							per usage needed for GNU info processing.  Based on comments from
	Tamito Kajiyama. 
							
						 
						
							1996-12-13 21:56:03 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								76e47f3d75 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Change last Ellipses to Ellipsis :-(  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1996-11-02 17:05:21 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								fd255e433f 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								(tut.tex):  Added matching \normalsize after \small font control command  
							
							 
							
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							(and the contents it was supposed to be affecting).  The latest
	LaTeX2HTML handles these, but didn't close it as expected.  This
	handles that problem and does not affect the PostScript output. 
							
						 
						
							1996-10-29 15:50:05 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								Done with the "New in 1.4" chapter.  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1996-10-24 22:12:48 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								6a05f951cd 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Got rid of most XXXes in the News chapter.  Bumped the version to 1.4.  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1996-10-22 19:27:46 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								58124880cc 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								A first stab at describing what's new in 1.4.  Still many XXX'es left.  
							
							 
							
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							Also would like to add an "author's note" at the beginning, basically
pointing everyone to the books. 
							
						 
						
							1996-10-08 17:29:56 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								97662c89fa 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Version number; started chapter on what's new in 1.4  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1996-08-23 15:35:47 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								34e1777807 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Note that EOF is ^Z on DOS.  Spell Unix as \UNIX in some more places.  
							
							 
							
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							Note that .pyc files are platform independent. 
							
						 
						
							1996-06-10 19:44:49 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								bf032a97b9 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								mention syslog upgrade  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-10-11 19:28:39 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								aa93ca834b 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								mention Fred Drake's parser module  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-10-11 17:47:45 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								288527a162 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								updated version and date  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-10-09 21:02:17 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								691d4ec0bf 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								a fe more things: apply 3rd arg, ni, ihooks, rexec  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-10-08 01:14:57 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								9beefa2f85 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								describe more 1.3 changes  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-10-08 00:38:51 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								a67dee30bf 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								move uncomfortable backslash  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-09-13 17:34:25 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								eafe32a639 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								chapter on new things in 1.3  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-08-10 14:18:10 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								abfa2cae9f 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								added pointer to libimp.tex for __import__ example  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-07-07 22:57:02 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								96628a90c4 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								typos, layout and other small things  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-04-10 11:34:00 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								1133aec893 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								versions and dates  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-03-15 11:34:18 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								47b4c0fb35 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								replace ASCII by macro call  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-03-15 11:25:32 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								8675115e5f 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								a few typographical changes (e.g. -- => ---) and lots of new stuff in the WWW chapter  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-02-28 17:14:32 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								bcc958259a 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								no need to reference doc strings for documented modules  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-02-16 16:28:48 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								194e57caa6 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								added chapter on new things in 1.2  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-02-15 15:51:38 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								e5f8b60429 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								spam -> foo (etc.) in examples  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1995-01-04 19:12:49 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								cfb45e476e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								typos  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1994-11-10 23:04:43 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								94ed6f5f63 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Oops!  version numbers again!  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1994-10-06 17:08:42 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								29766b2da6 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Add simpler __getattr__ example and document __call__  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1994-10-06 15:33:25 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								ca3f6c8c01 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Removed description of class.init() method.  
							
							 
							
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							Added news about new operator overloading and __getattr__ etc. 
							
						 
						
							1994-10-06 14:08:53 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								16cd7f9f12 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Moved author and date to boilerplate.tex.  
							
							 
							
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							Added copyright.tex to all files.
Added descr of check_interval to libsys.tex.
Corrected lotsa typos in tut.tex (thanks to George M. Sipe).
Corrected mktuple (should be newtupleobject) example in ext.tex. 
							
