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@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@ 0.4.0 -- The "output encoding" now defaults - to "ascii", whereas previously - it was set to None. This has the effect - of FastEncodingBuffer being used internally - by default when render() is called, instead - of cStringIO or StringIO, which are - slower, but allow bytestrings with - unknown encoding to pass right through. - It is of course not recommended to use - bytestrings of unknown encoding. Usage of - the "disable_unicode" mode also requires - that output_encoding be set to None. +- A 20% speedup for a basic two-page + inheritance setup rendering + a table of escaped data + (see http://techspot.zzzeek.org/2010/11/19/quick-mako-vs.-jinja-speed-test/). + A few configurational changes which + affect those in the I-don't-do-unicode + camp should be noted below. + +- The FastEncodingBuffer is now used + by default instead of cStringIO or StringIO, + regardless of whether output_encoding + is set to None or not. FEB is faster than + both. Only StringIO allows bytestrings + of unknown encoding to pass right + through, however - while it is of course + not recommended to send bytestrings of unknown + encoding to the output stream, this + mode of usage can be re-enabled by + setting the flag bytestring_passthrough + to True. + +- disable_unicode mode requires that + output_encoding be set to None - it also + forces the bytestring_passthrough flag + to True. - the <%namespace> tag raises an error if the 'template' and 'module' attributes - are specified at the same time. + are specified at the same time in + one tag. A different class is used + for each case which allows a reduction in + runtime conditional logic and function + call overhead. [ticket:156] - the keys() in the Context, as well as it's internal _data dictionary, now @@ -22,6 +39,8 @@ render() as well as Mako builtins 'caller', 'capture'. The contents of __builtin__ are no longer copied. + Thanks to Daniel Lopez for pointing + this out. [ticket:159] 0.3.6 - Documentation is on Sphinx. |