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Update document for the actual 2.1rc1
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Ka-Ping Yee contributed two new modules: \module{inspect.py}, a module for
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getting information about live Python code, and \module{pydoc.py}, a
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module for interactively converting docstrings to HTML or text.
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As a bonus, \file{Tools/scripts/pydoc}, which is now automatically
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installed, uses \module{pydoc.py} to display documentation given a Python module, package, or class name. For example,
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\samp{pydoc xml.dom} displays the following:
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\item Ka-Ping Yee contributed two new modules: \module{inspect.py}, a
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module for getting information about live Python code, and
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\module{pydoc.py}, a module for interactively converting docstrings to
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HTML or text. As a bonus, \file{Tools/scripts/pydoc}, which is now
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automatically installed, uses \module{pydoc.py} to display
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documentation given a Python module, package, or class name. For
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example, \samp{pydoc xml.dom} displays the following:
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\begin{verbatim}
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Python Library Documentation: package xml.dom in xml
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\file{pydoc} also includes a Tk-based interactive help browser.
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\file{pydoc} quickly becomes addictive; try it out!
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\item Two different modules for unit testing were added to the
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\item Support for raw socket access has been added to the
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\module{socket} module, contributed by Grant Edwards.
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\item The \module{pstats} module now contains a simple interactive
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statistics browser for displaying timing profiles for Python programs,
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invoked when the module is run as a script. Contributed by
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Eric S.\ Raymond.
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\item A new implementation-dependent function, \function{sys._getframe(\optional{depth})},
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has been added to return a given frame object from the current call stack.
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\function{sys._getframe()} returns the frame at the top of the call stack;

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