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authorMichael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net>2005-07-27 20:24:40 (GMT)
committerMichael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net>2005-07-27 20:24:40 (GMT)
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This is barry-scott's patch:
[ 1231069 ] ioctl has problem with -ive request codes by using the 'I' not the 'i' format code to PyArg_ParseTuple(). Backport candidate? Maybe...
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@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ Core and builtins
Extension Modules
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+- Patch #1231069: The fcntl.ioctl function now uses the 'I' code for
+ the request code argument, which results in more C-like behaviour
+ for large or negative values.
+
- Bug #1234979: For the argument of thread.Lock.acquire, the Windows
implemented treated all integer values except 1 as false.