Patch #1623563: allow __class__ assignment for classes with __slots__.
The old and the new class are still required to have the same slot
names, but the order in which they are specified is not relevant.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 7b6002c..eeb266a 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
Ivan Herman
Jürgen Hermann
Gary Herron
+Thomas Herve
Bernhard Herzog
Magnus L. Hetland
Raymond Hettinger
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8af1eb1..6e336b6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
Core and builtins
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+- Patch #1623563: allow __class__ assignment for classes with __slots__.
+ The old and the new class are still required to have the same slot names.
+
- Patch #1642547: Fix an error/crash when encountering syntax errors in
complex if statements.