[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.215,1.216

[Tim Peters]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv27201/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
marshal.c r_long64:  When reading a TYPE_INT64 value on a box with 32-bit
ints, convert to PyLong (rather than throwing away the high-order 32 bits).


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.215
retrieving revision 1.216
diff -C2 -d -r1.215 -r1.216
*** NEWS	2001/08/28 20:56:27	1.215
--- NEWS	2001/08/29 02:28:42	1.216
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*** 9,12 ****
--- 9,17 ----
  Library
  
+ + pickle, cPickle and marshal on 32-bit platforms can now correctly read
+   dumps containing ints written on platforms where Python ints are 8 bytes.
+   When read on a box where Python ints are 4 bytes, such values are
+   converted to Python longs.
+ 
  Tools