[Python-checkins] r82944 - in python/branches/release31-maint: Misc/NEWS

[mark.dickinson]

Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Sun Jul 18 09:51:41 2010
New Revision: 82944

Log:
Merged revisions 82943 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k

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  r82943 | mark.dickinson | 2010-07-18 08:48:20 +0100 (Sun, 18 Jul 2010) | 1 line
  
  Misc/NEWS entry for r82941.
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Modified:
   python/branches/release31-maint/   (props changed)
   python/branches/release31-maint/Misc/NEWS

Modified: python/branches/release31-maint/Misc/NEWS
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--- python/branches/release31-maint/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/release31-maint/Misc/NEWS	Sun Jul 18 09:51:41 2010
@@ -753,6 +753,11 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #9277: Fix bug in struct.pack for bools in standard mode
+  (e.g., struct.pack('>?')):  if conversion to bool raised an exception
+  then that exception wasn't properly propagated on machines with
+  unsigned char.
+
 - Issue #5180: Fixed a bug that prevented loading 2.x pickles in 3.x
   python when they contain instances of old-style classes.