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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-12-27 15:09:50 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-12-27 15:09:50 (GMT)
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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 3.2 Alpha 1?
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #1811: improve accuracy and cross-platform consistency for
+ true division of integers: the result of a/b is now correctly
+ rounded for ints a and b (at least on IEEE 754 platforms), and in
+ particular does not depend on the internal representation of an int.
+
- Issue #6834: replace the implementation for the 'python' and 'pythonw'
executables on OSX.