d8618e4eeb035c76bce7408eed3f25fe72a32519 0.5.0

b835be87da28c71d0e23f08f0befdd72d0e75e70 0.5.0

Version 0.5

http://couchdb-python.googlecode.com/svn/tags/0.5.0

(Nov 28, 2008, from branches/0.5.x)

* `schema.Document` objects can now be used in the documents list passed to

`client.Database.update()`.

* `Server.__contains__()` and `Database.__contains__()` now use the HTTP HEAD

method to avoid unnecessary transmission of data. `Database.__del__()` also

uses HEAD to determine the latest revision of the document.

* The `Database` class now has a method `delete()` that takes a document

dictionary as parameter. This method should be used in preference to

`__del__` as it allow conflict detection and handling.

* Added `cache` and `timeout` arguments to the `client.Server` initializer.

* The `Database` class now provides methods for deleting, retrieving, and

updating attachments.

* The Python view server now exposes a `log()` function to map and reduce

functions (issue 21).

* Handling of the rereduce stage in the Python view server has been fixed.

* The `Server` and `Database` classes now implement the `__nonzero__` hook

so that they produce sensible results in boolean conditions.

* The client module will now reattempt a request that failed with a

"connection reset by peer" error.

* inf/nan values now raise a `ValueError` on the client side instead of

triggering an internal server error (issue 31).

* Added a new `couchdb.design` module that provides functionality for

managing views in design documents, so that they can be defined in the

Python application code, and the design documents actually stored in the

database can be kept in sync with the definitions in the code.

* The `include_docs` option for CouchDB views is now supported by the new

`doc` property of row instances in view results. Thanks to Paul Davis for

the patch (issue 33).

* The `keys` option for views is now supported (issue 35).