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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2006-09-05 02:00:47 +0000
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2006-09-05 02:00:47 +0000
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Merge rev 51711 from the 2.5 branch.
i_divmod(): As discussed on Python-Dev, changed the overflow checking to live happily with recent gcc optimizations that assume signed integer arithmetic never overflows.
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.4.4c1?
Core and builtins
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+- Overflow checking code in integer division ran afoul of new gcc
+ optimizations. Changed to be more standard-conforming.
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- Patch #1541585: fix buffer overrun when performing repr() on
a unicode string in a build with wide unicode (UCS-4) support.