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  r67898 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-21 15:00:53 -0600 (Sun, 21 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  compute DISTVERSION with patchlevel.py
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  r67904 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-22 14:44:58 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  less attitude
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  r67905 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-22 14:51:15 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  fix #4720: the format to PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords can now start with '|'
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  r67906 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-22 14:52:53 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  add NEWS note
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  r67907 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-22 16:12:19 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  silence compiler warning
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  r67912 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-23 06:37:21 -0600 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix missing "svn" command.
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  r67918 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-23 09:44:25 -0600 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Markup fix.
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  r67920 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-23 14:09:28 -0600 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  use a global variable, so the compiler doesn't optimize the assignment out
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  r67921 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-23 14:12:33 -0600 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  make global static
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  r67923 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-24 09:10:27 -0600 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  #4736 BufferRWPair.closed shouldn't try to call another property as a function
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  r67924 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-24 10:10:05 -0600 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  pretend exceptions don't exist a while longer
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  r67927 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-26 17:26:30 -0600 (Fri, 26 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  python version is included in file name now
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  r67930 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2008-12-26 22:19:48 -0600 (Fri, 26 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Issue #4740: Use HIGHEST_PROTOCOL in pickle test.
  (There is no behavior difference in 2.x because HIGHEST_PROTOCOL == 2)
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  r67932 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2008-12-27 00:36:10 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 5 lines

  Remove unnecessary casts related to unicode_decode_call_errorhandler.
  Make the _PyUnicode_Resize macro a static function.

  These changes are needed to avoid breaking strict aliasing rules.
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  r67943 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2008-12-27 04:02:59 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix bogus unicode tests in pickletester.
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