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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.4 alpha 3?
Core and builtins
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+- code_new (a.k.a new.code()) now checks its arguments sufficiently
+ carefully that passing them on to PyCode_New() won't trigger calls
+ to Py_FatalError() or PyErr_BadInternalCall(). It is still the case
+ that the returned code object might be entirely insane.
+
- Subclasses of string can no longer be interned. The semantics of
interning were not clear here -- a subclass could be mutable, for
example -- and had bugs. Explicitly interning a subclass of string