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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.3 beta 1? Core and builtins ----------------- +- range() now works even if the arguments are longs with magnitude + larger than sys.maxint, as long as the total length of the sequence + fits. E.g., range(2**100, 2**101, 2**100) is the following list: + [1267650600228229401496703205376L]. (SF patch #707427.) + - Some horridly obscure problems were fixed involving interaction between garbage collection and old-style classes with "ambitious" getattr hooks. If an old-style instance didn't have a __del__ method, |