[albatross-users] Albatross 1.10 pre1 release

[Andrew McNamara]

>      * The FAQ says that Python 1.5.2 or later is required but, in at
>        least cgiapp and apacheapp, it looks like you've stopped using
>        the string module in favour of the string object's methods.
>        IIRC, string only became a first class object in 2.0.

It should be mentioned that the intention for 1.10 is to drop support for
1.5.2. One particular reason to do this is that apply() is now deprecated,
and while you don't normally see any difference, the warning machinery is
invoked for every call, and it makes apply(fn, args) more than 300 times
slower than the new-style fn(*args). See this thread:

    http://groups.google.com.au/groups?th=fbe9c932c8b5ad91

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Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
http://www.object-craft.com.au/