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  r69582 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-02-13 14:52:33 +0100 (ven., 13 févr. 2009) | 4 lines

  Issue #5186: Reduce hash collisions for objects with no __hash__ method by
  rotating the object pointer by 4 bits to the right.
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  r69583 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-02-13 14:57:40 +0100 (ven., 13 févr. 2009) | 3 lines

  Fix compiler warning (gcc)
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 33a1c98..3aa3b49 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5186: Reduce hash collisions for objects with no __hash__ method by
+  rotating the object pointer by 4 bits to the right.
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 - Issue #4575: Fix Py_IS_INFINITY macro to work correctly on x87 FPUs:
   it now forces its argument to double before testing for infinity.