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@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes Core and builtins +- The tempfile module has been overhauled for enhanced security. The + mktemp() function is now deprecated; new, safe replacements are + mkstemp() (for files) and mkdtemp() (for directories), and the + higher-level functions NamedTemporaryFile() and TemporaryFile(). + Use of some global variables in this module is also deprecated; the + new functions have keyword arguments to provide the same + functionality. All Lib, Tools and Demo modules that used the unsafe + interfaces have been updated to use the safe replacements. Thanks + to Zack Weinberg! + - When x is an object whose class implements __mul__ and __rmul__, 1.0*x would correctly invoke __rmul__, but 1*x would erroneously invoke __mul__. This was due to the sequence-repeat code in the int |