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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1?
Core and builtins
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+- Issue #1580: New free format floating point representation based on
+ "Floating-Point Printer Sample Code", by Robert G. Burger. For example
+ repr(11./5) now returns '2.2' instead of '2.2000000000000002'.
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- Issue #1538: Avoid copying string in split/rsplit if the split
char is not found.