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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-04-19 20:40:33 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-04-19 20:40:33 (GMT)
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Issue #5463: Remove deprecated float coercion from struct module, along
with the _PY_STRUCT_FLOAT_COERCE constant. Simplify tests accordingly, and reenable (now-fixed) broken tests.
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@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ Library
Extension Modules
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+- Issue #5463: In struct module, remove deprecated float coercion
+ for integer type codes: struct.pack('L', 0.3) should now raise
+ an error. The _PY_STRUCT_FLOAT_COERCE constant has been removed.
+ The version number has been bumped to 0.3.
+
- Issue #5359: Readd the Berkley-DB detection code to allow _dbm be built
using Berkley-DB.