Issue #5816: Simplify code for parsing and printing of complex numbers.
nans and infs are no longer given special treatment; as a result,
repr(complex(z)) recovers z for any complex number z.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c69672f0..f4ffbb7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5816: complex(repr(z)) now recovers z exactly, even when
+ z involves nans, infs or negative zeros.
+
- Issue #3166: Make long -> float (and int -> float) conversions
correctly rounded.