Issue #4842, patch 1/2: fix pickle in Python 3.x so that pickling with the
'L' opcode always appends an 'L' on output, just as 2.x does. When
unpickling, remove the trailing 'L' (if present) before passing the
result to PyLong_FromString.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1050ae4..d20d20b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
Library
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+- Issue #4842: Always append a trailing 'L' when pickling longs using
+ pickle protocol 0. When reading, the 'L' is optional.
+
- Add the importlib package.
- Issue #4301: Patch the logging module to add processName support, remove