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  \code{None} may finally become a keyword.
  
+ \item Python runs multithreaded programs by switching between threads
+ after executing N bytecodes.  The default value for N has been
+ increased from 10 to 100 bytecodes, speeding up single-threaded
+ applications by reducing the switching overhead.  Some multithreaded
+ applications may suffer slower response time, but that's easily fixed
+ by setting the limit back to a lower number by calling
+ \function{sys.setcheckinterval(\var{N})}.
+ 
  \item One minor but far-reaching change is that the names of extension
  types defined by the modules included with Python now contain the
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  van~Rossum rewrote parts of it.  This is a good example of the free
  software development process in action.
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+ \item The value of the C \cfunction{PYTHON_API_VERSION} macro is now exposed 
+ at the Python level as \constant{sys.api_version}.
  
  \item The new \module{textwrap} module contains functions for wrapping