[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.1193.2.8,1.1193.2.9

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	NEWS 
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Backport checkin:
Add NEWS entry about bug #1076985.


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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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diff -u -d -r1.1193.2.8 -r1.1193.2.9
--- NEWS	21 Dec 2004 14:04:39 -0000	1.1193.2.8
+++ NEWS	22 Dec 2004 12:52:15 -0000	1.1193.2.9
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
   extended or overridden by subclasses.  Formerly, the subclassed method would
   be ignored by the rest of the module.  (Bug #1078905).
 
+- Bug #1076985: ``codecs.StreamReader.readline()`` now calls ``read()`` only
+  once when a size argument is given. This prevents a buffer overflow in the
+  tokenizer with very long source lines.
+
 
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