[Python-checkins] r59865 - python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS

[mark.dickinson]

Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Wed Jan  9 02:02:07 2008
New Revision: 59865

Modified:
   python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Add Decimal backport to Misc/NEWS


Modified: python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS
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--- python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS	Wed Jan  9 02:02:07 2008
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #1182: many arithmetic bugs in the decimal module have been
+  fixed, and the decimal module has been updated to comply with the
+  latest IBM Decimal Arithmetic specification (version 1.66) and
+  testsuite (version 2.57).  (Backported from Python 2.6a0.)
+
 - Patch #1637: fix urlparse for URLs like 'http://x.com?arg=/foo'.
 
 - Issue #1735: TarFile.extractall() now correctly sets directory permissions