[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.685,1.686

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv423/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Fix bug 

[ 555817 ] Flawed fcntl.ioctl implementation.

with my patch that allows for an array to be mutated when passed
as the buffer argument to ioctl() (details complicated by 
backwards compatibility considerations -- read the docs!).


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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	2 Mar 2003 00:19:49 -0000	1.685
--- NEWS	3 Mar 2003 12:29:41 -0000	1.686
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*** 25,28 ****
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+ - Modified the fcntl.ioctl() function to allow modification of a passed
+   mutable buffer (for details see the reference documentation).
+ 
  - Made user requested changes to the itertools module.
    Subsumed the times() function into repeat().