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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2016-09-08 17:27:20 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2016-09-08 17:27:20 (GMT)
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Build and C API Changes
=======================
+* Python now requires some C99 support in the toolchain to build. For more
+ information, see :pep:`7`.
+
* The ``--with-optimizations`` configure flag has been added. Turning it on
will activate LTO and PGO build support (when available).
(Original patch by Alecsandru Patrascu of Intel in :issue:`26539`.)