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  r80123 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-04-16 17:24:16 -0500 (Fri, 16 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  bytearray -> type2test
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  r80124 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-04-16 17:25:57 -0500 (Fri, 16 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  fix typo
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  r80126 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-04-16 17:35:38 -0500 (Fri, 16 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  have a clear error when passing something > sys.maxsize to bytearray
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 15beb80..a4ee20e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #8417: Raise an OverflowError when an integer larger than sys.maxsize is
+  passed to bytearray.
+
 - Issue #8329: Don't return the same lists from select.select when no fds are
   changed.