[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.528,1.529

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv17074/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Change int() so that passing a string, unicode, float or long argument
that is outside the integer range no longer raises OverflowError, but
returns a long object instead.

This fixes SF bug http://www.python.org/sf/635115


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	19 Nov 2002 08:12:57 -0000	1.528
--- NEWS	19 Nov 2002 20:49:13 -0000	1.529
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*** 12,15 ****
--- 12,18 ----
  Type/class unification and new-style classes
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+ - int() now returns a long object if the argument is outside the
+   integer range, so int("4"*1000), int(1e200) and int(1L<<1000) will
+   all return long objects instead of raising an OverflowError.
  
  - Assignment to __class__ is disallowed if either the old or the new