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 Core
 
+- TENTATIVELY, a large amount of code implementing much of what's
+  described in PEP 252 (Making Types Look More Like Classes) and PEP
+  253 (Subtyping Built-in Types) was added.  This will be released
+  with Python 2.2a1.  Documentation will be provided separately
+  through http://www.python.org/2.2/.  The purpose of releasing this
+  with Python 2.2a1 is to test backwards compatibility.  It is
+  possible, though not likely, that a decision is made not to release
+  this code as part of 2.2 final, if any serious backwards
+  incompapatibilities are found during alpha testing that cannot be
+  repaired.
+
 - Generators were added; this is a new way to create an iterator (see
   below) using what looks like a simple function containing one or
   more 'yield' statements.  See PEP 255.  Since this adds a new