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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-05-20 18:41:04 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-05-20 18:41:04 (GMT)
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Issue #5829: complex('1e500') shouldn't raise OverflowError
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 release candidate 1?
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5829: complex("1e500") no longer raises OverflowError. This
+ makes it consistent with float("1e500") and interpretation of real
+ and imaginary literals.
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- Issue #3527: Removed Py_WIN_WIDE_FILENAMES which is not used any more.
- Issue #5994: the marshal module now has docstrings.