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  r82805 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-11 11:42:10 +0200 (So, 11 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #7935: cross-reference to ast.literal_eval() from eval() docs.
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  r82806 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-11 12:22:44 +0200 (So, 11 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #9223: link to Command class reference, and move Command interface docs nearer to class docs.
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  r83523 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 14:06:18 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #9209 and #7781: fix two crashes in pstats interactive browser.
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  r83524 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 14:20:23 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #9428: fix running scripts from profile/cProfile with their own name and the right namespace.  Same fix as for trace.py in #1690103.
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  r83525 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 14:36:24 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  Get rid of spurious "threading" entries in trace output.
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  r83526 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 14:40:22 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  Fix softspace relic.
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  r83527 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 14:48:46 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #3821: beginnings of a trace.py unittest.
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  r83536 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 19:49:25 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #8578: mention danger of not incref'ing weak referenced object.
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  r83538 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 20:10:13 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #6928: fix class docs w.r.t. new metaclasses.
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  r83542 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 20:56:54 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  Move test_SimpleHTTPServer into test_httpservers.
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  r83546 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:16:34 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #7973: Fix distutils options spelling.
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  r83547 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:19:26 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #7386: add example that shows that trailing path separators are stripped.
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  r83548 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:23:34 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #8172: how does one use a property?
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  r83550 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:32:43 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #9451: strengthen warning about __*__ special name usage.
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  r83551 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:35:06 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  Remove XXX comment that was displayed.
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  r83552 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:36:36 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #9438: clarify that constant names also cannot be assigned as attributes.
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  r83553 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:39:17 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  Remove redundant information.
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  r83554 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:43:05 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #7280: note about nasmw.exe.
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  r83555 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 21:44:48 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #8861: remove unused variable.
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  r83558 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 22:05:19 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #8648: document UTF-7 codec functions.
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  r83560 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-02 22:16:18 +0200 (Mo, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  #9087: update json docstrings -- unicode and long do not exist anymore.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index d73b279..c1a576c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    returns the current global and local dictionary, respectively, which may be
    useful to pass around for use by :func:`eval` or :func:`exec`.
 
+   See :func:`ast.literal_eval` for a function that can safely evaluate strings
+   with expressions containing only literals.
+
 
 .. function:: exec(object[, globals[, locals]])
 
@@ -855,7 +858,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
    *fget* is a function for getting an attribute value, likewise *fset* is a
    function for setting, and *fdel* a function for del'ing, an attribute.  Typical
-   use is to define a managed attribute x::
+   use is to define a managed attribute ``x``::
 
       class C(object):
           def __init__(self):
@@ -869,6 +872,9 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
               del self._x
           x = property(getx, setx, delx, "I'm the 'x' property.")
 
+   If then *c* is an instance of *C*, ``c.x`` will invoke the getter,
+   ``c.x = value`` will invoke the setter and ``del c.x`` the deleter.
+
    If given, *doc* will be the docstring of the property attribute. Otherwise, the
    property will copy *fget*'s docstring (if it exists).  This makes it possible to
    create read-only properties easily using :func:`property` as a :term:`decorator`::