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TESTED=./python -E -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -uall (both debug and opt modes)

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  r66006 | neal.norwitz | 2008-08-23 22:04:52 -0700 (Sat, 23 Aug 2008) | 25 lines

  Fix:
   * crashes on memory allocation failure found with failmalloc
   * memory leaks found with valgrind
   * compiler warnings in opt mode which would lead to invalid memory reads
   * problem using wrong name in decimal module reported by pychecker

  Update the valgrind suppressions file with new leaks that are small/one-time
  leaks we don't care about (ie, they are too hard to fix).

  TBR=barry
  TESTED=./python -E -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -uall (both debug and opt modes)
    in opt mode:
    valgrind -q --leak-check=yes --suppressions=Misc/valgrind-python.supp \
      ./python -E -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -uall,-bsddb,-compiler \
                          -x test_logging test_ssl test_multiprocessing
    valgrind -q --leak-check=yes --suppressions=Misc/valgrind-python.supp \
      ./python -E -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py test_multiprocessing
    for i in `seq 1 4000` ; do
      LD_PRELOAD=~/local/lib/libfailmalloc.so FAILMALLOC_INTERVAL=$i \
          ./python -c pass
    done

  At least some of these fixes should probably be backported to 2.5.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ae40187..314ce50 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ What's New in Python 3.0 release candidate 1
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Fix crashes on memory allocation failure found with failmalloc.
+
+- Fix memory leaks found with valgrind and update suppressions file.
+
+- Fix compiler warnings in opt mode which would lead to invalid memory reads.
+
+- Fix problem using wrong name in decimal module reported by pychecker.
+
 - Issue #3650: Fixed a reference leak in bytes.split('x').
 
 Library