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author Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl>
date Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:01:18 +0000
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1 Changes in 2.2 since 2.1.1
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2 ----------------------------
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4 These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
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5 for machine-independent changes.
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8 - The main change is that all toolbox modules have moved to a package called Carbon.
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9 So things like "import Res" should be changed to "from Carbon import Res", and
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10 "from Res import *" to "from Carbon.Res import *". Please see the readme file for
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11 some open questions and join the discussions on pythonmac-sig if you have anything
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12 to contribute. Aside from reducing clutter this change will also benefit the
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13 port to Mach-O/OSX Python later.
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14 - All toolbox modules have been updated to Universal Headers 3.4.
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15 - Toolbox modules are weaklinked against InterfaceLib (for PPC builds) and raise
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16 an exception when you call an unimplemented one on an old MacOS.
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17 - On input MacPython now accepts either \n (unix style) or \r (mac style) newlines
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18 for text files. This behaviour can be turned off with a preference.
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19 This is an experimental feature; again: feedback is requested.
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20 - The IDE looks better on OS X, but still not as good as on OS9.
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21 - Command-dot handling has been improved a lot: scripts are now much easier to interrupt,
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22 and they only scan for cmd-. while in the foreground.
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23 - "Copy" from the MacPython console window was always disabled. Fixed.
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24 - This release should run on MacOS 8.1 again.
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25 - A new, rather different GUSI I/O library is used.
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26 - time.time() returns positive values again.
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27 - There is a new module macresource which makes it easier to open a resource file
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28 accompanying your script when the script is not (yet) converted to an applet.
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29 This module will later also do the right thing in Mach-O/OSX Python.
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30 - (Carbon only) experimental modules Carbon.CG (CoreGraphics) and CarbonEvt have
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31 been added.
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32 - A new, experimental module hfsplus is included, which gives access to some of the
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33 functionality of the HFS+ API.
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34 - A new, experimental module gives access to Carbon Events.
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35 - Threads had a stack that was too small for many serious Python applications (20K).
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36 They now get 64K. There is still no overflow check, though.
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37 - Garbage collection and the gc module have (finally) been enabled.
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38 - EasyDialogs.ProgressBar now has indeterminate progressbars if you specify maxval=0.
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39 This is also the new default. Patch supplied by Dean Draayer.
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40 - There are new preferences for enabling old-style division warnings and for
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41 accepting unix-style newlines in text input files. These can also be set during
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42 startup, and in addition you can select very verbose import tracing.
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43 - The NavServices override for StandardFile has moved from early startup to the
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44 time you import macfs. This speeds up MacPython startup.
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45 - Various outdated scripts have been moved to :Mac:Unsupported.
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46 - Various outdated items from :Mac:Lib:test have been removed.
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47 - C Developers: you know have control over the Python console if you are embedding
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48 MacPython in another application, thanks to Alexandre Parenteau. :Mac:Demo:embed.html
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49 has very minimal documentation.
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50 - BuildCGIApplet works again.
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51 - The CodeWarrior OSA suite missed quit(). It is back.
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52 - Contrib:morefindertools is gone, the functionality has been integrated into
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53 the standard module findertools.py.
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54
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55 Known problems
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56 --------------
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58 This list is probably incomplete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage,
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59 http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.
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61 - MacPython 2.2 (and MacPython 2.1) will not run correctly on a multiprocessor MacOS X
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62 machine, it will quickly deadlock during I/O operations. The GUSI I/O library is suspected,
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63 hints/clues/workarounds are solicited. This problem also occurs intermittently on fast
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64 OS X single-processor machines.
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65 - Tkinter does not work under Carbon.
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66 - The IDE and Tkinter do not work together. Run tkinter programs under PythonInterpreter.
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67 - Tkinter file events do not work, unless you have opened the file through Tcl (but then
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68 you cannot access it from Python).
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69 - The IDE object and class browser look funny on OSX, but they work fine.
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70 - Aliases may not work in sys.path entries.
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71 - PythonInterpreter used interactively will eat a lot of processor cycles. You should use
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72 PythonIDE for interactive work and PythonInterpreter for scripts only. This is especially
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73 true under OSX.
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74 - AliasMenu 2.2 conflicts with the Carbon version of Python. This is most likely a problem
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75 with AliasMenu (which is from 1999, and thus predates Carbon altogether).