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@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Core and builtins
Library
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+- Issue #705836: struct.pack(">f", x) now raises OverflowError on all
+ platforms when x is too large to fit into an IEEE 754 float; previously
+ it only raised OverflowError on non IEEE 754 platforms.
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- Issue #1106316: pdb.post_mortem()'s parameter, "traceback", is now
optional: it defaults to the traceback of the exception that is currently
being handled (is mandatory to be in the middle of an exception, otherwise