issue #3554: ctypes.string_at and ctypes.wstring_at must use the
pythonapi calling convention so that the GIL is held and error return
values are checked.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 586aa7c..5349c55 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@
Library
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+- Issue #3554: ctypes.string_at and ctypes.wstring_at did call Python
+ api functions without holding the GIL, which could lead to a fatal
+ error when they failed.
+
- Issue #799428: Fix Tkinter.Misc._nametowidget to unwrap Tcl command objects.
- Issue #3395: fix reference in test_multiprocessing to old debugInfo method