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C API
+- New function PyDict_MergeFromSeq2() exposes the builtin dict
+ constructor's logic for updating a dictionary from an iterable object
+ producing key-value pairs.
+
- PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords() requires that the number of entries in
- the keyword list equals the number of argument specifiers. This
+ the keyword list equal the number of argument specifiers. This
wasn't checked correctly, and PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords could even
dump core in some bad cases. This has been repaired. As a result,
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords may raise RuntimeError in bad cases that