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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-09-25 15:02:44 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-09-25 15:02:44 (GMT)
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Disable building of the fpectl module -- it's dangerous or useless
except in the hands of experts. Will backport to 2.2.2.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -499,10 +499,13 @@ Tools/Demos
Build
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+- The fpectl module is not built by default; it's dangerous or useless
+ except in the hands of experts.
+
- The public Python C API will generally be declared using PyAPI_FUNC
- and PyAPI_DATA macros, while Python extension module init functions
- will be declared with PyMODINIT_FUNC. DL_EXPORT/DL_IMPORT macros
- are deprecated.
+ and PyAPI_DATA macros, while Python extension module init functions
+ will be declared with PyMODINIT_FUNC. DL_EXPORT/DL_IMPORT macros
+ are deprecated.
- A bug was fixed that could cause COUNT_ALLOCS builds to segfault, or
get into infinite loops, when a new-style class got garbage-collected.