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authorPhillip J. Eby <pje@telecommunity.com>2006-07-28 21:12:07 (GMT)
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Bug #1529871: The speed enhancement patch #921466 broke Python's compliance
with PEP 302. This was fixed by adding an ``imp.NullImporter`` type that is used in ``sys.path_importer_cache`` to cache non-directory paths and avoid excessive filesystem operations during imports.
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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 release candidate 1?
Core and builtins
-----------------
+- Bug #1529871: The speed enhancement patch #921466 broke Python's compliance
+ with PEP 302. This was fixed by adding an ``imp.NullImporter`` type that is
+ used in ``sys.path_importer_cache`` to cache non-directory paths and avoid
+ excessive filesystem operations during imports.
+
- Bug #1521947: When checking for overflow, ``PyOS_strtol()`` used some
operations on signed longs that are formally undefined by C.
Unfortunately, at least one compiler now cares about that, so complicated
@@ -106,10 +111,14 @@ Library
Extension Modules
-----------------
+<<<<<<< .mine
+- Bug #1471938: Fix curses module build problem on Solaris 8; patch by
+=======
- The ``__reduce__()`` method of the new ``collections.defaultdict`` had
a memory leak, affecting pickles and deep copies.
- Bug #1471938: Fix curses module build problem on Solaris 8; patch by
+>>>>>>> .r50915
Paul Eggert.
- Patch #1448199: Release interpreter lock in _winreg.ConnectRegistry.