[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.635,1.636

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv7771/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
long(string, base) now takes time linear in len(string) when base is a
power of 2.  Enabled the tail end of test_long() in pickletester.py
because it no longer takes forever when run from test_pickle.py.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	1 Feb 2003 02:54:15 -0000	1.635
--- NEWS	2 Feb 2003 07:51:32 -0000	1.636
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*** 13,16 ****
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+ - long(string, base) takes time linear in len(string) when base is a power
+   of 2 now.  It used to take time quadratic in len(string).
+ 
  - filter returns now Unicode results for Unicode arguments.