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.. ========================================================================
+Kristján Valur Jónsson, issue 4293
+Py_AddPendingCall is now thread safe. This allows any worker thread
+to submit notifications to the python main thread. This is particularly
+useful for asynchronous IO operations.
+
Other Language Changes
======================
@@ -121,11 +126,10 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
(Contributed by Gregory P. Smith.)
* It is not mandatory anymore to store clear text passwords in the
- :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As
- long as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package
- will prompt for the password if not present.
- (Added by tarek, with the initial contribution of Nathan Van Gheem;
- :issue:`4394`.)
+ :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As long
+ as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package will
+ prompt for the password if not present. (Added by tarek, with the initial
+ contribution of Nathan Van Gheem; :issue:`4394`.)
.. ======================================================================
.. whole new modules get described in subsections here