Note the Unicode changes from SF patch #470578.

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Guido van Rossum 2001-10-19 02:05:35 +00:00
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What's New in Python 2.2b1?
Release date: 28-Sep-2100
Release date: 19-Oct-2001
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Type/class unification and new-style classes
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A bug which could allow a core dump when binary operations involved
proxy reference has been fixed.
- unicode(obj) now behaves more like str(obj), accepting arbitrary
objects, and calling a __unicode__ method if it exists.
unicode(obj, encoding) and unicode(obj, encoding, errors) still
require an 8-bit string argument.
Extension modules
- thread.start_new_thread() now returns the thread ID (previously None).
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tested on Linux and Windows; other platforms please beware (and
report any bugs or strange behavior).
- PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject() no longer accepts Unicode objects as
input.
New platforms
Tests