[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.996,1.997

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Patch #774665: Make Python LC_NUMERIC agnostic.


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*** NEWS	8 Jun 2004 08:29:33 -0000	1.996
--- NEWS	8 Jun 2004 18:52:41 -0000	1.997
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*** 13,16 ****
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+ - Python no longer relies on the LC_NUMERIC locale setting to be
+   the "C" locale; as a result, it no longer tries to prevent changing
+   the LC_NUMERIC category.
+ 
  - Bug #952807:  Unpickling pickled instances of subclasses of
    datetime.date, datetime.datetime and datetime.time could yield insane