[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.337.2.4.2.28,1.337.2.4.2.29

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Modified Files:
      Tag: release22-maint
	NEWS 
Log Message:
PyNode_AddChild():  Backporting an aggressive over-allocation policy
when a parse node grows a very large number of children.  This sidesteps
platform realloc() disasters on several platforms.


Index: NEWS
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*** NEWS	12 Jun 2002 03:48:46 -0000	1.337.2.4.2.28
--- NEWS	8 Jul 2002 19:35:54 -0000	1.337.2.4.2.29
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*** 5,8 ****
--- 5,14 ----
  Core and builtins
  
+ - Source that creates parse nodes with an extremely large number of
+   children (e.g.,  test_longexp.py) triggers problems with the
+   platform realloc() under several platforms (e.g., MacPython, and
+   Win98).  This has been fixed via a more-aggressive overallocation
+   strategy.
+ 
  - Fixed a bug with a continue inside a try block and a yield in the
    finally clause.  [SF bug 567538]
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*** 28,32 ****
  - String methods lstrip(), rstrip() and strip() now take an optional
    argument that specifies the characters to strip.  For example,
!   "Foo!!!?!?!?".rstrip("?!") -> "Foo". In addition, "200L".strip("L") 
    will return "200". This is useful for replacing code that assumed
    longs will always be printed with a trailing "L".
--- 34,38 ----
  - String methods lstrip(), rstrip() and strip() now take an optional
    argument that specifies the characters to strip.  For example,
!   "Foo!!!?!?!?".rstrip("?!") -> "Foo". In addition, "200L".strip("L")
    will return "200". This is useful for replacing code that assumed
    longs will always be printed with a trailing "L".