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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2006-03-18 07:59:59 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2006-03-18 07:59:59 (GMT)
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Previously, Python code had no easy way to access the contents of a
cell object. Now, a ``cell_contents`` attribute has been added (closes patch #1170323).
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1?
Core and builtins
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+- Previously, Python code had no easy way to access the contents of a
+ cell object. Now, a ``cell_contents`` attribute has been added
+ (closes patch #1170323).
+
- Patch #1123430: Python's small-object allocator now returns an arena to
the system ``free()`` when all memory within an arena becomes unused
again. Prior to Python 2.5, arenas (256KB chunks of memory) were never