[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.735,1.736

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv15651/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
- bool() called without arguments now returns False rather than
  raising an exception.  This is consistent with calling the
  constructors for the other builtin types -- called without argument
  they all return the false value of that type.  (SF patch #724135)
  Thanks to Alex Martelli.


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+ - bool() called without arguments now returns False rather than
+   raising an exception.  This is consistent with calling the
+   constructors for the other builtin types -- called without argument
+   they all return the false value of that type.  (SF patch #724135)
+ 
  - In support of PEP 269 (making the pgen parser generator accessible
    from Python), some changes to the pgen code structure were made; a