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@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ Core and Builtins methods of bytes, bytearray and unicode objects by using a common implementation based on stringlib's fast search. Patch by Florent Xicluna. -- Issue #7632: Fix a crash in dtoa.c that occurred in debug builds - when parsing certain long numeric strings corresponding to subnormal - values. Also fix a number of bugs in dtoa.c that could lead to - incorrectly rounded results when converting strings to floats. +- Issue #7632: Fix various str -> float conversion bugs present in 2.7 + alpha 2, including: (1) a serious 'wrong output' bug that could + occur for long (> 40 digit) input strings, (2) a crash in dtoa.c + that occurred in debug builds when parsing certain long numeric + strings corresponding to subnormal values, and (3) a number of flaws + that could lead to incorrectly rounded results. - The __complex__ method is now looked up on the class of instances to make it consistent with other special methods. |