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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 release candidate 1?
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #3777: long() applied to a float object now always return a long
+ object; previously an int would be returned for small values. the __long__
+ method is allowed to return either an int or a long, but the behaviour of
+ float objects should not change to respect backward compatibility.
+
- Issue #3751: str.rpartition would perform a left-partition when called with
a unicode argument.