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@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ back. Files used to store marshalled data must be opened in binary mode.
Numeric values are stored with the least significant byte first.
The module supports two versions of the data format: version 0 is the historical
-version, version 1 (new in Python 2.4) shares interned strings in the file, and
-upon unmarshalling. *Py_MARSHAL_VERSION* indicates the current file format
-(currently 1).
+version, version 1 shares interned strings in the file, and upon unmarshalling.
+Version 2 uses a binary format for floating point numbers.
+*Py_MARSHAL_VERSION* indicates the current file format (currently 2).
.. cfunction:: void PyMarshal_WriteLongToFile(long value, FILE *file, int version)