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@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ Core and builtins
Extension modules
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+- The socket module now provides the functions inet_pton and inet_ntop
+ for converting between string and packed representation of IP
+ addresses. There is also a new module variable, has_ipv6, which is
+ True iff the current Python has IPv6 support. See SF patch #658327.
+
- Tkinter wrappers around Tcl variables now pass objects directly
to Tcl, instead of first converting them to strings.
@@ -383,10 +388,6 @@ Extension modules
zlib test suite using the unittest module. (SF bug #640230 and
patch #678531.)
-- The socket module now provides the functions inet_pton and inet_ntop
- for converting between string and packed representation of IP addresses.
- See SF patch #658327.
-
- Added an itertools module containing high speed, memory efficient
looping constructs inspired by tools from Haskell and SML.