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@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ 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).
+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)