Version 2.2 Release Notes

The version 2.2 of the Python plugin is compatible with IntelliJ IDEA 9.0.

New features:

Introduce Variable and Introduce Constant refactorings
Override action for Python methods (Ctrl-O)
Type hierarchy
Goto Super action
Type of super() is correctly inferred
Surround With (Ctrl-Alt-T) works in Python code
Quickfixes to rename and qualify imported names and handle aliases
Ctrl-click works on break and continue keywords; break jumps to the end of the loop, continue to its beginning.
Inspection to check that a format string is valid and matches the arguments
Inspection to check that the signature of an overriding method matches that in the superclass
Inspections for argument lists now understand methods wrapped in old-style staticmethod() and classmethod() calls
Inspection to detect unnecessary semicolons in Python code, with a quickfix to remove them
Methods and classes reassignments are tracked; Quick Doc and parameter list hints work on reassigned names
Completion of keyword arguments in method calls
Completion of predefined method names, with required parameter lists: type def __ and see
Support for py.test in the test runner
SDK assignment is per module; it is possible to have different Python SDKs in different modules