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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-02-09 14:18:43 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-02-09 14:18:43 (GMT)
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Issue #4575: fix Py_IS_INFINITY macro to work correctly on x87 FPUs.
It now forces its argument to double before testing for infinity.
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #4575: Fix Py_IS_INFINITY macro to work correctly on x87 FPUs:
+ it now forces its argument to double before testing for infinity.
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- Issue #4978: Passing keyword arguments as unicode strings is now allowed.
- Issue 1242657: the __len__() and __length_hint__() calls in several tools