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Extension Modules
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+- Issue #8692: Optimize math.factorial: replace the previous naive
+ algorithm with an improved 'binary-split' algorithm that uses fewer
+ multiplications and allows many of the multiplications to be
+ performed using plain C integer arithmetic instead of PyLong
+ arithmetic. Also uses a lookup table for small arguments.
+
- Issue #8674: Fixed a number of incorrect or undefined-behaviour-inducing
overflow checks in the audioop module.