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authorNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2005-12-18 05:03:17 (GMT)
committerNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2005-12-18 05:03:17 (GMT)
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Get float() to be more portable across platforms. Disable hex strings.
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1?
Core and builtins
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+- Support for converting hex strings to floats no longer works.
+ This was not portable. float('0x3') now raises a ValueError.
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- Patch #1382163: Expose Subversion revision number to Python. New C API
function Py_GetBuildNumber(). New attribute sys.build_number. Build number
is now displayed in interactive prompt banner.