						 
						
							1994-10-06 10:29:26 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								c1be9d59e4 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								* Doc/tut.tex (subsection{Lambda Forms}): fix typo in lambda  
							
							 
							
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							example 
							
						 
						
							1994-08-30 12:08:58 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								16d6e7109d 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Lots of small corrections by Andrew Kuchling (plus all new rotor docs)  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1994-08-08 12:30:22 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								6938f06047 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1994-08-01 12:22:53 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								3cbc16d904 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								* lib2.tex (sys): updated sys.std{in,out,err} docs.  Added  
							
							 
							
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							sys.tracebacklimit.
* tut.tex (Exceptions): change text printed by traceback.
* lib5.tex (audioop): added minmax.
* lib5.tex (audioop.getsample): move wandered paragraph back
* lib3.tex, partparse.py: undo mucking with \nopagebreak (didn't work).
* partparse.py: ignore \nopagebreak command
* ref5.tex: added description of lambda forms.
* ref7.tex: added reference to lambda forms to section on function
  definition.
* lib1.tex: removed lambda as built-in function (it is now a special
  form).  Also removed feature of filter, map, reduce to turn a string
  argument into an anonymous function. 
							
						 
						
							1993-12-17 12:13:53 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								83eb962528 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								* {lib,ref,ext,tut}.tex: added explicit \date{<date> \\ <release>}.  
							
							 
							
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							* lib2.tex: change bogus \\var to \var. 
							
						 
						
							1993-11-23 16:28:45 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								db65a6ce55 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								* ext.tex: did most of the tedious changes from plain ASCII text to LaTeX.  
							
							 
							
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							* text2latex.py: automatically put function names in \code{}.
* lib.tex, ref.tex, ext.tex, qua.tex, tut.tex: use new P.O.Box number in
  address. 
							
						 
						
							1993-11-05 17:11:16 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								4bd023f882 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								* lib3.tex (module string): added rindex().  
							
							 
							
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							* lib1.tex (section{Built-in Functions}): added bagof(), lambda(), map()
  and reduce().  Repharased apply().  Removed or rephrased references to
  exec() (now the exec stmt).
* lib4.tex: posix.exec --> posix.execv
* ref4.tex, ref8.tex, tut.tex: builtin --> __builtin__
* lib3.tex (module string): added atof() and atol(), and ato[fl]_error. 
							
						 
						
							1993-10-27 13:49:20 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								b2c6556fb0 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Lots of small changes collected over months...  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1993-05-12 08:53:36 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								95cd2ef162 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Incorporated Jan-Hein's changes and texinfo conversion.  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-12-08 14:37:55 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								7b3c8a1422 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Added hint about changing the prompt in $PYTHONSTARTUP  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-09-08 09:20:13 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								9a4e3fc56a 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Changed references to /usr/local into /usr/local/bin.  
							
							 
							
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							Documented $PYTHONSTARTUP 
							
						 
						
							1992-09-03 21:27:55 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								084b0b2c16 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fixed botched lay-out in class example  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-08-14 09:19:56 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								da8c3fd979 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fixed descr of try/finally  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-08-09 13:55:25 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								5e0759d351 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Add chapter on classes (mostly from ../misc/CLASSES).  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-08-07 16:06:24 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								379537805b 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Moved a4wide option to myformat.sty  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-04-06 14:04:04 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								d33024c451 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Copied doc style from other docs  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-04-05 15:06:12 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								573805afd6 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								_ can now be a normal character.  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-03-06 10:56:03 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								cdc9355367 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Set parskip to 0 in the table of content.  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-02-11 15:53:13 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								a8d754e876 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Cosmetic changes; added more subsections to chapter 2; new syntax (==).  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1992-01-07 16:44:35 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								481ae68911 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								The Reference Manual is now official.  
							
							 
							
							
							
						 
						
							1991-11-25 17:28:03 +00:00  
						
						
							 
							
							
							
								 
							 
							
							
								 
							 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									 
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								8f96f7734c 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fixed dictionary example to use commas instead of semicolons.  
							
							 
							
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							(This was actually a bug in the interpreter!) 
							
						 
						
							1991-11-12 15:45:03 +00:00