[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.578,1.579

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Mon, 30 Dec 2002 18:12:44 -0800


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv3110

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Dedent a paragraph that was accidentally aligned with a preceding
nested list.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.578
retrieving revision 1.579
diff -C2 -d -r1.578 -r1.579
*** NEWS	30 Dec 2002 22:59:32 -0000	1.578
--- NEWS	31 Dec 2002 02:12:42 -0000	1.579
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        in Python 2.4 it will return "-0x1").
  
!     - The bits manipulated under the cover by sys.setcheckinterval() have
!       been changed.  Both the check interval and the ticker used to be
!       per-thread values.  They are now just a pair of global variables.  In
!       addition, the default check interval was boosted from 10 to 100
!       bytecode instructions.  This may have some effect on systems that
!       relied on the old default value.  In particular, in multi-threaded
!       applications which try to be highly responsive, response time will
!       increase by some (perhaps imperceptible) amount.
  
  - When multiplying very large integers, a version of the so-called
--- 156,167 ----
        in Python 2.4 it will return "-0x1").
  
! - The bits manipulated under the cover by sys.setcheckinterval() have
!   been changed.  Both the check interval and the ticker used to be
!   per-thread values.  They are now just a pair of global variables.
!   In addition, the default check interval was boosted from 10 to 100
!   bytecode instructions.  This may have some effect on systems that
!   relied on the old default value.  In particular, in multi-threaded
!   applications which try to be highly responsive, response time will
!   increase by some (perhaps imperceptible) amount.
  
  - When multiplying very large integers, a version of the so-called