Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b2.rst

.. bpo: 24284
.. date: 8168
.. nonce: NvtEnc
.. release date: 2015-05-31
.. section: Core and Builtins

The startswith and endswith methods of the str class no longer return True
when finding the empty string and the indexes are completely out of range.

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.. bpo: 24115
.. date: 8167
.. nonce: y9e_MO
.. section: Core and Builtins

Update uses of PyObject_IsTrue(), PyObject_Not(), PyObject_IsInstance(),
PyObject_RichCompareBool() and _PyDict_Contains() to check for and handle
errors correctly.

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.. bpo: 24328
.. date: 8166
.. nonce: 5gL8or
.. section: Core and Builtins

Fix importing one character extension modules.

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.. bpo: 11205
.. date: 8165
.. nonce: bikrRP
.. section: Core and Builtins

In dictionary displays, evaluate the key before the value.

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.. bpo: 24285
.. date: 8164
.. nonce: wvJumr
.. section: Core and Builtins

Fixed regression that prevented importing extension modules from inside
packages. Patch by Petr Viktorin.

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.. bpo: 23247
.. date: 8163
.. nonce: nN-K74
.. section: Library

Fix a crash in the StreamWriter.reset() of CJK codecs.

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.. bpo: 24270
.. date: 8162
.. nonce: M2rJNs
.. section: Library

Add math.isclose() and cmath.isclose() functions as per PEP 485. Contributed
by Chris Barker and Tal Einat.

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.. bpo: 5633
.. date: 8161
.. nonce: JNzKZq
.. section: Library

Fixed timeit when the statement is a string and the setup is not.

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.. bpo: 24326
.. date: 8160
.. nonce: 4t_6Gy
.. section: Library

Fixed audioop.ratecv() with non-default weightB argument. Original patch by
David Moore.

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.. bpo: 16991
.. date: 8159
.. nonce: 19_Zmj
.. section: Library

Add a C implementation of OrderedDict.

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.. bpo: 23934
.. date: 8158
.. nonce: esb-45
.. section: Library

Fix inspect.signature to fail correctly for builtin types lacking signature
information.  Initial patch by James Powell.