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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.4 beta 1?
Core and builtins
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+- The internal portable implementation of thread-local storage (TLS), used
+ by the ``PyGILState_Ensure()``/``PyGILState_Release()`` API, was not
+ thread-correct. This could lead to a variety of problems, up to and
+ including segfaults. See bug 1041645 for an example.
+
- Added a command line option, -m module, which searches sys.path for the
module and then runs it. (Contributed by Nick Coghlan.)