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@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ XXX Release date: ??-Dec-2001 XXX
Type/class unification and new-style classes
+- The "delete attribute" method of descriptor objects is called
+ __delete__, not __del__. In previous releases, it was mistakenly
+ called __del__, which created an unfortunate overloading condition
+ with finalizers. (The "get attribute" and "set attribute" methods
+ are still called __get__ and __set__, respectively.)
+
Core and builtins
Extension modules