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 Library
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+- Issue #12744: Fix inefficient representation of integers between 2**31 and
+  2**63 on systems with a 64-bit C "long".
+
 - Issue #12646: Add an 'eof' attribute to zlib.Decompress, to make it easier to
   detect truncated input streams.