[Python-checkins] cpython: whatsnew: cypthon can be compiled with address sanity checking enabled.

[r.david.murray]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a49f02c338bc
changeset:   89379:a49f02c338bc
parent:      89376:5eb7e29df762
user:        R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date:        Mon Feb 24 15:48:22 2014 -0500
summary:
  whatsnew: cypthon can be compiled with address sanity checking enabled.

files:
  Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst |  5 +++++
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1484,6 +1484,11 @@
   existing :c:func:`PyStructSequence_InitType` function.  The difference
   is that it returns ``0`` on success and ``-1`` on failure.
 
+* The CPython source can now be compiled using the address sanity checking
+  features of recent versions of GCC and clang:  the false alarms in the small
+  object allocator have been silenced.  (Contributed by Dhiru Kholia in
+  :issue:`18598`.)
+
 
 .. _other-improvements-3.4:
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython