Author: christian.heimes Date: Fri Jan 25 12:02:28 2008 New Revision: 60279
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst Log: Document that basestring has been replaced by str. Issue #1931. Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst ============================================================================== --- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst (original) +++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst Fri Jan 25 12:02:28 2008 @@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ * There is only one string type; its name is ``str`` but its behavior and implementation are more like ``unicode`` in 2.x. +* The ``basestring`` superclass has been removed. The ``2to3`` tool + replaces every occurence of ``basestring`` with ``str``. + * PEP 3137: There is a new type, ``bytes``, to represent binary data (and encoded text, which is treated as binary data until you decide to decode it). The ``str`` and ``bytes`` types cannot be mixed; you _______________________________________________ Python-3000-checkins mailing list Python-3000-checkins@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000-checkins
