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@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ Core and builtins show signed values (e.g. hex(-1) currently returns "0xffffffff"; in Python 2.4 it will return "-0x1"). - - The bits manipulated under the cover by sys.setcheckinterval() have - been changed. Both the check interval and the ticker used to be - per-thread values. They are now just a pair of global variables. In - addition, the default check interval was boosted from 10 to 100 - bytecode instructions. This may have some effect on systems that - relied on the old default value. In particular, in multi-threaded - applications which try to be highly responsive, response time will - increase by some (perhaps imperceptible) amount. +- The bits manipulated under the cover by sys.setcheckinterval() have + been changed. Both the check interval and the ticker used to be + per-thread values. They are now just a pair of global variables. + In addition, the default check interval was boosted from 10 to 100 + bytecode instructions. This may have some effect on systems that + relied on the old default value. In particular, in multi-threaded + applications which try to be highly responsive, response time will + increase by some (perhaps imperceptible) amount. - When multiplying very large integers, a version of the so-called Karatsuba algorithm is now used. This is most effective if the |