Patch #2477: Added from __future__ import unicode_literals
The new PyParser_*Ex() functions are based on Neal's suggestion and initial patch. The new __future__ feature makes all '' and r'' unicode strings. b'' and br'' stay (byte) strings.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ff6eb95..ce72fba 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
Core and builtins
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+- Patch #2477: Added from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
- Added backport of bytearray type.
- Issue #2355: add Py3k warning for buffer().
@@ -186,6 +188,12 @@
- Patch #2284: Add -x64 option to rt.bat.
+C API
+-----
+
+- Patch #2477: Added PyParser_ParseFileFlagsEx() and
+ PyParser_ParseStringFlagsFilenameEx()
+
What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1?
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