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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2008-12-11 18:03:03 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2008-12-11 18:03:03 (GMT)
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Issue #2173: fix build failure on OS X. device_encoding was returning an
empty string, causing an (invisible) LookupError on any attempt to write to sys.stdout.
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #2173: When getting device encoding, check that return value of
+ nl_langinfo is not the empty string. This was causing silent build
+ failures on OS X.
+
- Issue #4597: Fixed several opcodes that weren't always propagating
exceptions.