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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1?
Core and builtins
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+- Compiler now generates simpler and faster code for dictionary literals.
+ The oparg for BUILD_MAP now indicates an estimated dictionary size.
+ There is a new opcode, STORE_MAP, for adding entries to the dictionary.
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- Issue #1638: %zd configure test fails on Linux
- Issue #1620: New property decorator syntax was modifying the decorator