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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2012-03-01 15:26:35 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2012-03-01 15:26:35 (GMT)
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Issue #14159: Fix the len() of weak containers (WeakSet, WeakKeyDictionary, WeakValueDictionary) to return a better approximation when some objects are dead or dying.
Moreover, the implementation is now O(1) rather than O(n). Thanks to Yury Selivanov for reporting.
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Library
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+- Issue #14159: Fix the len() of weak containers (WeakSet, WeakKeyDictionary,
+ WeakValueDictionary) to return a better approximation when some objects
+ are dead or dying. Moreover, the implementation is now O(1) rather than
+ O(n).
+
- Issue #13125: Silence spurious test_lib2to3 output when in non-verbose mode.
Patch by Mikhail Novikov.