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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2003-08-15 01:16:37 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2003-08-15 01:16:37 (GMT)
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complex_new(): This could leak when the argument was neither string nor
number. This accounts for the 2 refcount leaks per test_complex run Michael Hudson discovered (I figured only I would have the stomach to look for leaks in floating-point code <wink>).
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.4 alpha 1?
Core and builtins
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+- complex(obj) could leak a little memory if obj wasn't a string or
+ number.
+
- zip() with no arguments now returns an empty list instead of raising
a TypeError exception.