Issue #8949: "z" format of PyArg_Parse*() functions doesn't accept bytes
objects, as described in the documentation.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #8949: "z" format of PyArg_Parse*() functions doesn't accept bytes
+ objects, as described in the documentation.
+
- Issue #6543: Write the traceback in the terminal encoding instead of utf-8.
Fix the encoding of the modules filename. Patch written by Amaury Forgeot
d'Arc.