[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.719,1.720

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Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:43:07 -0700


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv28123/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Patch by Chad Netzer (with significant change):
- range() now works even if the arguments are longs with magnitude
  larger than sys.maxint, as long as the total length of the sequence
  fits.  E.g., range(2**100, 2**101, 2**100) is the following list:
  [1267650600228229401496703205376L].  (SF patch #707427.)


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.719
retrieving revision 1.720
diff -C2 -d -r1.719 -r1.720
*** NEWS	11 Apr 2003 15:37:20 -0000	1.719
--- NEWS	11 Apr 2003 18:43:03 -0000	1.720
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*** 13,16 ****
--- 13,21 ----
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+ - range() now works even if the arguments are longs with magnitude
+   larger than sys.maxint, as long as the total length of the sequence
+   fits.  E.g., range(2**100, 2**101, 2**100) is the following list:
+   [1267650600228229401496703205376L].  (SF patch #707427.)
+ 
  - Some horridly obscure problems were fixed involving interaction
    between garbage collection and old-style classes with "ambitious"