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authorMartin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>2016-01-31 06:30:56 (GMT)
committerMartin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>2016-01-31 06:30:56 (GMT)
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Issue #4806: Avoid masking TypeError when *-unpacking a generator
Based on patch by Hagen Fürstenau.
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@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.7.12?
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #4806: Avoid masking the original TypeError exception when using star
+ (*) unpacking and the exception was raised from a generator. Based on
+ patch by Hagen Fürstenau.
+
- Issue #26659: Make the builtin slice type support cycle collection.
- Issue #26718: super.__init__ no longer leaks memory if called multiple times.